Michael Meyers, Ph.D.
Professor, Director of Human Performance Research Laboratory Office: Virgil Henson Activities Center, Room 235
Email: mmeyers@wtamu.edu
Phone: 806-651-2378 Professional Profile Michael C. Meyers, Ph.D., FACSM, is presently a professor in the Department of Sports and Exercise Sciences at West Texas A&M University. He is also the director of the Human Performance Research Laboratory, a fellow in the American College of Sports Medicine, Past-president of the Texas Regional Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine and recognized on the Sport Psychology Registry, United States Olympic Committee. Dr. Meyers earned a Ph.D. from Texas A&M University with an emphasis in exercise physiology as it relates to orthopedic sports medicine and a M.S. degree in equine nutrition and physiology. He is also an adjunct associate professor and graduate faculty in the Department of Psychology at Texas A&M University, working in the area of pain response in athletes following injury and rehabilitation. He has authored over 65 scientific journal publications, appearing in such journals as Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, Journal of Applied Physiology, American Journal of Sports Medicine, European Journal of Applied Physiology, Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine, Journal of Sport Sciences, Physician and Sportsmedicine, Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, Journal of Equine Veterinary Science and Sports Medicine. Dr. Meyers has given over 330 regional, national and international presentations and has been featured in Energy for Women Magazine, KTRH 740 AM News Radio-Houston, Outside Magazine, Fit Magazine, Newsweek-on-the-Air Radio Program, Houston Chronicle, Austin American Statesman and PBS Scientific American Frontiers Television Series. Over the past 20 years, Dr. Meyers has worked with numerous collegiate, professional and elite sport organizations and athletes in the areas of comprehensive sport performance assessment, strength and conditioning planning and talent identification and development. Organizations include the U.S. Olympic Developmental Soccer Program, U.S. Equestrian Team, U.S. Gymnastics, Women's Professional Tennis Association, U.S. Water Skiing Team, National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association, Indonesian National Track Program and the Uruguay Olympic Committee serving as an academic specialist, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, U.S. Information Agency, Washington, D.C. He has also directed sport performance testing with the University of Houston and Montana State University. Teaching and Related Service Undergraduate Courses
Physiology of Exercise
Sport and Exercise Testing
Sport Nutrition
Sport Psychology
Outdoor Living
Structural & Mechanical Kinesiology
Organization and Administration
Sport Conditioning
ACSM Exercise Testing & Prescription
Human Structure & Phys Performance
Human Anatomy and Physiology
Exercise Physiology
Nutrition and Exercise
Special Topics in Sports Medicine
Methods of Conditioning and Training
Stress Management
Majors Tennis and Badminton
Fitness Leadership
Introduction to Animal Science
Beginning Horsemanship
Graduate Courses
Advanced Exercise Physiology
Cardiology
Trends & Issues in Sport & Exerc Sci
Research Techniques
Sport Psychology
Graduate Exercise Physiology
Cardiopulmonary/Environment Physiol
Laboratory Instrumentation and Techniques
Graduate Exercise Physiology
Cardiology and Exercise ECG
Advanced Topics in Exercise Physiology
Scientific Principles of Athletic Performance
Medical School Courses
Neuromuscular Physiology (ISU/Indiana University School of Medicine)
Cardiac Electrophysiology (ISU/Indiana University School of Medicine)
Respiratory Physiology (ISU/Indiana University School of Medicine)
Distance Learning Courses
Exercise Science for Teachers (Montana State University) Research and Creative Activity Dr. Meyers academic interests include multidimensional predictors of human performance, physiological, psychological and nutritional indices of competitive athletes, etiology, treatment and rehabilitation of orthopedic sports injuries and identification and development of sport and corporate performance.
Summary
58 - Journal Publications
13 - Manuscripts in Review/Revision
188 - Abstracts/Proceedings
59 - Trade Publications
4 - Books, Manuals and Monographs
21 - Grants and Contracts ($570,056)
347 - Presentations (26 International, 125 National, 98 Regional, 35 State)
233 - Times cited: ISI Web of Science Journal Citation Report | 
