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Conrad P. Earnest is affiliated with Texas A&M University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine with a focus on physiology and cardiovascular research. Their work spans multiple subfields including physiology, complementary and alternative medicine, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, applied psychology, and pharmacology.

Their principal topics of research include cardiovascular and exercise physiology, physical activity and health, heart rate variability and autonomic control, behavioral health and interventions, pharmacology and obesity treatment, eating disorders and behaviors, and adipose tissue and metabolism.

Earnest has published research in several notable venues, frequently appearing in:

  • Sports Medicine
  • Journal of Dietary Supplements
  • Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition
  • Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Conrad P. Earnest include:

  • Small dense low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (sdLDL-C): Analysis, effects on cardiovascular endpoints and dietary strategies, 2020, Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Exploring Differences in Cardiorespiratory Fitness Response Rates Across Varying Doses of Exercise Training: A Retrospective Analysis of Eight Randomized Controlled Trials, 2021, Sports Medicine
  • Interindividual Differences in Trainability and Moderators of Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Waist Circumference, and Body Mass Responses: A Large-Scale Individual Participant Data Meta-analysis, 2022, Sports Medicine
  • The effects of varying doses of caffeine on cardiac parasympathetic reactivation following an acute bout of anaerobic exercise in recreational athletes, 2020, Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition
  • Combination of resistance and aerobic exercise for six months improves bone mass and physical function in HIV infected individuals: A randomized controlled trial, 2020, Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Frequent collaborators include Timothy S. Church, Neil M. Johannsen, Corby K. Martin, Majid Mardaniyan Ghahfarrokhi, and William E. Kraus, with multiple joint publications reflecting sustained research partnerships.

Best Publications

  • Trends over 5 decades in U.S. occupation-related physical activity and their associations with obesity.

    Timothy S. Church;Diana M. Thomas;Catrine Tudor-Locke;Peter T. Katzmarzyk

  • Effects of Aerobic and Resistance Training on Hemoglobin A1c Levels in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Timothy S. Church;Steven N. Blair;Shannon Cocreham;Neil Johannsen

  • Effects of different doses of physical activity on cardiorespiratory fitness among sedentary, overweight or obese postmenopausal women with elevated blood pressure: a randomized controlled trial.

    Timothy S. Church;Conrad P. Earnest;James S. Skinner;Steven N. Blair

  • The Role of Exercise and Physical Activity in Weight Loss and Maintenance

    Damon L. Swift;Neil M. Johannsen;Carl J. Lavie;Conrad P. Earnest

  • ISSN exercise & sport nutrition review: research & recommendations

    Richard B. Kreider;Colin D. Wilborn;Lem Taylor;Bill Campbell

  • Exercise and the cardiovascular system: clinical science and cardiovascular outcomes

    Carl J. Lavie;Ross Arena;Damon L. Swift;Neil M. Johannsen

  • Exercise capacity and body composition as predictors of mortality among men with diabetes

    Timothy S. Church;Yiling J. Cheng;Conrad P. Earnest;Carolyn E. Barlow

  • The effect of creatine monohydrate ingestion on anaerobic power indices, muscular strength and body composition

    Conrad P Earnest;P G Snell;R Rodriguez;A L Almada

  • Associations Between Cardiorespiratory Fitness and C-Reactive Protein in Men

    Timothy S. Church;Carolyn E. Barlow;Conrad P. Earnest;James B. Kampert

  • A conceptual framework for performance diagnosis and training prescription from submaximal gas exchange parameters--theory and application.

    T Meyer;A Lucia;Conrad P Earnest;W Kindermann

  • Associations of muscle strength and fitness with metabolic syndrome in men.

    Radim Jurca;Michael J. Lamonte;Timothy S. Church;Conrad P. Earnest

  • Physical activity, cardiorespiratory fitness, and exercise training in primary and secondary coronary prevention.

    Damon L. Swift;Carl J. Lavie;Carl J. Lavie;Neil M. Johannsen;Ross A. Arena

  • The Effects of Exercise and Physical Activity on Weight Loss and Maintenance.

    Damon L. Swift;Joshua E. McGee;Conrad P. Earnest;Erica Carlisle

  • Adverse metabolic response to regular exercise: Is it a rare or common occurrence?

    Claude Bouchard;Steven N. Blair;Timothy S. Church;Conrad P. Earnest

  • Tour de France versus Vuelta a España: Which Is Harder?

    Alejandro Lucia;Jesus Hoyos;Alfredo Santalla;Conrad Earnest

  • Exercise dose and quality of life: a randomized controlled trial.

    Corby K. Martin;Timothy S. Church;Angela M. Thompson;Conrad P. Earnest

  • How do endurance runners actually train? Relationship with competition performance.

    Jonathan Esteve-Lanao;Alejandro F. San Juan;Conrad P. Earnest;Carl Foster

  • Changes in Weight, Waist Circumference and Compensatory Responses with Different Doses of Exercise among Sedentary, Overweight Postmenopausal Women

    Timothy S. Church;Corby K. Martin;Angela M. Thompson;Conrad P. Earnest

  • Cancer-related fatigue: Can exercise physiology assist oncologists?

    Alejandro Lucía;Conrad Earnest;Margarita Pérez

  • Profiles of sedentary behavior in children and adolescents: the US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2001-2006.

    Susan B. Sisson;Timothy S. Church;Corby K. Martin;Catrine Tudor-Locke

Frequent Co-Authors

Timothy S. Church
Timothy S. Church Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Steven N. Blair
Steven N. Blair University of South Carolina
Carl J. Lavie
Carl J. Lavie University of Queensland
Alejandro Lucia
Alejandro Lucia European University of Madrid
Catrine Tudor-Locke
Catrine Tudor-Locke University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Peter T. Katzmarzyk
Peter T. Katzmarzyk Pennington Biomedical Research Center
William E. Kraus
William E. Kraus Duke University
Tuomo Rankinen
Tuomo Rankinen Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Claude Bouchard
Claude Bouchard Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Carl Foster
Carl Foster University of Wisconsin–La Crosse

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