Dr. Sara Michaliszyn

Associate Dean
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Dr. Sara Michaliszyn

Associate Dean

Bitonte College of Health and Human Services

Cushwa Hall 2112

phone: (330) 941-2116

sbmichaliszyn@ysu.edu

Bio

Dr. Sara Michaliszyn is Associate Dean of the Bitonte College and Health and Human Services and previously chair of both Health Professions and Kinesiology and Sport Science. She earned her undergraduate degree from YSU and a PhD from the University of Pittsburgh. Her scholarship is recognized both nationally and internationally and claims investigator awards from both the American College of Sports Medicine as well as Youngstown State University. She has received honors as a Department Chairperson in Scholarship, with the Golden Key Honors Society, and Phi Kappa Phi as well as being named Mentor of the Year. She currently serves on many boards including but not limited to the American College of Sports Medicine’s Exercise is Medicine Educational Committee and the YMCA’s Medical Advisory Committee. In addition to the above honors, and her involvement within the community such as being a member of the American Heart Associations, Circle of Red, she is a devoted mother who spends her spare time with her two daughters.

Research Interests

Dr. Michaliszyn's investigative foci focuses on the effects of physical activity during pregnancy and its effects on fetal outcomes as well as establishing an interdisciplinary student-driven interprofessional comprehensive healthcare clinic.

Teaching Interests

Dr. Michaliszyn is best known as "the goat" for her KSS 4810 Clinical Exercise Physiology course.

  • Education
    • 2006

      Ph D, Exercise Physiology

      University of Pittsburgh

      Dissertation/Thesis Title &emdash; "Obesity, body composition and insulin resistance in women with and without bipolar disorder"

    • 2003

      MS, Exercise Physiology

      University of Pittsburgh

      Dissertation/Thesis Title &emdash; "Energy Metabolism in Overweight and Normal Weight Women"

    • 2000

      BS, Exercise Science

      Youngstown State University

  • Awards and Honors
    • 2022

      Youngstown State University

      BCHHS Dean's Appreciation Award

    • 2020

      Youngstown State University

      Excellence Award for Department Chairperson in Scholarship

    • 2019

      Phi Kappa Phi

      Phi Kappa Phi inductee

    • 2019

      Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber

      Nomination for Athena Award

    • 2018

      Youngstown State University

      Mentor of the Year

    • 2016

      Youngstown State Universities

      Youngstown State Universities Junior Investigators Award

    • 2014

      Golden Key Honors Society

      Golden Key International Honors Society (honorary member)

    • 2006

      Mid-Atlantic Regional Chapter of American College of Sports Medicine

      Graduate Student Investigators Award

  • Professional Positions
    • 2019

      American Kinesiology Association

      Fellowship

  • Administrative Assignments
    • 2021 - present

      Associate Dean

    • 2020 - 2021

      Department Chairperson

    • 2018 - 2020

      Department Chairperson

    • 2014 - 2019

      Director

  • Intellectual Contributions
    • 2021

      "Exercise Adherence in Hispanic Adolescents with Obesity or Type 2 Diabetes."

      Journal of pediatric nursing, volume 56, p. 7-12

    • 2020

      "β-cell function, incretin response, and insulin sensitivity of glucose and fat metabolism in obese youth: Relationship to OGTT-time-to-glucose-peak."

      Pediatric diabetes, volume 21, issue 1, p. 18-27

    • 2020

      "Techniques to Assess Insulin Action in Youth"

      Humana Press

    • 2019

      "Elementary school classroom physical activity breaks: student, teacher, and facilitator perspectives."

      Advances in physiology education, volume 43, issue 2, p. 140-148

    • 2019

      "Adipose Tissue Insulin Resistance in Youth on the Spectrum From Normal Weight to Obese and From Normal Glucose Tolerance to Impaired Glucose Tolerance to Type 2 Diabetes."

      Diabetes care, volume 42, issue 2, p. 265-272

    • 2018

      "Patterns of Physical Activity Adherence by Adolescents With Diabetes or Obesity Enrolled in a Personalized Community-Based Intervention."

      The Diabetes educator, volume 44, issue 6, p. 519-530

    • 2018

      "Impaired Lipolysis, Diminished Fat Oxidation, and Metabolic Inflexibility in Obese Girls With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome."

