“Resilient Bodies” Workshop: Feb. 23-24, 2022
Speaker Bios
Daniel B. Bornstein, Ph.D. has over 25 years of experience as a researcher, professor, and industry leader. Dr. Bornstein served as a tenured faculty member and administrator at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, from 2012- 2021 where he founded and directed their Center for Performance, Readiness, Resiliency, and Recovery (CPR3). At The Citadel, he developed the World’s first academic degree programs in the sub-specialty of tactical strength and conditioning. Dr. Bornstein’s research has been featured in over 130 media outlets worldwide, including USA Today, Newsweek, Stars and Stripes, and National Public Radio. Based on his research, Dr. Bornstein has provided numerous briefings to senior military personnel and lawmakers, including briefings at The Pentagon and Capitol Hill. Dr. Bornstein holds several national leadership positions, including being Chair of the U.S. National Physical Activity Plan’s Military Sector.
Rachele Pojednic, Ph.D., Ed.M. is an Assistant Professor & Program Director of Exercise Science in the Department of Health and Human Performance at Norwich University and a research associate at the Institute of Lifestyle Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Her current work examinees 1) lifestyle education for healthcare and fitness professionals and
2) nutrition, supplementation and physical activity interventions on muscle physiology and performance as well as muscle related chronic disease. Dr. Pojednic serves as co-chair of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) Exercise Is Medicine® education committee, was the Interim Executive Director for the Prescription for Activity Task Force, and serves on The American Council on Exercise (ACE) Industry Advisory Panel. Dr Pojednic and her research have been featured on NPR, Time, Popular Science, Self, Forbes, and Boston Magazine.
Amy S. Welch, Ph.D. is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Health and Human Performance at Norwich University. She has 20 years of research and teaching experience in the field of sport and exercise science, with primary expertise on motivation and performance optimization. Her current research activities focus on understanding psychophysiological responses to stress, and testing simple behavioral strategies that can mitigate the stress response and build resilience in the autonomic nervous system (e.g., biofeedback training, meditation, breath training, and physical activity). Much of Dr Welch’s work involves studying heart rate variability (HRV) as a way to monitor stress and overtraining, including through wearable biometric devices. Dr. Welch has also provided performance psychology consultation for several individual and team athletes at the national and international level, and currently serves as the Vermont state representative for the New England Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine.
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