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Elizabeth Salerno, PhD, MPH
- Assistant Professor, Applied Exercise Science
- Director, Healthy Aging After Cancer Laboratory (HACL)
- Graduate Faculty, Movement Science
About
Dr. Elizabeth Salerno is an assistant professor of applied exercise science and director of the Healthy Aging after Cancer Laboratory (HACL) at the University of Michigan. Prior to her time at U-M, she was an assistant professor in the Division of Public Health Sciences, Department of Surgery at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
Dr. Salerno earned her PhD in kinesiology with an emphasis in exercise psychology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2017. She completed her postdoctoral fellowship as a Cancer Prevention Fellow at the National Cancer Institute and earned her MPH from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health with a concentration in biostatistical and epidemiological methods for public health and clinical research.
Areas of Interest
The determinants and outcomes of physical activity behavior at the intersection of aging and cancer to maximize functional health, quality of life, and survival; translating evidence from observational epidemiology and clinical trials to inform the implementation of sustainable physical activity interventions for cancer survivors in the clinic and community
Contact
Address
830 North University
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1048
United States