Dr. Jason DeFreitas

Lab Director
Associate Professor
Health and Human Performance
Interim Graduate Coordinator
jason.defreitas@okstate.edu     

 

Research interests: 
Neural adaptations to training, motor unit behavior in humans, proprioception and its effect on motor function, sensory and motor deficits related to aging and/or disease, brain behavior and plasticity and muscle hypertrophy and atrophy.

   

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Dr. Michael Trevino

Associate Professor
Health and Human Performance
michael.a.trevino@okstate.edu     

 

Research interests: 
Non-invasive assessment of neuromuscular function and motor unit behavior, acute and chronic neuromuscular responses to endurance and strength training, effects of aging, skeletal muscle composition and fiber type on motor unit behavior.

 

Dr. Bert Jacobson

Regents Professor
Seretean Endowed Professor
Head of the School of Kinesiology, Applied Health and Recreation
bert.jacobson@okstate.edu     

 

Research interests: 
Ergogenic aids, muscle strength and endurance, exercise testing and fall prevention.

 

Dr. Doug Smith

Professor
Health and Human Performance
​doug.smith@okstate.edu     

 

Research interests: 
Neuromuscular function, performance changes following training interventions, changes in neuromuscular function across the lifespan and balance and fall prevention.