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Wm. Cameron Chumlea, Ph.D.

Wm. Cameron Chumlea, Ph.D.
Fels Professor

(937) 775-1428 (voice)
(937) 775-1422 (fax)

E-mail: cameron.chumlea@wright.edu


Major Active Projects

  • Serial changes in fat patterning, levels of fatness and blood pressure, lipids, and lipoproteins in adults
  • Multifrequency bioelectrical impedance analysis, body composition, and fat patterning in white and black adults
  • Functional status, body composition, and health in the elderly
  • Frame size, bone density, and body composition in adults
  • Anthropometric and body composition methodologies, morbidity, and mortality hemodialysis
  • Development of stature prediction equations for white, black, and Mexican American elderly

Education

Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia, B.S., 1969, Pre-Medicine

University of Texas, Austin, M.A., Physical Anthropology, 1976

University of Texas, Austin, Ph.D., Physical Anthropology, 1978

Professional Positions

1978–1984: Research Scientist Fels Research Institute, Wright State School of Medicine, Dayton, OH

1979–1980: Assistant Clinical Professor Department of Pediatrics, Wright State University School of Medicine, Dayton, OH

1980–1985: Fels Assistant Professor Department of Pediatrics, Wright State University School of Medicine, Dayton, OH

1985–1990: Fels Associate Professor Department of Pediatrics, Wright State University School of Medicine, Dayton, OH

1990–present: Fels Professor Departments of Community Health & Pediatrics, Wright State University School of Medicine, Dayton, OH