TITLE: Professor and Head, Department of Health and Kinesiology, Texas A&M University; Director, Exercise and Sport Nutrition Lab

RESIDENCE: Bryan/College Station, Texas

Dr. Kreider serves as Professor, Head, and the Thomas A. and Joan Read Endowed Chair of the Department of Health and Kinesiology at Texas A&M University. Prior to this, Dr. Kreider served as Professor at Old Dominion University, the University of Memphis, and Baylor University. He has conducted numerous studies on nutrition and exercise and has published two books, more than 400 research articles/abstracts in scientific journals, and more than 150 articles for health and fitness magazines. 

He is Director of the Exercise and Sport Nutrition Lab, which has been testing the efficacy of the Curves programs since late 2002, and leads the lab's research teams in his role as principal investigator.