Matthew Ganio, PhD, FACSM

Associate Professor, University of Arkansas

Director, Human Performance Laboratory, University of Arkansas

Chief Statistical Advisor, Korey Stringer Institute

Matthew Ganio is an associate professor of Kinesiology at the University of Arkansas Department of Health, Human Performance and Recreation. He is currently investigating the mechanisms by which cardiovascular and thermoregulatory responses may be altered in healthy and patient populations. Specifically, his interests are the clinical implications of obesity on cardiovascular and thermoregulatory responses during exercise. Dr. Ganio received his undergraduate and Master’s degree at the University of Georgia. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Connecticut and completed a post-doctoral fellowship at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital with a joint appointment at the University of Texas Southwestern Division of Cardiology in Dallas, Texas.