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Experienced writer, researcher, & statistical consultant. Expertise: exercise, sports science, health/rehab, supplements

Profile Summary

I am a Professor of Physiology within a Department of Physical Therapy at a university, and I am always looking for new ways to share my expertise to expand the scientific literature and develop new applications from research. I completed my first doctoral degree at Cornell University in veterinary medicine, before I switched over to human research and earned a Ph.D. in Sports Medicine and Nutrition at the University of Pittsburgh. While doctoral studies were primarily focused on biomechanics, I have spent the past decade focused on physiology. Details of my 70+ PubMed-indexed publications can be found on my CV. My unusually eclectic background is the driving force behind my ability to integrate the literature across numerous disciplines and relate to scientists and clinicians from a diversity of fields. The scope of my scientific expertise is best seen through the range of topics I have published on in the peer-review literature. For instance, I have published education article in the British Medical Journal (The BMJ) about respiratory disorders in athletes, and the emerging topic of exercise addiction. After numerous publications exploring the physiological effects of the red wine antioxidant resveratrol, I published a number of papers regarding clinical trial design and animal-to-human dosage translation. In the past three years, I have published a number of papers regarding sports concussions and brain protection for athletes. Twitter: @jsmoliga

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Medical Statistics
• ★ Orthopedics & Sports Medicine
• ★ Medical Writing
• ☆ Biology/Life Sciences
• ☆ Antioxidants
• ☆ Biomechanics
• ☆ Applied Statistics
• ☆ Nutrition Science
• ☆ Veterinary Medicine
• ☆ Cell Aging
• ☆ Exercise & Fitness
• ☆ Athletic Training & Coaching
• ☆ Golf
• ☆ Running
• ☆ Higher Education
• ☆ Curriculum Planning & Development
• ☆ Kinesiology & Exercise Science
• ☆ Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation
• ☆ Pulmonology/Respiratory Disease
• ☆ Healthcare
• ☆ Medical Sciences
• ☆ Technical & Scientific Writing
• ☆ Career Counseling

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI
• Product Development

Writing Technical Writing, Copywriting, Newswriting

Research Market Research, Meta-Research, Feasibility Study, Fact Checking, Gap Analysis, Gray Literature Search, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Consulting Digital Strategy Consulting, Scientific and Technical Consulting

Data & AI Predictive Modeling, Statistical Analysis, Algorithm Design-Non ML, Data Visualization, Big Data Analytics, Data Processing, Data Insights

Product Development Product Evaluation, Product Validation, Prototyping

Work Experience

Professor of Physiology

High Point University

June 2018 - Present

Associate Professor of Physiology

High Point University

December 2011 - May 2018

Education

Ph.D (Sports Medicine)

University of Pittsburgh

July 2003 - December 2007

D.V.M. (College of Veterinary Medicine)

Cornell University

August 1999 - May 2003

Certifications

• Fellow

  American College of Sports Medicine

  May 2017 - Present

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

James M. Smoliga(2020). Modelling the maximal active consumption rate and its plasticity in humans{\textemdash}perspectives from hot dog eating competitions . Biology Letters. 16. (7). p. 20200096. The Royal Society

Renee N. Hamel, James M. Smoliga(2019). Physical Activity Intolerance and Cardiorespiratory Dysfunction in Patients with Moderate-to-Severe Traumatic Brain Injury . Sports Medicine. 49. (8). p. 1183--1198. Springer Science and Business Media {LLC}

Brianna K. Bruggeman, Oliver Chen, Katharine E. Storo, Haley M. Fair, Andrew J. Wommack, Colin R. Carriker, James M. Smoliga (2019). The absorptive effects of orobuccal non-liposomal nano-sized glutathione on blood glutathione parameters in healthy individuals: A pilot study . PLOS ONE.

Steve Tumilty, Divya Bharatkumar Adhia, James M. Smoliga, Angela Spontelli Gisselman(2019). Thermal profiles over the Achilles tendon in a cohort of non-injured collegiate athletes over the course of a cross country season . Physical Therapy in Sport. 36. p. 110--115. Elsevier {BV}

James M Smoliga, Lizhen Wang(2018). Woodpeckers don't play football: implications for novel brain protection devices using mild jugular compression . British Journal of Sports Medicine. 53. (20). p. 1262--1263. {BMJ}

Gerald S. Zavorsky, James M. Smoliga(2017). Correct Data and Meta-analytic Approaches Show the Reduced Risk of Concussion for Athletes Playing at Higher Altitudes{\textemdash}Reply . {JAMA} Neurology. 74. (4). p. 485. American Medical Association ({AMA})

Heather A Hausenblas, Katherine Schreiber, James M Smoliga(2017). Addiction to exercise . {BMJ}. p. j1745. {BMJ}

Gerald S. Zavorsky, Kelly A. Tomko, James M. Smoliga, David J. Handelsman(2017). Declines in marathon performance: Sex differences in elite and recreational athletes . {PLOS} {ONE}. 12. (2). p. e0172121. Public Library of Science ({PLoS})

