Peter Figueiredo

Associate Director of Warfighter Performance & Safety

Peter Figueiredo received a bachelor’s degree in exercise physiology from The University of Massachusetts, Lowell in 2016, followed by a master’s degree in exercise physiology from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim.  His thesis research was the first investigation of the effects of a sprint interval training intervention in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients and healthy older adults to enhance performance and improve medical outcomes. He started as a Research Fellow at the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine (USARIEM) in 2019 serving as Research Coordinator for the largest high altitude field study conducted by the USARIEM with four different collaborating associations and three separate field sites.  He continued with USARIEM as a Research Physiologist in 2021 serving as Associate Investigator on two protocols, contributing to 3 in total.  Peter’s research interests include environmental physiology, military performance, exercise physiology, and wearable tech.