Disa Hatfield

  • Professor
  • Phone: 401.874.5183
  • Email: doch@uri.edu
  • Office Location: Independence Square, Suite P, Room 205

Biography

Dr. Hatfield’s research interests include strength and conditioning, athletic performance, nutrition and supplementation, perception of exercise, exercise endocrinology and non-traditional ergogenic aids.  Her research has an overarching focus on how these factors interact and are affected by resistance training and exercise across the lifespan.

Research

Research Keywords: athletic performance, exercise endocrinology, ergogenic aids, nutritional supplementation, children’s health and exercise

Education

  • Ph.D., Kinesiology, University of Connecticut
  • M.A., Kinesiology, University of Connecticut
  • M.A., Psychology, Antioch University (Santa Barbara)
  • B.S., Exercise Science, The Pennsylvania State University

Selected Publications

SELECTED FROM OVER 50 PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

Hatfield DL, Stranieri AM, Vincent LM, Earp JE.  Effect of a neoprene knee sleeve on performance and muscle activity during high-intensity, high-volume resistance training.  Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. (In press)

Hatfield DL, Kraemer WJ, Volek JS, Nindl BC, Caldwell LK, Vingren JL, Newton RU, Häkkinen K, Lee EC, Maresh CM, Hymer, WC.  Hormonal stress response of growth hormone and insulin-like growth factor-I in highly resistance trained women and men. Growth Hormone and IGF Research.  Aug1;59:101407:Epub Jun6, 2021.

Bhasin S, Hatfield DL, Hoffman JR, Kraemer WJ, Labotz M, Philips SM and Ratamess NA.  Anabolic-androgenic steroid use in sports, health, and society.  Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise.  Aug 1;53(8):1778-1794, 2021.

Xu F, Cohen SA, Greaney ML, Hatfield DL, Greene GW. Racial/ethnic disparities in US adolescents’ dietary quality and its modification by weight-related factors and physical activity. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2019; 16(23), 4803. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16234803

Earp JE, Hatfield DL, Sherman A, Lee EC, Kraemer WJ. Cold-water immersion blunts and delays increases in circulating testosterone and cytokines post-resistance exercise. European Journal of Applied Physiology. 2019;  1-7. doi: 10.1007/s00421-019-04178-7

Hatfield DL, Murphy K, Nicoll J, Sullivan WM, Henderson JJ. The effects of different athletic playing surfaces on jump height, force, and power.  Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research.  2019 Apr; 33(4), 965-973.       

Vincent LM, Blissmer BJ, Hatfield DL. National scouting combine scores as performance predictors in the national football league. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. 2019 Jan; 33(1), 104-111.

Nicoll J, Hatfield DL, Melanson KJ, Nasin C. The relationship between thyroid hormones and commonly cited symptoms of overtraining in collegiate female endurance runners.  European Journal of Applied Physiology. 2018 Jan;118(1):65-73.

Renna EN, Slezak SG, Mahoney KB, Lofgren IE, Hatfield D, Delmonico MJ, Xu F. The relationship between arthritis and muscular strength in older women with symptoms of sarcopenia. Journal of Aging Research & Clinical Practice. 2017; 6:217-222.

Slezak SG, Mahoney KB, Renna EN, Lofgren IE, Xu F, Hatfield DL, Delmonico MJ. Comparison of current sarcopenia classification criteria in older New England women. Journal of Aging Research & Clinical Practice. 2017; 6:163-167.

Hatfield DL, Nicoll J, Kraemer WJ. Circadian rhythms and power. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. 2016 Mar; 30(3):725-32.

Ouellette KA, Eisenman PA, Shaw JM, Ford C, Davidson LE, Brusseau TA, Hatfield DL. Comparison of the effects of seated, supine and walking inter-set rest strategies upon work-capacity. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. 2015 Dec; 30(12):3396-3404.

Lloyd RS, Oliver JL, Faigenbaum AD, Howard R, De Ste Croix MB, Williams CA, Best TM, Alvar BA, Micheli LJ, Thomas DP, Hatfield DL, Cronin JB, Myer GD. Long-term athletic development, part 2: barriers to success and potential solutions. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. 2015 May;29(5):1451-64.

Lloyd RS, Oliver JL, Faigenbaum AD, Howard R, De Ste Croix MB, Williams CA, Best TM, Alvar BA, Micheli LJ, Thomas DP, Hatfield DL, Cronin JB, Myer GD. Long-term athletic development- part 1: a pathway for all youth. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. 2015 May;29(5):1439-50.

Flanagan SD, Dunn-Lewis C, Hatfield DL, Distefano LJ, Fragala MS, Shoap M, Gotwald M, Trail J, Gomez AL, Volek JS, Cortis C, Comstock BA, Hooper DR, Szivak TK, Looney DP, DuPont WH, McDermott DM, Gaudiose MC, Kraemer WJ. Developmental differences between boys and girls results in sex-specific physical fitness changes from fourth to fifth grade. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. 2015 Jan;29(1):175-80.

Kraemer WJ, Hatfield DL, Comstock BA, Fragala MS, Davitt PM, Cortis C, Wilson JM, Lee EC, Newton RU, Dunn-Lewis C, Häkkinen K, Szivak TK, Hooper DR, Flanagan SD, Looney DP, White MT, Volek JS, Maresh CM. Influence of HMB supplementation and resistance training on cytokine responses to resistance exercise. J Am Coll Nutr. 2014;33(4):247-55.

Shaner AA, Vingren JL, Hatfield DL, Budnar RG, Duplanty AA, Hill DW. The acute hormonal response to free weight and machine weight resistance exercise. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. Apr;28(4):1032-40, 2014.

Kraemer WJ, Boyd BM, Hooper DR, Fragala MS, Hatfield DL, Dunn-Lewis C, Comstock BA, Szivak TK, Flanagan SD, Looney DP, Newton RU, Vingren JL, Häkkinen K, White MT, Volek JS, Maresh CM. Epinephrine pre-workout elevation may offset early morning melatonin concentrations to maintain maximal muscular force and power in track athletes. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. Jan;28(1):61-68, 2014.

Ho JY, Kraemer WJ, Volek JS, Vingren JL, Fragala MS, Flanagan SD, Maladouangdock J, Szivak TK, Hatfield DL, Comstock BA, Dunn-Lewis C, Ciccolo JT, Maresh CM. Effects of resistance exercise on the HPA axis response to psychological stress during short-term smoking abstinence in men. Addict Behav. Mar:39(3):695-8, 2014.

Healey KC, Dorfman L, Riebe D, Blanpied PR, Hatfield DL. The effects of foam rolling on myofascial release and performance. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research.  28(1):61-68, 2014.

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