Everything from treatments for Parkinson’s disease and cardiovascular disease to helping children with Autism is generated from great research universities like the University of Florida.

The University of Florida is the most diverse university in the nation. Virtually any and every program is offered to students at UF. Located all on one campus, students can study anything from medicine to agriculture to exercise physiology to engineering to pharmacy, making the possibilities endless. That gives our researchers a great synergy to work together to solve some of the great medical mysteries.

The Center for Exercise Science researchers are engaged in studies designed to improve our understanding of the basic mechanisms that underlie exercise-induced changes in the body at the organ, tissue, cellular and molecular level. Further, CES scientists are investigating applied topics such as the development of rehabilitation techniques for regaining motor control after stoke, maintaining optimal health and delaying age-related declines in physiological function.

The primary goal of scientists in CES is to improve human health by advancing knowledge through research. Moreover, CES provides an outstanding laboratory environment to educate University of Florida students and post-doctoral fellows who will become the next generation of health-related exercise scientists and clinicians.