Paul Burghardt

Dr. Paul Burghardt earned a MS in exercise physiology and a PhD in biomedical science and has a decade of research experience investigating how physical activity alters behavior and neurobiology. He currently holds positions in ther Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience Institute and the department ofr Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, both at the University ofr Michigan.

Dr. Burghardt is a member of the Society for Neuroscience, ther International Behavioral Neuroscience Society, the American Congress ofr Rehabilitation Medicine, and the Michigan Metabolomics and Obesityr Center. He has authored several scientific publications on the behavioral, neurochemical, and physiological responses related to exercise and the behavioral responses to pharmacological compounds.

Dr. Burghardt has experience in clinical exercise research settings with projects that investigated the effect of nutritional supplements on physical and mental performance in athletes, and clinical rehabilitation experience in hospital-based phase-II cardiac rehabilitation programs. He has also coached junior judo competitors at national tou aments, helped individuals as a personal trainer, and taught collegiate physiology and statistics courses.