Deirdre M. Harrington Ph.D.

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1 Deirdre M. Harrington Ph.D. Personal Details: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Pennington Biomedical Research Center Address: 6400 Perkins Road, Baton Rouge, LA Tel: + (225) deirdre.harrington@pbrc.edu Date of Birth: 29/07/1982 Nationality: Irish Education: Doctor of Philosophy Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, University of Limerick Objective Assessment and Modification of Physical Activity and Health Indices in Adolescent Females Supervisor Prof. Alan Donnelly. External Examiner: Professor John J. Reilly, University of Glasgow, UK BSc Sport and Exercise Sciences (Hons) Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland Dissertation: Impact of Differing Levels of Physical Education and Physical Activity Provision on Health Related Fitness Levels of 5-12 Year Olds Academic Awards/Funding: 2011 National Postdoctoral Association Research Integrity Ambassador Award 2010 PEPAYS Research Forum Poster Award (June 2010) 2007 Awarded the Roadbridge Research Studentship worth 60,000 for the duration of Ph.D. program which covered stipend, project running costs and travel expenses for conference. This was a widely advertised scholarship specifically for researchers in the health and medicine area. Research Experience: Sept 2011-Present Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana Mentor: Dr. Peter Katzmarzyk o International Study of Childhood Obesity and the Environment (ISCOLE) o Steps Ahead- USDA funded physical activity and diet intervention study o Data analysis and paper writing utilizing collected body composition and physical activity data Sept 2009-June 2010 Research Assistant at Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, Ireland Evaluation of the Irish Heart Foundation s Bizzy Break Classroom Activity Programme on Physical Activity Levels Supervisor: Dr. Elaine Murtagh

2 June-Aug 2009 Summer Internship at Iowa State University, Iowa, USA Supervisor: Dr. Gregory Welk PhD research projects o Two 8-month school-based physical activity and lifestyle education interventions for adolescent females highlighted as inactive. o Two lab based validation and calibration studies of the ActivPAL Physical Activity Logger. o Cross-section study of the sedentary and physical activity levels of adolescent females in the Limerick city area. Teaching Experience: Modules: Physiology of Muscle in Movement, Introduction to Biomechanics, Psychology of Movement Development: from Infancy to Adolescence, Introduction to Physiology, Exercise and Health Fitness. Duties: Preparation of lab manual, teaching labs and tutorials to 30+ students, co-ordinating and grading lab reports, presentations and practical exams and assessments, module administration including keeping attendance and absence records. Memberships and Professional Qualifications: 2011-Present Member, American Heart Association 2011-Present Member, The Obesity Society Member, American College of Sports Medicine 2003 National Certificate in Exercise and Fitness (NCEF, Ireland) Service: Peer Reviewer for: Ethics: Undergrad Assistance: Community: Obesity, Appetite, PLoS One, International Journal of Behavioural Nutrition and Physical Activity, Pediatric Exercise Science and European Physical Education Reviews (all 2011), Journal of Sports Sciences and Physiological Measurement (both 2012). Student committee member of The Obesity Society Ethics Council Postgraduate representative on the Physical Education and Sport Science Department Research Ethics Committee Guided BSc. Sport and Exercise students at the University of Limerick in Final Year Dissertation and Sports Applications projects (08/09) and ERASMUS Mundus International students (07/08) Middle School Science Fair Judge, Speaker at Community College Health and Wellness Fair

3 Publications: Harrington, D.M. Dowd, K.P., Tudor-Locke, C. & Donnelly, A.E. A steps/minute value for moderate intensity physical activity in adolescent females Pediatric Exercise Science [In press]. Barreira T.V., Staiano A.E., Harrington D.M., Heymsfield S.B. and Katzmarzyk P.T. (2012) Anthropometric correlates of total body fat, abdominal adiposity, and cardiovascular disease risk factors in a biracial sample of men and women. Mayo Clinic Proceedings 87(5) Katzmarzyk, P.T., Barreira, T.V., Harrington, D.M. Staiano, A.E., Heymsfield, S.B., Gimble, J.M. (2012). Relationship Between Abdominal Fat and Bone Mineral Density in White and African American Adults. Bone 50(2): Harrington, D.M., Dowd, K.P. Bourke, A.K. & Donnelly, A.E. (2011) Cross-sectional analysis of levels and patterns of objectively measured sedentary time in adolescent females International Journal of Behavioural Nutrition and Physical Activity 8(120): doi: / Barreira T.V. Harrington, D.M., Staiano A.E., Heymsfield, S.B. & Katzmarzyk, P.T. (2011). Body Adiposity Index, Body Mass Index and Body Fat in White and African American Adults. Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) 306(8): Harrington, D.M., Tudor-Locke, C., Champagne, C.M., Broyles, S.T., Harsha, D.W., Kennedy, B.M., Johnson, W.D., Allen, R. & Katzmarzyk, P.T. (2011) Step-based translation of physical activity guidelines in the Lower Mississippi Delta. Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism 36(4): Harrington, D.M., Welk, G.J., & Donnelly, A.E. (2011) METs and Step Count in Females Using the ActivPAL Physical Activity Logger. Journal of Sports Sciences 29(6): Papers Under Review and in Preparation: Harrington, D.M., Staiano, A.E., Broyles, S.T., Gupta A.K. &Katzmarzyk, P.T. Anatomic Site of Waist Circumference Measurement does not Affect the Relationship with Abdominal Adiposity and Cardiometabolic Risk Children Journal of Pediatrics [under review] Harrington, D., Martin, C., Ravussin, E. & Katzmarzyk, P. The Relationship Between Objectively Measured Physical Activity and Subjective Measures of Hunger and Satiety. Obesity [under review] Dowd, K.P., Harrington, D.M., Donnelly, A.E. Validation of the activpal TM physical activity monitor in adolescent females PLoS One [under review] Kieran Dowd, K.P., Harrington, D.M., Bourke, A., Nelson, J. & Donnelly, A.E. The measurement of sedentary levels and patterns behaviours using the ActivPAL physical activity monitor Physiological Measurement [under review] Harrington, D.M., Staiano, A.E., Broyles, S.T., Gupta A.K. &Katzmarzyk, P.T. Sex- and ethnicspecific BMI percentiles for the identification of metabolic risk in children and adolescents: Evidence in support of the CDC 95 th Percentile Harrington, D.M. & Katzmarzyk, P.T. Higher Television Viewing Relates to Less Exercise in a Representative Sample of Irish 9 Year Olds Harrington, D.M. & Donnelly, A.E. Physical Activity Interventions in Irish Secondary Schools

