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Dr. Bonita L.
Marks, Ph.D., FACSM
Associate
Professor and Director
Exercise
Science Teaching Laboratory
Department
of Exercise and Sport Science
Fetzer Gym,
CB # 8700, UNC-CH, 27599-8700
Office:
919-962-2260
marks@email.unc.edu
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Professional Summary
Dr. Bonita L. Marks,
an Associate Professor, has been at the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill since 1996 within the
specialization of
Exercise Physiology. She
is Director of the
Exercise Science Teaching Lab
and the Director of the
Undergraduate Fitness Professional Track.
Dr. Marks holds Adjunct Associate Professor positions in the Department of
Emergency Medicine and the Department of Allied Health Sciences
within UNC’s School of Medicine. She is also on the doctoral
faculty for the
Human Movement
Sciences Program. Her teaching
responsibilities include
undergraduate
exercise physiology (EXSS
376/376L),
graduate
and undergraduate exercise testing and prescription for healthy and
clinical populations (EXSS
410/410L,
EXSS 412,
EXSS 781),
practicum supervision (EXSS
379,
EXSS 789),
Advanced Topics in Exercise Physiology, Aging Segment (EXSS 784), Masters
Thesis Advising and Research in Exercise and Sport Science (EXSS 990, EXSS
993).
Dr. Marks completed her
B.S. Degree in Health and Physical Education from the University of
Pittsburgh, a Master’s Degree in Applied Physiology (Movement Sciences)
from Teachers College, Columbia University in New York City, and a
Ph.D. in Exercise Physiology from the University of
Pittsburgh. Dr. Marks completed a 1-year clinical post-doctoral
appointment in the Department of Cardiology’s Exercise Physiology and
Nutrition Lab at UMASS Medical School in Worcester where she was the
project coordinator for a large
women’s weight loss study investigating diet, aerobic
exercise, and strength training.
During her sabbatical
from UNC (2004-2006), Dr. Marks completed an NIH Post-Doctoral Fellowship
at Duke’s Center for Aging and Human Development which culminated with a
national
neuroimaging
junior investigator award from the New York Academy of
Sciences, General Electric, and the American Federation for Aging for her
research,
Role of aerobic fitness and aging on cerebral white matter integrity.
This lead to her current research, The role of recreational sport
participation on cerebral white matter integrity in older adults
funded by UNC’s Biomedical Research Imaging Center. Dr. Marks also has
funding from UNC’s Institute on Aging for research entitled, Instrument
Validation of a Falls Risk Home Self-Assessment Tool. She retains
collaborative ties with Duke University’s Center for Aging and the Duke VA
Medical Center’s Gerofit Program, where she is a co-investigator on
the research study, Walking in Elders:
Metabolic and Biomechanical Contributions.
As a Fellow of the
American College of Sports Medicine and an ACSM-certified exercise
specialist, Dr. Marks serves on the Credentialing Committee. She has also
served on the Executive Boards of both the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast
Regional Chapters of the ACSM. Locally, Dr. Marks is on the Advisory Board
for the North Carolina Healthy Aging Network.
Dr. Marks’ side interest
in tennis has lead to a regular write-in column,
“Ask a Doc”, on
the website
www.tennis.info , numerous professional tennis
articles, and the publication of her first book,
“Taking Your Tennis
on Tour: The Business, Science, and Reality of Going Pro”.
To learn more about Dr. Marks’, visit her
personal website.
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