Stephen E. Alway, PhD., FACSM

Dean, College of Health Professions, Professor, Department of Physical Therapy, College of Health Professions, Joint Professor, Department of Physiology, College of Medicine

Dr. Alway is the Dean of the College of Health Professions with appointments as a tenured Full Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy, College of Health Professions and Joint Professor in the Department of Physiology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. He is also the Director of the Center for Muscle, Metabolism and Neuropathology in the Division of Rehabilitation Sciences, College of Health Professions. Before coming to UTHSC, Dr. Alway spent the previous 18 years at West Virginia University School of Medicine where he was Professor and Chair of Exercise Physiology, Executive Chairperson for the Department of Human Performance and Exercise Science, and Senior Assistant Dean of Research and Graduate Studies at West Virginia University School of Medicine. Before this he was faculty at the University of South Florida College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, and Oral Roberts University School of Medicine. He has earned degrees from the University of Waterloo (BSc, Honors Kinesiology), and McMaster University (MSc, Physiology; Ph.D., Neuroscience) and completed postdoctoral training at the University of Waterloo, and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School. For the past 30 years, Dr. Alway has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, Department of Defense, and various foundations for research in cellular and molecular adaptations to study the role of mitochondria in sarcopenia, and the effects of aging on adaptations to muscle loading/exercise, muscle repair, and disuse. He has authored or co-authored more than 135 peer-reviewed scientific papers, written chapters for eight textbooks and authored more than 400 lay publications in exercise and fitness journals. He is on the editorial board for five scientific journals and is the Associate Editor-in-Chief for Exercise Science Sports Reviews, and Associate Editor for two other journals and a section head for a different journal. Dr. Alway has served on numerous national and international grant review committees.  He has been active in the field of adaptation to exercise for more than 30 years, and he is a fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine. In 2000 he was named the Sport Scientist of the year by the National Strength and Conditioning Association.