James M. Smoliga, Corinne J. Kendall(2017). Inaccuracies: Axe science hype from social media . Nature. 542. (7639). p. 31--31. Springer Nature

James M. Smoliga, Gerald S. Zavorsky(2017). Last Word on Viewpoint: All is fair in altitude and concussions . Journal of Applied Physiology. 122. (1). p. 221--221. American Physiological Society

James M. Smoliga, Gerald S. Zavorsky(2017). {\textquotedblleft}Tighter fit{\textquotedblright} theory{\textemdash}physiologists explain why {\textquotedblleft}higher altitude{\textquotedblright} and jugular occlusion are unlikely to reduce risks for sports concussion and brain injuries . Journal of Applied Physiology. 122. (1). p. 215--217. American Physiological Society

James M. Smoliga, Gerald S. Zavorsky(2016). Exercise physiology and sports science must be considered in evolutionary theories regarding human performance: a reply to Postma (2016) . Biology Letters. 12. (11). p. 20160856. The Royal Society

James M. Smoliga, Zahra S. Mohseni, Jeffrey D. Berwager, Eric J. Hegedus(2016). Common causes of dyspnoea in~athletes: a practical approach for diagnosis and management: Table~1 . Breathe. 12. (2). p. e22--e37. European Respiratory Society ({ERS})

Alexis A. Wright, Steven L. Dischiavi, James M. Smoliga, Jeffrey B. Taylor, Eric J. Hegedus(2016). Association of Lower Quarter Y-Balance Test with lower extremity injury in {NCAA} Division 1 athletes: an independent validation study . Physiotherapy. Elsevier {BV}

James M Smoliga(2016). What is running economy? A clinician{\textquotesingle}s guide to key concepts, applications and myths . British Journal of Sports Medicine. 51. (10). p. 831--832. {BMJ}

Woessner M, Smoliga JM, Tarzia B, Stabler T, Van Bruggen M, Allen JD, Nitric oxide : biology and chemistry / official journal of the Nitric Oxide Society, 2016 .

Smoliga JM, Weiss P, Rundell KW, BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 2016, vol. 352, pp. h6951 .

Wright AA, Taylor JB, Ford KR, Siska L, Smoliga JM, British journal of sports medicine, 2015, vol. 49, no. 23, pp. 1517-1523 .

James M. Smoliga, Gerald S. Zavorsky(2015). Faces and fitness: attractive evolutionary relationship or ugly hypothesis? . Biology Letters. 11. (11). p. 20150839. The Royal Society

Smoliga JM, Zavorsky GS, Biology letters, 2015, vol. 11, no. 11 .

Smoliga JM, Hegedus EJ, Ford KR, Physical therapy in sport : official journal of the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Sports Medicine, 2015, vol. 16, no. 3, pp. 262-267 .

Smoliga JM, Wirfel LA, Paul D, Doarnberger M, Ford KR, Journal of biomechanics, 2015, vol. 48, no. 10, pp. 1950-1956 .

Matsumura MD, Zavorsky GS, Smoliga JM, Phytotherapy research : PTR, 2015, vol. 29, no. 6, pp. 887-893 .

Blanchard OL, Smoliga JM, FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, 2015, vol. 29, no. 5, pp. 1629-1634 .

Wright AA, Hegedus EJ, Lenchik L, Kuhn KJ, Santiago L, Smoliga JM, The American journal of sports medicine, 2015 .

Lavin KM, Guenette JA, Smoliga JM, Zavorsky GS, Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports, 2015, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 16-24 .

Hausenblas HA, Schoulda JA, Smoliga JM, Molecular nutrition & food research, 2015, vol. 59, no. 1, pp. 147-159 .

Taylor JB, Wright AA, Smoliga JM, DePew JT, Hegedus EJ, Journal of sport rehabilitation, 2015 .

Lopez EI, Smoliga JM, Zavorsky GS, Research quarterly for exercise and sport, 2014, vol. 85, no. 4, pp. 519-526 .

Smoliga JM, Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 2014, vol. 245, no. 5, pp. 484-485 .

Flaherty JM, Smoliga JM, Zavorsky GS, Experimental physiology, 2014, vol. 99, no. 3, pp. 562-570 .

Jennifer J. Silk, James M. Smoliga(2014). Resveratrol: Nutraceutical believed to counteract the detrimental effects of high-fat diet . Lipid Technology. 26. (1). p. 15--17. Wiley-Blackwell

Blanchard OL, Friesenhahn G, Javors MA, Smoliga JM, PloS one, 2014, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. e90131 .

Smoliga JM, Blanchard O, Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2014, vol. 19, no. 11, pp. 17154-17172 .

Smoliga JM, Blanchard OL, The Journal of physiology, 2013, vol. 591, no. Pt 20, pp. 5251-5252 .

