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.. University of California, San Francisco About UCSF Search UCSF UCSF Medical Center UCSF Fitness, Aging, and Stress Laboratory Search form Search Home Projects People Publications Opportunities Contact News WELCOME TO THE FASTLAB! An aging population across the globe brings with it an ever-increasing prevalence of preventable diseases of aging. Long-term maintenance of physical activity decreases the risk for such diseases, yet many individuals remain inactive. Chronic stress is identified as a salient feature in the social environment that impedes activity engagement. Using longitudinal, population studies, randomized controlled trials, ecological momentary assessments, and laboratory studies, my program of research focuses on the extent to which physical activity prevents or reverses the biological and psychological pathways through which stress experienced across the lifespan is hypothesized to promote disease. My research aims to (1) highlight the extent to which maintaining an active lifestyle modifies the impact of lifespan stress on disease pathogenesis, (2) advance novel intervention targets for health when highly stressed and inactive individuals are provided opportunities to be active, and (3) reveal the extent to which physical activity engagement alters psychological and biological responses to stress, and, in turn, how responses to stress impede or enhance the engagement of physical activity. Welcome to the FAST Lab! - Eli Puterman, PhD The FAST Lab is currently seeking family caregivers of persons with Alzheimer’s disease or other dementias to participate in a 6-month exercise study. Caregivers in this study will receive free gym memberships to their local YMCA and be matched with a motivational fitness coach for support in becoming more physically active. If you are a caregiver interested in participating, contact Samantha Schilf, the study coordinator, at 415.476.3818 or at [email protected] . You may also visit the study website at faststudy.ucsf.edu for more information, or http://kin.educ.ubc.ca/research/labs/fastlab for information about the University of British Columbia Branch of the FAST Lab in the Department of Kinesiology.. Connect With FASTLab 3333 California St. San Francisco, CA 94118 Phone: (415) 476-3818 Twitter Facebook Google Plus Contact FastLabUCSF Main Site © 2013 The Regents of the University of...