Mark Richardson

Degree	Area of Study	University
Ph.D.	Kinesiology (specialization in Exercise Physiology)	University of Minnesota
M.A.	Physical Education (specialization in Exercise Physiology)	University of California, Davis
B.A.	Biology; minor in Chemistry	California State University, Chico

Year	Award
2016	Outstanding Commitment to Teaching Award, University of Alabama Alumni Association
2011	W. Ross Palmer Service to Students Award, College of Education, University of Alabama

Richardson, M.T., Ainsworth, B.E., Jacobs Jr., D.R., Leon, A.S. (2001).  Validation of the Stanford Seven Day Recall to assess habitual physical activity.  Annals of Epidemiology  11:145-153.

Richardson, M.T., Ainsworth, B.E., Wu, H.C., Jacobs, Jr., D.R., Leon, A.S. (1995).  Ability of the ARIC/Baecke questionnaire to assess leisure-time physical activity.  International Journal of Epidemiology  24:685-93.

Richardson, M.T., Jacobs, Jr., D.R., Ainsworth, B.E., Serfass, R., Leon, A.S. (1993).  Evaluation of the Minnesota Leisure Time Physical Activity Questionnaire.  Journal of Clinical Epidemiology  47:271-81.

Richardson, M.T., Leon, A.S., Jacobs, Jr., D.R., Ainsworth, B.E., Serfass, R. (1995). Ability of the Caltrac accelerometer to assess daily physical activity levels.  Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation   15:107-13.

Continued research efforts concerning PA assessment included studying different populations and evaluating intra-individual variability in PA. We evaluated the reliability and validity of a well-known PA survey designed to assess PA in older individuals (Schuler et al., 2001). Also, we investigated PA levels in a large sample of adolescents (Richardson et al., 1999). Finally, I have been involved in research efforts that evaluated intra-individual variability in PA in younger/middle-age (Levin et al., 1999) and older (Emplaincourt et al., 1999) adults.

• Schuler, P.B., Richardson, M.T., Emplaincourt, P., Wang, MQ (2001). Accuracy and repeatability of the Yale Physical Activity Survey to assess physical activity in older adults.  Perceptual and Motor Skills 93:163-177.
• Richardson, M.T., Nagy, S. (1999). Ten-Year Physical activity trends in adolescents:  Consideration of gender and ethnicity. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport 70 Suppl.: A44 (Abstract).
• Levin, S., Jacobs, D.R., Jr., Ainsworth, B.E., Richardson, M.T., Leon, A.S. (1999). Intra-individual variation and estimates of usual physical activity.  Annals of Epidemiology 9(8):481-488.
• Emplaincourt, P., Richardson, M.T., Schuler, P.B., Wang, M.Q. (1999). Intra-individual variation in daily physical activity levels in older adults.  Journal of Aging and Physical Activity 7(3):270 (Abstract).

More recently my focus has included the assessment of PA by motion sensors (accelerometers and pedometers) for determination of health outcomes (primarily obesity), validation, descriptive, and intervention purposes. We investigated the relationship between youth body mass index (BMI) and several parent and child factors (Hooper et al., 2010). Also, we compared steps/day to BMI in sedentary employed women with at least one component of the metabolic syndrome (Geary et al., 2011). We evaluated the validity of wheelchair-mounted accelerometers for measurement of PA (Gendle et al., 2012). We assessed PA (by accelerometer) in a small sample of Amish (Fowler et al., 2013). We used accelerometers to assess the effects of a community based participatory research physical activity intervention for underserved children (Hamilton et al., 2015, 2017, 2019).
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• Hooper, L.M., Richardson, M., Knol, L.L., White-Chapman, N., Qu, L., Hannah, N.J. (2010). Associations Among Health Factors, Sociodemographic Characteristics, and Body Mass Index Across Two Generations. Contemporary Family Therapy 32:320–334.
• Geary, C.L., Richardson, M.T., Jacobson, S., Leeper, J., Laurent, M. (2011). BMI and steps taken in women with at least one component of the metabolic syndrome. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 43:5 Suppl.: S546 (Abstract).
• Gendle, S.C., Richardson, M.T., Leeper, J., Bishop, P.A., Hardin, L.B., Green, M. (2012). Wheelchair-Mounted Accelerometers for Measurement of Physical Activity. Journal of Disability and Rehabilitation:  Assistive Technology 7(2):139-48.
• Fowler, R.C., Richardson, M.T., Hodges, C.J., Wingo, J.E. (2013). A Description of Physical Activity Levels within the Amish Community. Presented at the 141st American Public Health Association annual  meeting, November, Boston, MA.
• Hamilton, K.C., Richardson, M., Wingo, J.,FACSM, Bishop, P. Bissell, T. Owens,T., Higginbotham, J.C. (2015). Community Based Participatory Research: An Innovative Approach to Designing a Physical Activity Intervention for Underserved Children. Proceedings of the forty-third annual meeting of the Southeast Regional Chapter of American College of Sports Medicine (SEACSM), #P62, pg. 62.
• Hamilton, K.C., Richardson, M., Owens, T, Yerby, L.G., Lucky, F., Higginbotham, J.C. (2017). Using Photovoice to Identify the Physical Activity Practices of Children Residing in Alabama’s Black Belt Region Journal of Community Practice. 25(3-4):488-503
• Hamilton K.C., Richardson, M., Owens, T., Morris, T., Hathaway, E.D., Higginbotham, J.C. (2017). A community-based participatory research intervention to promote physical activity among rural children: theory and design. Journal of Family and Community Health. 40(1):3-10.

