Richard B. Kreider, PhD

Dr. Kreider serves as Professor and Director of the Exercise & Sport Nutrition Lab and Director of the Human Clinical Core at Texas A&M University. At TAMU, he served as Executive Director of the Human Clinical Research Facility (2017 – 2022) and Head of the Department of Health & Kinesiology and Thomas A. and Joan Read Endowed Chair for Disadvantaged Youth (2008 to 2017). He has over 35 years of administrative experience serving as Co-Director/Director of the Wellness Institute & Research Center at Old Dominion University (1987 to 1993); Assistant Department Chair at the University of Memphis (1994 to 2002); Chair of the Department of Health, Human Performance, and Recreation and Director of the Center for Exercise, Nutrition & Preventive Health at Baylor University (2002 to 2008); Head of the Department of Health & Kinesiology (2008 to 2017), Executive Director of the HCRF (2017 to 2022), and Director of the Human Clinical Core (2017 to present). Under his leadership, the departments at Baylor University and Texas A&M University experienced extraordinary growth, development, improved teaching and research facilities, enhanced scholarly productivity, improvement in national rankings, and international impact. Dr. Kreider is a member of the graduate faculty in the Department of Health & Kinesiology and Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences.

He has conducted numerous studies on the role of exercise and nutrition on health, performance, disease and rehabilitation. He has published 12 books (including translations), over 300 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, 500 research abstracts, and 150 health and fitness-related articles. According to Google Scholar, his work has been cited over 27,800 times in the literature (h-index 78, i10-index 200). Dr. Kreider and his students have presented over 700 presentations at regional, national, and international professional conferences. Dr. Kreider is a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine (FACSM); an active member of the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA); a co-founder, board member, and Fellow of the International Society of Sports Nutrition (FISSN); founding Editor-In-Chief of the BioMed Central – Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition (IF 5.15); Fellow of the American College of Nutrition (FACN); former Board Member of the American Kinesiology Association (2015 – 2018); elected Fellow of the National Academy of Kinesiology (FNAK, #568); member of the American Public Health Association (APHA); and, member of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). Dr. Kreider has received over 25 million dollars as a PI, Co-PI and/or consultant in internal and/or external funding to support research related to the role of exercise and nutrition on health, disease, rehabilitation, performance, and/or health disparities/equity. Additionally, he has facilitated and/or facilitated procurement of over $100 million in support for programs he led. Dr. Kreider has received the NSCA Nutrition Achievement Award (2010), Global Health & Pharma Sport & Nutrition Award (2017), the ISSN Lifetime Achievement Award (#2, 2018) among others and has served as an administrative mentor for the American Association of Kinesiology with particular emphasis in entrepreneurial and innovative resource management. Dr. Kreider has been a featured speaker at numerous conferences internationally and serves as a scientific expert consultant for industry and national professional organizations.