Working Group

About APPOMET 

APPOMET is a well-established working group at ETSU. It is composed of over a dozen faculty and student members from the Colleges of Public Health, Health Sciences, Nursing, Medicine, Pharmacy, and Arts and Sciences. Since Spring 2012, the group has met on a monthly basis to pursue opportunities for research, education, outreach, and development in the areas of obesity, metabolic syndrome, and diabetes. Over the years, the group has been very productive and has secured multiple internal grants (including Research Development Committee grants and Student-Faculty Collaborative grants) and an external grant from the Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR) to study obesity and metabolic diseases amongst the at risk population of Northeast Tennessee.

Team members have published together in high-impact journals and have made multiple presentations at local, regional, and national conferences. APPOMET has also trained undergraduate and graduate students in studies involving obesity and metabolic diseases. The group has also previously interacted with and provided expertise to Wellmont on one of their studies involving diabetic patients.

Faculty Members 

Dr. Kara Lynn Boynewicz
Assistant Professor, Physical Therapy, College of Clinical & Rehabilitative Sciences

Dr. W. Andrew Clark
Professor and Associate Dean of Research, College of Clinical & Rehabilitative Sciences 

Dr. Andrew Dotterweich
Associate Professor, Sports, Exercise, Recreation, and Kinesiology, College of Education

Dr. George Ford
Assistant Professor, Pediatric Endocrinology, Quillen College of Medicine

Dr. Timothy A. Joyner
Assistant Professor, Geosciences, College of Arts & Sciences

Dr. Jo-Ann Marrs
Professor, Graduate Programs, College of Nursing

Dr. April Morrison
Assistant Professor, Graduate Programs, College of Nursing

Dr. Jonathan M. Peterson
Associate Professor, Health Sciences, College of Public Health 

Dr. Kenneth Phillips
Professor and Associate Dean of Research, College of Nursing 

Dr. David Roane
Professor and Chair, Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy

Dr. Karen Schetzina
Professor, Pediatrics, Quillen College of Medicine

Dr. William Stone
Professor and Director of Pediatric Research, Quillen College of Medicine 

External Member

Dr. Jerry Walkup
Tri-City Pediatric Cardiology, P.C.

Staff Member

Ms. Lee Cutshaw
Project Manager, Biostatistics and Epidemiology, College of Public Health