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Staff and Associates of NCPAD
Blythe Hiss Information Specialist  Blythe Hiss, MS, RCEP holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Biological Sciences (concentration in Nutrition) from North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina, and a Master of Science Degree in Movement Sciences (concentration in Applied Exercise Physiology) from the University of Illinois at Chicago. She received her Registered Clinical Exercise Physiologist certification from the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) in May of 2008. Blythe has worked for both the National Center on Physical Activity and Disability (NCPAD) and the Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Exercise Physiology and Recreational Technology for People with Disabilities (RERC Rectech at http://www.rectech.org/) in the Department of Disability and Human Development at UIC since January of 2004, as a graduate and research assistant and now as a Information Specialist.
Blythe is the editor of the monthly newsletter for NCPAD and plays a prominent role with the newly formed Inclusive Fitness Coalition (http://www.incfit.org/), which was launched in Washington D.C. on January 24th, 2007. Another recent activity involved the planning and organization of the RERC Rectech State of the Science Conference on Exercise and Recreational Technologies for People with Disabilities that took place in Denver in May, 2006.
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