William Haskell

Administrative Appointments

• Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Heakth Fitness Corporation (2004 - 2008)
• Chair, Scientific Advisory Board, Cooper Institute (1996 - 2008)

Honors and Awards

• Lifetime Achievement Award, Alumni Association, University of California at Santa Barbara (2007)
• Science Honor Award for 2007, President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports (2007)
• Distinguished Research in Aging, Council on Aging, AAHPERD (2006)
• Honor Award for Lifetime Achievement, American College of Sports Medicine (2000)
• Terrance Kavanagh Memorial Lecture, Canadian Cardia Rehabilitation Society (2002)

Professional Education

Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations

• Medicine

Community & International Work

• Stanford Heart Network, USA, Canada, England 

Web Site Links

• http://prevention.stanford.edu

Industry Relationships

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Research Interests

My major research interests and activities over the next several years will focus on the development and evaluation of the objective measurement of physical activity in free-living populations using a variety of sensing devices and mobile phones for data collection and processing. Sensing devices include wireless accelerometers, altimeters, heart rate, skin temperature/heat flux and breathing rate monitors. This research is funded by NIH and is being conducted in collaboration with scientists at MIT. I will continue to direct the Stanford Heart Network, an internet-based patient and health professional support system, with the major mission being to assist community-based CVD prevention/treatment programs implement more effective heart attack and stroke prevention programs. Also, I will continue to collaborate with colleagues on studies promoting energy balance and successful aging.

Publications

• Stanford GEMS phase 2 obesity prevention trial for low-income African-American girls: design and sample baseline characteristics. Robinson TN, Kraemer HC, Matheson DM, Obarzanek E, Wilson DM, Haskell WL, Pruitt LA, Thompson NS, Haydel KF, Fujimoto M, Varady A, McCarthy S, Watanabe C, Killen JD. Contemp Clin Trials. 2008; 29 (1): 56-69
• Use of accelerometry to measure physical activity in older adults at risk for mobility disability. Pruitt LA, Glynn NW, King AC, Guralnik JM, Aiken EK, Miller G, Haskell WL. J Aging Phys Act. 2008; 16 (4): 416-34
• Clinical utility of the Stanford brief activity survey in men and women with early-onset coronary artery disease. Taylor-Piliae RE, Haskell WL, Iribarren C, Norton LC, Mahbouba MH, Fair JM, Hlatky MA, Go AS, Fortmann SP. J Cardiopulm Rehabil Prev. 2007 Jul-Aug; 27 (4): 227-32
• Tai Chi exercise and stroke rehabilitation. Taylor-Piliae RE, Haskell WL. Top Stroke Rehabil. 2007 Jul-Aug; 14 (4): 9-22
• Physical activity and public health: updated recommendation for adults from the American College of Sports Medicine and the American Heart Association. Haskell WL, Lee IM, Pate RR, Powell KE, Blair SN, Franklin BA, Macera CA, Heath GW, Thompson PD, Bauman A. Circulation. 2007; 116 (9): 1081-93