# UAB NORC Core E - Physical Activity Core

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · 2020 · $139,985

## Abstract

The Physical Activity Core (PAC), established in early 2014, provides state-of-the-art and cost-effective
assessments of aerobic fitness, muscle strength, exercise economy, and efficiency, perceived exertion and
physiological ease, joint flexibility, muscle activation, physical functioning, arterial elasticity, free-living physical
activity, and supervised exercise training for both funded and pilot obesity-related research projects. To
accomplish this, the Core maintains dedicated space, houses instruments to collect and provide quality control
data, and provides staffing by trained technical personnel for a range of important assessments and services,
as well as a dedicated exercise training facility to accommodate the range of investigator needs (i.e., from
small pilot studies to large-scale R01 protocols). The PAC also facilitates research and training opportunities
across UAB by offering advice, consultations, and instruction to students, fellows, and faculty. Finally, the Core
pursues developing and expanding methodological approaches related to physical activity/fitness assessment
and exercise training protocols for obesity in specific populations, including persons with physical disabilities.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9932970
- **Project number:** 5P30DK056336-19
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM
- **Principal Investigator:** GARY R HUNTER
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $139,985
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** — → —

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9932970

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9932970, UAB NORC Core E - Physical Activity Core (5P30DK056336-19). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9932970. Licensed CC0.

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