James M. Smoliga, E. Sage Colombo, Matthew J. Campen(2013). A healthier approach to clinical trials evaluating resveratrol for primary prevention of age-related diseases in healthy populations . Aging. 5. (7). p. 495--506. Impact Journals, {LLC}

Smoliga JM, Colombo ES, Campen MJ, Aging, 2013, vol. 5, no. 7, pp. 495-506 .

Agarwal B, Campen MJ, Channell MM, Wherry SJ, Varamini B, Davis JG, Baur JA, Smoliga JM, International journal of cardiology, 2013, vol. 166, no. 1, pp. 246-248 .

Cutrufello PT, Smoliga JM, Rundell KW, Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.), 2012, vol. 42, no. 12, pp. 1041-1058 .

Zavorsky GS, Smoliga JM, Longo LD, Uhranowsky KA, Cadman CR, Duffin J, Fisher JA, Medicine and science in sports and exercise, 2012, vol. 44, no. 11, pp. 2118-2124 .

GERALD S. ZAVORSKY, JAMES M. SMOLIGA, LAWRENCE D. LONGO, KATHY A. UHRANOWSKY, CHRISTOPHER R. CADMAN, JAMES DUFFIN, JOSEPH A. FISHER(2012). Increased Carbon Monoxide Clearance during Exercise in Humans . Medicine {\&} Science in Sports {\&} Exercise. 44. (11). p. 2118--2124. Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

Perrey S, Joyner M, Ruiz JR, Lucia A, Nosaka K, Louis J, Pitsiladis YP, Smoliga JM, Zavorsky GS, Hunter GR, Fisher G, Kim CK, Kim HJ, Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985), 2012, vol. 113, no. 3, pp. 510-512 .

Smoliga JM, Vang O, Baur JA, The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences, 2012, vol. 67, no. 2, pp. 158-167 .

Lavin KM, Straub AM, Uhranowsky KA, Smoliga JM, Zavorsky GS, PloS one, 2012, vol. 7, no. 9, pp. e44513 .

Paul T. Cutrufello, James M. Smoliga, Kenneth W. Rundell(2012). Small Things Make a Big Difference . Sports Medicine. 42. (12). p. 1041--1058. Springer Nature

Cutrufello PT, Rundell KW, Smoliga JM, Stylianides GA, Inhalation toxicology, 2011, vol. 23, no. 11, pp. 658-667 .

Krogh-Madsen R, Nagamatsu LS, Davis JC, Liu-Ambrose TY, Smoliga JM, Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985), 2011, vol. 111, no. 3, pp. 949-950 .

Smoliga JM, Baur JA, Hausenblas HA, Molecular nutrition & food research, 2011, vol. 55, no. 8, pp. 1129-1141 .

Smoliga JM, Rundell KW, Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985), 2011, vol. 110, no. 1, pp. 287; discussion 294 .

Fisk MZ, Steigerwald MD, Smoliga JM, Rundell KW, The Physician and sportsmedicine, 2010, vol. 38, no. 4, pp. 28-34 .

Tsai YS, Sell TC, Smoliga JM, Myers JB, Learman KE, Lephart SM, The Journal of orthopaedic and sports physical therapy, 2010, vol. 40, no. 7, pp. 430-438 .

Smoliga JM, Myers JB, Redfern MS, Lephart SM, Journal of electromyography and kinesiology : official journal of the International Society of Electrophysiological Kinesiology, 2010, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. e1-9 .

Fradkin AJ, Zazryn TR, Smoliga JM, Journal of strength and conditioning research / National Strength & Conditioning Association, 2010, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 140-148 .

Myers J, Lephart S, Tsai YS, Sell T, Smoliga J, Jolly J, Journal of sports sciences, 2008, vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 181-188 .

Sell TC, Tsai YS, Smoliga JM, Myers JB, Lephart SM, Journal of strength and conditioning research / National Strength & Conditioning Association, 2007, vol. 21, no. 4, pp. 1166-1171 .

Abt JP, Smoliga JM, Brick MJ, Jolly JT, Lephart SM, Fu FH, Journal of strength and conditioning research / National Strength & Conditioning Association, 2007, vol. 21, no. 4, pp. 1300-1304 .

Lephart SM, Smoliga JM, Myers JB, Sell TC, Tsai YS, Journal of strength and conditioning research / National Strength & Conditioning Association, 2007, vol. 21, no. 3, pp. 860-869 .

Scott M. Lephart, James M. Smoliga, Joseph B. Myers, Timothy C. Sell, Yung-Shen Tsai(2007). An Eight-Week Golf-Specific Exercise Program Improves Physical Characteristics, Swing Mechanics, and Golf Performance in Recreational Golfers . The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. 21. (3). p. 860. Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

Smoliga J, Schatzberg S, Peters J, McDonough S, deLahunta A, The Journal of small animal practice, 2005, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 34-38 .