4 Selected Conference Presentations: September 2012 Poster Presentations at The Obesity Society Annual Meetings San Antonio, Texas, USA Harrington, D.M., Staiano, A.E, Broyles, S.T., Gupta A.K. & Katzmarzyk, P.T. No association between sleep duration and adiposity in a biracial sample of children and adolescents March 2012 Moderated Poster Presentation at the Epidemiology and Prevention/Nutrition, Physical Activity and Metabolism Scientific Sessions, San Diego, California, USA Harrington, D.M. & Katzmarzyk, P.T. Higher Television Viewing Relates to Less Exercise in a Representative Sample of Irish 9 Year Olds. October 2011 Poster Presentations at The Obesity Society Annual Meetings Orlando, Florida, USA Harrington, D.M., Martin, C., Ravussin, E., Rood, J.C., Shepard, D.N., Smith, S.R., Katzmarzyk, P.T. (2011). Physical Activity and Measure of Hunger and Satiety [abstract]. Obesity 19(S1) Harrington, D.M., Staiano, A.E., Broyles, S.T., Gupta A.K. &Katzmarzyk, P.T. Anatomic site of waist circumference measurement does not affect the relationship with depot-specific adiposity in children [abstract]. Obesity 19(S1) Barreira, T.V., Harrington, D.M., Staiano, A.E., Heymsfield, S.B., Gimble, J.M., Katzmarzyk, P.T. (2011). Relationship Between Abdominal Fat and Bone Mineral Density in White and African American Adults [abstract]. Obesity 19(S1) June 2011 Poster Presentations at the American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting and World Congress on Exercise is Medicine Denver, Colorado, USA Harrington, D.M., Tudor-Locke, C., Champagne, C.M., Broyles, S.T., Harsha, D.W., Kennedy, B.M., Johnson, W.D., Allen, R. & Katzmarzyk, P.T. (2011) Step-based translation of physical activity guidelines in the Lower Mississippi Delta [abstract]. Medicine and Science in Sport and Exercise 43(5) Harrington, D.M., Dowd, K.P., Tudor-Locke, C. & Donnelly, A.E. (2011). Cadence (steps/minute) Patterns in High And Low Active Adolescent Females [abstract]. Medicine and Science in Sport and Exercise 43(5) May 2011 Poster Presentation at the International Conference on Ambulatory Monitoring of Physical Activity and Movement Glasgow, UK Older Adult Office Workers: Active Yet Sedentary

5 June 2010 June 2010 Oral and Poster Presentation at the PE PAYS Research Forum: A Shared Vision for PE, Physical Activity and Youth Sport University of Limerick, Ireland Sedentary Levels and Patterns of a Cross-Section of Adolescent Females Poster Presentation at the American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting and World Congress on Exercise is Medicine Baltimore, Maryland, USA Harrington, D. & Donnelly, A. (2010). 24-Hour Objectively Measured Sedentary Behaviours in Adolescent Females [abstract]. Medicine and Science in Sport and Exercise 42(5), S148 Dowd, K., Harrington, D. & Donnelly, A. (2010). The Examination of Accelerometer Output: Age/Non-Age Specific Thresholding and Bout Duration [abstract]. Medicine and Science in Sport and Exercise 42(5), S337 May 2009 Poster Presentation at the American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting Seattle, Washington, USA Harrington, D. & Donnelly, A. (2009). A Physical Activity and Lifestyle Education Intervention in Irish Adolescent Females [abstract]. Medicine and Science in Sport and Exercise 41(5), S119. July 2008 Oral Presentation at the European College of Sports Science Annual Conference Estoril, Portugal Comparison of two Physical Activity Monitors in Measuring Energy Expenditure in Females During Walking