Devon A. Dobrosielski, Ph.D.

Prior to joining the Towson faculty in 2012, Dr. Dobrosielski was an Instructor in Medicine at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, where he led research that established the effectiveness of diet and exercise for reducing obstructive sleep apnea severity in older adults. In 2014, he was honored as a Junior Scholar by the Towson Academy of Scholars and was awarded a NIH Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) in 2016 to determine whether structured exercise serves as an effective countermeasure to the cardiovascular burden often observed in obese adults with sleep apnea (PDF). He is certified by the American College of Sports Medicine as a clinical exercise physiologist and has over 15 years of experience implementing exercise programs for clinical populations. Dr. Dobrosielski is the Faculty Director for the “Peru: Life at the Top” study abroad program which is designed to provide students with experiential knowledge of the challenges, responses and factors of exertion affected by high altitude. He is a strong advocate of undergraduate research and is committed to building  a state of the art training/research program capable of clinically relevant instruction and research excellence.

Select Publications

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  Additional publications:

• Dobrosielski DA, Leppert KM, Shearer LH, Arce-Esquivel AA. "Peru: life at the top" - a study abroad program designed to enhance knowledge of altitude physiology through experiential learning. Journal of Physical Education and Sport 2020; 20(4): 1869-1878 

• Paul M Evitts, Dalton Nichols, Kailyn Asbury, Taylor Westhoff, Devon A. Dobrosielski. Relationship between fat distribution and tongue strength in persons with and without obstructive sleep apnea. Sleep Med and Disorders. Int Journal 2018; 2(5): 109-113.

• Dobrosielski DA, Humpert A, Heyman M. High-Altitude Recreation: What to Expect at the Top! ACSM’s Health and Fitness Journal 2017; 21(1):16-22.

• Papandreou C, Patil S, Dobrosielski DA. Focusing on Omega-3 Fatty Acids for Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea and its Cardiovascular Complications. J of Respir Research 2016; 2(2): 41-43.

Service

• Dr. Dobrosielski is a member of the Towson University Institutional Review Board.  In 2014, he founded the Towson Research Academy of Collaborative Sports Science, an interdisciplinary initiative seeking to understand and improve performance related to sport, fitness, health and wellness.  He regularly reviews manuscripts for medical and sports science journals and serves on the Executive Board of the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine.

Courses Taught 

 

• KNES 265 Fundamentals in Health and Physical Fitness Assessment
• KNES 313 Physiology of Exercise
• KNES 371 Field Experience in Exercise Science 
• KNES 469 Advanced Writing for Research in Exercise Science