Since its opening in 2016, Toni has been the Director of the Human Performance Assessment Core (HPAC), a free-standing, fee for service, state of the art exercise physiology lab located in Cramer Hall in the Program in Exercise Science. The HPAC also serves as a teaching facility and was a proto-type for the AHPRC. The HPAC serves the community, local teams, and scientists across campus and the broader academic community. Toni has been teaching at Marquette for 24 years, 3 of them full time and supervises interns in the HPAC and AHPRC. She recently started an Exercise is Medicine – On Campus program at Marquette. Toni’s primary research interests are in Exercise as Medicine and injury prevention. She is thrilled to be part of the AHPRC Team.
michael.haischer@marquette.edu
Hannah is a currently a student in the Doctorate of Physical Therapy (DPT) program. She graduated in May of 2023 with a Bachelor’s degree in Exercise Physiology. Hannah first began as an intern at the AHPRC where she primarily contributed to the COVID-19 Survivor Study but currently handles the AHPRC social media platforms. Hannah is also a 5th year member of the Marquette Women’s Lacrosse Team. Her background in athletics and interest in exercise is what initially made her interested in the AHPRC.
christopher.sundberg@marquette.edu
Dr. Sundberg is an Assistant Professor of Exercise Science in the Department of Physical Therapy. His research focuses on identifying the etiologies of muscle fatigue and the physiological processes that limit neuromuscular performance in health, aging, and disease. Dr. Sundberg's lab adopts an integrative and translational approach employing multiple cutting-edge techniques to study fatigue and the limits of human performance in the whole limb down to the cellular and molecular levels. He also investigates the adaptive response to exercise training with the goal of developing targeted exercise interventions to improve muscle power output and fatigability in both healthy and clinical populations. His research has been supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), American Heart Association (AHA), and the National Institutes of Health (NIH). As an affiliate faculty of the AHPRC, Dr. Sundberg coordinates the AHPRC seminar series and assists the team in strategic planning to advance the research mission and outreach of the AHPRC.
linda.piacentine@marquette.edu
Dr. Piacentine is an acute care nurse practitioner and a nurse researcher in the College of Nursing. She earned her PhD at Marquette in 2010 and her research has focused on methods individuals employ to self-manage symptoms that develop from chronic disease or related treatments. Dr. Piacentine has also co-led interdisciplinary teams using interviews and focus group methodology to understand the effects of team triathlon training to mitigate symptoms in breast cancer survivors. As the AHPRC fellow, Dr. Piacentine brings her clinical knowledge and qualitative methodology expertise to the team to further understanding of how disease impacts quality of life and exercise.
