Allied Health Sciences - The College of Allied Health

Holly Hull, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Director of the Developmental Origins of Human Disease Laboratory

E-mail: Holly Hull
(405) 271-2113 ext. 41182

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, New York Obesity Research Center, Columbia University, New York,
NY, 2007- 2009

Ph.D., Exercise Physiology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, 2007

Pre-Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Department of Pediatrics, Oklahoma City, OK, 2006-2007

M.S., Exercise Physiology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, 2004

Hull H.R., Thornton J., Wang J., Pierson R.N., Kaleem Z.U., Pi-Sunyer X., Heymsfield S., Albu S., Fernandez J., VanItallie T.B., Gallagher D. Fat-free mass index: Early declines and race specific susceptibility for loss of lean tissue mass in adulthood. Int J Obesity Res. In Review.

Hull H.R., Q. He, J. Thorton, J. Wang, R.N. Pierson, and D. Gallagher. (2009). iDXA, Prodigy and DPXL dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry whole body scans: a cross-calibration study. J Clin Densit. 12(1):95-102.

Ryan E.D., T.W. Beck, T.J. Herda, H.R. Hull, M.J. Hartman, P.B. Costa, J.M. DeFreitas, J.R. Stout and J.T. Cramer. (2008). The time course of musculotendinous stiffness response following different durations of passive stretching. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 38(10):632-39.

Han J.L., M.K. Dinger, H.R. Hull, N.R. Randall, K.C. Heesch and D.A. Fields. (2008). Changes in women’s physical activity during the transition to college. Women & Health. 39(4):194-9.

Ryan E.D., T.W. Beck, T.J. Herda, H.R. Hull, M.J. Hartman, J.R. Stout and J.T. Cramer. Do practical durations of stretching alter muscle strength? (2008). A dose response study. Med Sport Sci Exerc. 40(8):1529-37.

Hull H.R., M.K. Dinger, A.W. Knehans, D.M. Thompson and D.A. Fields. (2008). Prediction of infant body fat from maternal body mass index. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 198(4):416.

Hull H.R., M.L. Morrow, M.K. Dinger, J.L. Han and D.A. Fields. (2007). Characterization and factors affecting body weight and composition changes during the sophomore year of college. BMC Women’s Health. 7(1):21.

Hull H.R., J.L. Han, M.K. Dinger, and D.A. Fields. (2007). Freshman 15 follow-up: Effect of the summer months on body weight and composition. J Women Health. 16(10):1510-5.

Moon J.R., H. R. Hull, S. E. Tobkin, M. Teramoto, M. Karabulut, M.D. Roberts, E.D. Ryan, S.J. Kim, V.J. Dalbo, A.A. Walter, A.E. Smith, J.T. Cramer, and J.R. Stout. (2007). Percent body fat estimations in college women using field and laboratory methods: A three-compartment model approach. J Int Soc Sports Nutr. 4(1):16.

Hull H.R., K.C. Heesch, M.M. Morrow, M.K. Dinger and D.A. Fields. (2007). Changes in fat distribution during freshman year of college. Int J Body Comp Res. 5(2): 45-50.

Hull H.R., C.N. Hester and D.A. Fields (2006). The effect of the holiday season on body weight and composition in college students. Nutr Metab (Lond). 3(1):44.

Hull H.R., D. Radley, M.K. Dinger and D.A. Fields (2006). The effect of the Thanksgiving Holiday on weight gain. Nutr J. 5:29.

Karabulut M., J. T. Cramer, E.D. Ryan, R. L. Anderson, H.R. Hull, T. Abe, M. G. Bemben (2006). Effects of KAATSU on muscular function during Isometric exercise. Int J Kaatsu. 2:19-28.

Morrow M.M, K.C. Heesch, M.K. Dinger, H.R. Hull, A.W. Knehans, D.A. Fields. (2006). Freshman 15: Fact or fiction? Obesity. 14(8):1438-43.

Minderico C.S., A.M. Silva, P.J. Teixeira, L.B. Sardinha, H.R. Hull and D.A. Fields. (2006). Validity of Air displacement plethysmography in the assessment of body composition changes in a 16 month weight loss program. Nutr Metab(London). 3:32. 

Higgins P.B., A.M. Silva, L.B. Sardinha, H.R. Hull, M.I. Goran, B.A. Gower and D.A. Fields. (2006). Validity of new child-specific thoracic gas volume prediction equations for air-displacement plethysmography. BMC Pediatr. 6:18.

Claros G., H.R. Hull, and D.A Fields. (2005). Evaluation of air displacement plethysmography and hydrostatic weighing for estimating total body density in children and adolescents. BMC Pediatr. 5:37.

Hull H.R., and D.A. Fields. (2005). Effect of short schemes on body composition measurements using air displacement plethysmography. Dyn Med. 4:8.

Fields D.A, H.R. Hull, A.J. Cheline, M. Yao, and P. Higgins (2004).  Development of child-specific thoracic gas volume prediction equations for use in air-displacement plethysmography.  Obes Res. 12:1797-1804.

Thrasher Research Fund, Growth patterns and health of breast fed infants exposed to in utero hyperglycemia
and maternal obesity. Principal Investigator. 2010-2012, $26,750 (total costs).

Graduate:
NS 5104 Nutritional Biochemistry and Physiology
NS 5970 Seminar

Dr. Hull is the Director of the Developmental Origins of Human Disease Laboratory and her research focuses on how the peri-natal period impacts newborn adiposity and early growth in relation to obesity development and chronic disease risk. Other research interests include exploring how the Institute of Medicine weight gain during pregnancy recommendations relates to infant adiposity at birth. Prior to joining the Nutritional Sciences faculty, Dr. Hull completed a Research Fellowship at the New York Obesity Research Center at Columbia University. While there, Dr. Hull mentored the research projects of Master students from the Institute of Human Nutrition at Columbia University.

Dr. Hull has nearly 20 published peer reviewed journal articles and numerous abstracts that have been presented at various national conferences. She is funded by the Thrasher’s Research Fund to study the impact of in utero exposure to maternal obesity and diabetes on infant adiposity and early growth in breastfed newborns and has been involved with and authored several other NIH grant applications. Dr. Hull serves as a reviewer for several journals and is a member of The Obesity Society, the Internal Society of Body Composition Research, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society and Gamma Beta Phi Honor Society. She has been recognized for her research and academic pursuits with the Michael G. Sims Scholarship for Outstanding Meritorious Academic Achievement, the Best Clinical Science Presentation Award at the OUHSC GREAT Symposium and two years running the Doctoral Research Award for Outstanding Achievement in Research.