• Hamilton, K.C., Richardson, M.T., McGraw, S., Owens, T., Higginbotham, J.C. (2019). A controlled evaluation of a CBPR intervention’s effects on physical activity and the related psychosocial constructs among minority children in an underserved community J Phys Act Health. 2019 Nov 6:1-8. doi: 10.1123/jpah.2019-0135. [Epub ahead of print].

Most recently, my focus has included investigating the relationship between exercise and health from an evolutionary perspective (Richardson et al., 2016, ). This includes understanding the interaction between automatic and     reflective processes in the prediction of PA behaviors (Threadgill et al., 2020; Zagdsuren et al. 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023; Barefoot et al., 2022).

• Richardson, M.T. (2016). The Physical Activity/Health Relationship from an Evolutionary Perspective: a Literature Review. Presented at the inaugural Southeastern Evolutionary Perspectives Society meeting, February 12-14, 2016, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa AL
• Richardson, M.T. (2017). Physical Activity, Obesity, Type II Diabetes, and Exercise Promotion from an Evolutionary Perspective: a Literature Review. Presented at the Southeastern Evolutionary Perspectives Society annual meeting, February 9-11, 2017, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa AL.

Zagdsuren, B., Barefoot, N.T., Richardson, M.T., MacDonald, H.V. (2023). Automatic Behavioral Tendencies to Conserve Energy. Submitted 09/2022. Accepted 02/2023. Presented at the Annual Meeting of Society of Behavioral Medicine, April 26-29, Phoenix, Arizona

Zagdsuren, B., Threadgill, H., MacDonald, H.V., Richardson, M.T., Gable, P. (2020). Frontal asymmetry: a potentially novel biomarker for sedentary behavior Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise (Accepted). Presented at the annual meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine, May, 2020, San Francisco, CA.

Threadgill, H., Zagdsuren, B., MacDonald, H.V., Richardson, M.T., Gable, P. (2020). Frontal Asymmetry: A Novel Biomarker for Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior Psychophysiology 57(10) e13633.

Zagdsuren, B., Clark, M., MacDonald, H.V., Richardson, M.T., (2021). Automatic Evaluation of Exercise, Non-Leisure Time Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. Presented at the annual meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine, May, 2021, Virtual.

Barefoot, N.T., Zagdsuren, B., Richardson, M.T., MacDonald, H.V. (2022). Associations Between Cardiovascular Reactivity and Automatic Evaluation of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviors. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. Submitted 11/2021. Accepted 02/2022. Presented at the American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting, 5/31–6/4, San Diego, CA.

Zagdsuren, B., Barefoot, N.T., Richardson, M.T., MacDonald, H.V. (2022). Interaction Between Automatic and Reflective Processes in the Prediction of Accelerometer-Derived PA Behaviors. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. Submitted 11/2021. Accepted 02/2022. Presented at the American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting, 5/31–6/4, San Diego, CA.

• Director, Phase II Monitored Cardiac Rehabilitation Program, Watsonville Community Hospital, Watsonville, CA
• Consultant for large wellness program:  “Good Health Makes $ense”
• Consultant, Exercise Prescription for Diabetics, Diabetes Education Program, University Medical Center, University of Alabama

From the outset, my interest in exercise physiology has centered on the relationship between physical activity and health. My education at California State University, Chico (B.A. in Biology; Chemistry minor) served as a good background to pursue this area of study by attending the University of California, Davis (M.A. in Physical Education, specialization:  Exercise Physiology). Initially, my focus was of a clinical nature. After graduating, I developed and directed a cardiac rehabilitation program for several years. However, rather early on, my focus shifted toward exercise epidemiology. This took me to the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis (Ph.D. in Kinesiology, specialization:  Exercise Physiology) resulting in my most concentrated area of research involving physical activity assessment methodology. Since being promoted to associate and then full professor I have been involved in graduate student research centering on physical activity assessment methodology, physical activity and health outcomes, and physical activity and health from an evolutionary perspective.