Rate My Professor Michael LaMonte

Michael J. LaMonte, PhD, MPH, is a Research Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health at the University at Buffalo School of Public Health and Health Professions, where he also serves as Director of Graduate Studies for the MS and PhD programs. His research focuses on the measurement of physical activity and functional capacity and their influence on the epidemiology of cardiovascular disease and healthy aging. He earned a BS in Physical Education/Athletic Training from Canisius College in 1990, an MS in Physical Education (Athletic Training/Exercise Physiology) from Marshall University in 1992, a PhD in Exercise Physiology from the University of Utah in 1997, and an MPH in Epidemiology from the University of South Carolina in 2000. Prior to joining the University at Buffalo, LaMonte held positions as director of epidemiologic research at the Cooper Institute in Dallas, Texas; assistant professor in Cardiology at the University of Utah Medical School and director of the Exercise Testing Laboratory in the Cardiology Division at LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah; and assistant professor of Exercise Science at Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia. He completed postdoctoral training as a fellow in Physical Activity Epidemiology at the University of South Carolina Prevention Research Center from 1999 to 2001.