      The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism, volume 103, issue 2, p. 546-554

    • 2017

      "Increased Lipolysis, Diminished Adipose Tissue Insulin Sensitivity, and Impaired β-Cell Function Relative to Adipose Tissue Insulin Sensitivity in Obese Youth With Impaired Glucose Tolerance."

      Diabetes, volume 66, issue 12, p. 3085-3090

    • 2017

      "The Relationship Between Gestational Weight Gain, Physical Activity, And Sleep Quality: A Preliminary Report"

      Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise

    • 2017

      "Differences in β-cell function and insulin secretion in Black vs. White obese adolescents: do incretin hormones play a role?"

      Pediatric diabetes, volume 18, issue 2, p. 143-151

    • 2017

      "Anti-Müllerian Hormone in Obese Adolescent Girls With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome."

      The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine, volume 60, issue 3, p. 333-339

    • 2017

      "Maternal excess gestational weight gain and infant waist circumference: a 2-y observational study."

      Pediatric research, volume 81, issue 1-1, p. 63-67

    • 2016

      "The Shape of the Glucose Response Curve During an Oral Glucose Tolerance Test Heralds Biomarkers of Type 2 Diabetes Risk in Obese Youth."

      Diabetes care, volume 39, issue 8, p. 1431-9

    • 2016

      "Distinguishing characteristics of metabolically healthy versus metabolically unhealthy obese adolescent girls with polycystic ovary syndrome."

      Fertility and sterility, volume 105, issue 6, p. 1603-11

    • 2014

      "β-cell function, incretin effect, and incretin hormones in obese youth along the span of glucose tolerance from normal to prediabetes to type 2 diabetes."

      Diabetes, volume 63, issue 11, p. 3846-55

    • 2014

      "Personalized exercise for adolescents with diabetes or obesity."

      Biological research for nursing, volume 16, issue 1, p. 46-54

    • 2013

      "Polycystic ovary syndrome and nonalcoholic fatty liver in obese adolescents: association with metabolic risk profile."

      Fertility and sterility, volume 100, issue 6, p. 1745-51

    • 2013

      "β-Cell lipotoxicity in response to free fatty acid elevation in prepubertal youth: African American versus Caucasian contrast."

      Diabetes, volume 62, issue 8, p. 2917-22

    • 2013

      "β-Cell lipotoxicity after an overnight intravenous lipid challenge and free fatty acid elevation in African American versus American white overweight/obese adolescents."

      The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism, volume 98, issue 5, p. 2062-9

    • 2012

      "HbA(1c) diagnostic categories and β-cell function relative to insulin sensitivity in overweight/obese adolescents."

      Diabetes care, volume 35, issue 12, p. 2559-63

    • 2012

      "Metabolomic profiling of amino acids and β-cell function relative to insulin sensitivity in youth."

      The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism, volume 97, issue 11, p. E2119-24

    • 2012

      "Metabolomic profiling of fatty acid and amino acid metabolism in youth with obesity and type 2 diabetes: evidence for enhanced mitochondrial oxidation."

      Diabetes care, volume 35, issue 3, p. 605-11

    • 2011

      "The exercise-induced inflammatory and oxidative state paradox."

      Pediatric diabetes, volume 12, issue 5, p. 461-3

    • 2010

      "Physical activity and sedentary behavior in adolescents with type 1 diabetes."

      Research in nursing & health, volume 33, issue 5, p. 441-9

    • 2010

      "A personalized approach to exercise promotion in adolescents with type 1 diabetes."

      Pediatric diabetes, volume 11, issue 3, p. 166-74

    • 2009

      "Physical fitness, dietary intake, and metabolic control in adolescents with type 1 diabetes."

      Pediatric diabetes, volume 10, issue 6, p. 389-94

  • Professional Service
    • 2024 - 2027

      Committee Member
      American Kinesiology - Communication & Marketing

    • 2024 - 2027

      Board of Advisors of a Company
      American Kinesiology Association

    • 2022 - 2023

      Chairperson
      ACSM Exercise is Medicine Educational Committee Chair

    • 2020 - 2023

      Committee Member
      American Kinesiology Association (AKA) Membership Committee

    • 2018 - 2020

      Committee Member
      YMCA Medical Advisory Board
      Youngstown, Ohio

    • 2018 - 2022

      Committee Member
      ACSM Exercise is Medicine Educational Committee