Allied Health Sciences - The College of Allied Health

Post-Doctoral Fellow, Population Science Group, Physical Activity Epidemiology Laboratory, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, 2007-2009

Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Psychology, Health Psychology, University of South Carolina, 2006-2007

PhD, Exercise and Wellness, Arizona State University, Assistant Director Walking Research Laboroaty, Mesa, Arizona, 2006

MS, Exercise Science and Health Promotion, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, 2003

BS, Kinesiology and Health Studies, University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, Oklahoma, 2000

Sisson, S.B., Camhi, S.M., Church, T.S., Martin, C.K., Tudor-Locke, C., Smith, S., Bouchard, C., Earnest, C.E., Rankinen, T., Newton, R., Katzmarzyk, P.T. (2009). Leisure Time Sedentary Behavior and Metabolic Disease Risk in U.S. Men and Women: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2003-2006.       Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders, in press.

 Sisson, S.B., Katzmarzyk, P.T., Srinivasan, S.R., Chen, W., Freedman, D.S., Bouchard, C., Berenson, G.S. (2009).  Ethnic Differences in Subcutaneous Adiposity and Waist Girth in Children and Adolescents. Obesity, in press.

Sisson, S.B., Church, T.S., Martin, C.K., Tudor-Locke, C. Smith, S., Bouchard, C., Earnest, C.E., Rankinen, T., Newton, R., Katzmarzyk, P.T. Profiles of sedentary behavior in children and adolescents: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2001-2006. (2009).  International Journal of Pediatric Obesity, in press.

Sisson, S.B., Church, T.S., Katzmarzyk, P.T., Earnest, C., Bouchard, C., Blair, S.N. (2009). Volume of exercise and fitness non-response in sedentary, postmenopausal women. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 41(3): 539-545.

Sisson, S.B., Katzmarzyk, P.T. (2008). International prevalence of physical activity and physical inactivity. Obesity Reviews, (9): 606-614.

Tudor-Locke, C., McClain, J.J., Abraham, T., Sisson, S.B., Washington, T.L. (2009) Pedometry methods for assessing free-living youth. Research Quarterly in Exercise and Sports, in press.

Tudor-Locke, C., McClain, J.J., Abraham, T., Sisson, S.B., Washington, T.L. (2009). Expected values for pedometer-determined physical activity in youth.

Sisson, S.B., & Tudor-Locke, C. (2008). Comparison of cyclists’ and motorists’ utilitarian physical activity at an urban university. Preventive Medicine, (46): 77-79.

Sisson, S.B., McClain, J.J., & Tudor-Locke, C. (2008).  Campus walkability, pedometer-determined steps, and moderate to vigorous physical activity: A comparison of two university campuses. Journal of American College Health, 56 (5): 585-592.

McClain, J.J., Sisson, S.B., Tudor-Locke, C. (2007). Actigraph Accelerometer Inter-Instrument Reliability during Free-living in Adults, Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 39(9): 1509-1514

McClain, J.J., Sisson, S.B., Washington, T.L., Craig, C.L., Tudor-Locke, C. (2007).Comparison of the Kenz Lifecorder and ActiGraph Accelerometers in 10-Year Old Children. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 39 (4), 630-638.

McClain, J.J., Craig, C.L., Sisson, S.B., Tudor-Locke, C. (2007). Comparison of Lifecorder EX and ActiGraph accelerometers under free-living conditions. Applied Physiology and Nutrition Metabolism, 32(4):753-61.

Behrens, T.K., Dinger, M.K., Heesch, K.C., &  Sisson, S.B. (2006). College students’ understanding of moderate physical activity: a qualitative study. American Journal of Health Studies, 20(3-4), 129-134.

Sisson, S.B., Lee, S.M., Burns, E.K., & Tudor-Locke, C. (2006). Suitability of commuting by bicycle to Arizona elementary schools.  American Journal of Health Promotion, 20(3), 210-213.

Sisson, S.B. (2006). Taking it to the streets: Understanding physical activity and the built environment Part 2. American College of Sports Medicine’s Health and Fitness Journal, 9(6), 12-15.

Sisson, S.B. (2006). Taking it to the streets: Understanding physical activity and the built environment Part 1. American College of Sports Medicine’s Health and Fitness Journal, 9(6), 8-11.

Tudor-Locke, C., Sisson, S.B., Lee, S.M., Craig, C.L., Plotnikoff, R., & Bauman, (2006). A. Evaluation of quality of commercial pedometers. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 97(supplement 1), S10-S15.

Tudor-Locke, C., Sisson, S.B., Collova, T., Lee, S.M., Swan, P., Williams, J.E., & Reis, J.P. (2005). Pedometer-determined steps count guidelines for classifying walking intensity in a young ostensibly healthy population.  Canadian Journal of Applied Physiology, 30(6), 666-676.

Graduate:
NS 5823: Energy Nutrients

Dr. Sisson conducts her research in the Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity Laboratory in the Department of Nutritional Sciences at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center.  Research in the lab focuses on physical activity and sedentary behavior epidemiology and related risk behaviors such as the consumption of poor quality food.  Other research interests include the influence of the physical and social environment on food consumption and physical activity behaviors and the impact of sedentary lifestyle on chronic diseases such as obesity as well as intervention development and evaluation to combat sedentary lifestyle and poor food choices.  Children and disadvantaged populations are of particular interest.