The Department of Health and Physical Activity (HPA) focuses its academic, research, and service efforts on promoting physically active lifestyles and other health-related behaviors to prevent disease and enhance quality of life across the lifespan. HPA's expertise has attracted research funding in the areas of physical activity epidemiology, obesity prevention and treatment, perceived exertion, fitness training, health promotion and motor performance.
The faculty expertise combined with collaboration with other entities with the University of Pittsburgh such as the School of Nursing, the School of Medicine, the Graduate School of Public Health, and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Hospital network
provides for a state-of-the-art and innovative academic, research and clinical experience.
Department of Health and Physical Activity
140 Trees Hall
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
PHONE: (412) 648-8320
FAX: (412) 648-7092
EMAIL: hpa@pitt.edu
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