Gary A. Sforzo, Ph.D. is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Exercise & Sport Sciences at Ithaca College. He was a founding member of the department and was instrumental in developing the Clinical Exercise Sciences and Strength and Conditioning academic programs and curriculum.
Dr. Sforzo has published extensively in fitness, wellness, exercise programming, and exercise physiology with more than 50 peer-reviewed publications over 30 years. Over the past 10 years, he has developed a primary interest and passion for the health and wellness coaching. Published in two installments (2017, 20919), the Compendium of Health and Wellness Coaching Literature is a prime example of Sforzo’s work in the field.
Dr. Sforzo works as a consultant to those seeking to create and organize research and related writing projects. A long-time affiliation with Wellcoaches as Research Advisor is a primary outlet for these endeavors and allows him to focus much of his work on health and wellness coaching.
Gary's Harnisch Grant summary: The Effects of Health and Wellness Coaching on Health Status When Added to an Employee Wellness Program
Primary Objective: Review the operational definitions of health and wellness coaching as published in the peer-reviewed med...
Abstract: Health and wellness coaching (HWC) for lifestyle behavior change is emerging as a practice, role, and profession, in d...
The Effects of Health and Wellness Coaching on Health Status When Added to an Employee Wellness Program ...
Lifestyle-related disorders are the number one cause of mortality and morbidity in modern society....
The 2019 Addendum, in conjunction with the original health and wellness coaching (HWC) Compendium, organizes HWC literature with the aim of assisting rese...
This is an important question for 160+ million people in the US, and multiples of that number globally, who have a health risk or chronic condition that c...
The webinar is based on two studies recently completed by Institute of Coaching Harnisch scholars - Alyssa McGonagle and Gary Sforzo/ Miranda K...
2017 Conference Interview with Gary Sforzo, as interviewed by Irina Todorova, IOC Director of Research
PowerPoint slides to compliment Gary Sforzo's presentation at the 2017 Harvard Medical School Coaching in Leadership and Healthcare Conference.
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