Kelley appointed as reviewer for two editorial boards

Professor George A. Kelley, DA, FACSM, has been appointed as a statistical reviewer for Clinical Rheumatology as well as Exercise Physiology (specialty section of Frontiers in Physiology and Frontiers in Sports and Active Living). In these roles, he will serve as a primary reviewer for systematic reviews with and without meta-analysis.

Kelley’s research focuses on conducting systematic reviews with meta-analysis addressing the effects of exercise and physical activity on selected health outcomes in adult humans. He teaches in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, including a graduate course on meta-analysis, and has authored more than 140 publications in peer-reviewed journals.

In 2018, Kelley was recognized with the Vice President’s Award for Outstanding Achievement in Research and Scholarly Activities from the WVU Health Sciences Center as well as the Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award from the WVU School of Public Health in 2019.

Clinical Rheumatology is an "international English-language journal devoted to publishing original clinical investigation and research in the general field of rheumatology.” Exercise Physiology “covers all aspects of exercise physiology and welcomes submissions on the response to acute exercise as well as the adaptation to exercise training programs from the molecular and cellular level to individual systems and extending to the integrated multi-systemic response of the intact organism in both humans and animals.”

Kelley also serves in similar roles for the Journal of Applied Gerontology, Gerontology, the Journal of Aging and Physical Activity, Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine, Rheumatology, BMC Sports Science, Medicine, and Rehabilitation, Systematic Reviews, BMC Cancer, Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, British Journal of Nutrition, PLOS One, Journal of Nutritional Sciences, and Science Progress.