Garber, Carol Ewing (ceg2140)

See my journal publications in my PubMed Bibliography

Selected Previous Academic and Professional Appointments

• Fulbright Scholar Lectureship, University of Bologna, Italy
• Associate Professor (with tenure) and Director, Clinical Exercise Physiology Graduate (Master's Degree) Program, Department of Health Sciences, Bouve College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA
  

• Fulbright Senior Specialist. Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Balamand, Beirut, Lebanon
  

• Clinical Instructor to Associate Professor (Medicine), Warren Alpert School of Medicine of Brown University, Providence, RI
  

• Faculty Scholar, Institute on Urban Health Northeastern University, Boston, MA
  

• Affiliate Medical Staff (Department of Medicine) Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, Pawtucket, RI 

Selected Recent Editorial Board and Writing Groups 

• Associate Editor, Current Issues in Sport Science

• Associate Editor, Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

• Associate Editor, Exercise and Sports Medicine Reviews

• Editorial Board, Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation

• Editorial Board, Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise
  

• Chair, Writing Group, 2011 Position Stand on Quantity and Quality of Exercise for Healthy Adults, American College of Sports Medicine 

1. Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Persons with Spinal Cord Injury. Clinical Colloquium (C. Garber, R. Emmons, A. Spungen). Selected for presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, June 2010.
2. Chair and Presenter, Using Measures of Physical Function in Clinical and Research Settings. American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, Chicago, IL, November 2010.
3. Chair, Exercise is Medicine Symposium: Physiological Effects of Spinal Cord Injury on Cardiovascular Disease Risk. American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, June 2011.
4. Presenter, “Physical Function: Is it Physical Activity, Fitness, Fatness, or an Interaction Thereof?” Symposium, Physical Activity, Fitness and Fatness: Interactive Implications for Physical Function and Quality of Life in Older Adults. World Congress on Active Aging, Glasgow, Scotland, August 2012.
5. Invited Keynote Lecture: “Physical Activity Recommendations for Persons with Disability”. Rehabilitation: Mobility, Exercise & Sports Conference, Groningen, the Netherlands, April 2014
6. Presenter, “Are There Really Clinical Benefits of Exercise for My 85 Year Old Cardiovascular Patient? Symposium, “Too Old to Exercise?” In conjunction with the Geriatrics Section of the American College of Cardiology. American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, May 2014.
7. Josephine Rathbone Breakfast Lecture. Josephine Rathbone: A Role Model for Women Professionals. American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, May 2014.
8. Invited Tutorial Lecture, Benefits of Physical Activity With and Without Weight Loss. American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, May 2017.
9. Invited Presentation, Using @Twitter To Advance Science And Scientific Integrity. American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, May 2017.
10. Moderator and Discussant. Exercise, Sports, and Physical Activity Prescription in Children and Adults with Common and Uncommon Congenital Heart Disease. American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, May 2017.
11. Invited Tutorial Lecture, Is Harder Better? The Role of Intensity and Volume in Exercise Prescription. American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, May 2016
12. Invited Tutorial Lecture. Exercise is Medicine® - Tutorial Lecture titled "Does Light Intensity Activity Belong in the Exercise Prescription?" American College of Sports Medicine Meeting. May 2020
13. Moderator and Presenter, Symposium, “The Implications of COVID-19 on Cardiac Rehabilitation: The Need to Accelerate Provision of Non-Traditional Approaches". June 2021
14. Invited Tutorial Lecture. Exercise is Medicine® - Tutorial Lecture titled “Physical Activity As A Complementary Treatment For Victims Of Intimate Partner (Domestic) Violence”. June 2023
15. Moderator and Presenter: Symposium “Designing Behavioral and Communication Strategies for Physical Activity that Work”. American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting, May 2025

TEACHERS COLLEGE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY TEACHING

Courses Taught 

• BBSR 5095 Exercise and Health 
• BBSR 5595 Research Seminar in Applied Physiology (
• BBSR 4095 Applied Physiology 1 
• BBSR 4195 Applied Physiology Lab 1 
• BBSR 5194 Applied Physiology Lab 2
• BBS 4054 Applied Anatomy and Physiology 
• BBSR 5195 Advanced Applied Physiology Laboratory 
• BBSR 5096 Advanced Exercise Prescription 
• BBSR 5102 Electrocardiography and Clinical Exercise Testing
• BBSR 5582 Research in Movement Sciences

ACSM's Distinguished Leaders | Carol Ewing Garber, Ph.D.

Professor Carol Ewing Garber has spent more than three decades shaping how the world prescribes, tests, and thinks about exercise — from ACSM's global guidelines to the classrooms of Teachers College, Columbia University.

Shaping the Field

• Wrote the guidelines for practice in the field. Her work with the American College of Sports Medicine established the widely used recommendations for exercise quantity and quality that guide fitness professionals and clinicians worldwide.

• Helped make exercise medicine. She has championed physical activity as frontline treatment for chronic disease — from cardiovascular conditions to Parkinson's — helping move exercise from "nice to have" to clinical standard of care.

• Reimagined how exercise science is taught. At Teachers College, she pioneered problem-based learning in exercise prescription, training students to think like clinicians, not just technicians.

• Advanced equity in sport and science. Her research on women in exercise physiology and Title IX has helped expand opportunities for women in sports and fitness.

Credentials & Honors

A Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine, the American Heart Association, and the National Academy of Kinesiology, Garber holds the field's top professional certifications: ACSM Preventive and Rehabilitative Program Director, ACSM Clinical Exercise Physiologist, and ACSM Certified Exercise Physiologist.

She is a two-time Fulbright Scholar — most recently awarded a 2026 Fulbright to the University of Bologna, Italy, following an earlier Bologna lectureship and a term at the University of Balamand's Faculty of Health Sciences in Beirut, Lebanon. Within ACSM, she has served as Treasurer and President, and received the organization's Citation Award in 2019. She previously held faculty positions at Northeastern University and the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.

Research & Training

A Clinical Exercise Physiologist by training, Garber studies how physical activity shapes physical and mental health across the entire lifespan — from toddlers to older adults — with a focus on under-resourced communities and people living with or at risk of cardiometabolic disease.

For over 30 years, she has directed exercise physiology laboratories where her team measures everything from cardiopulmonary exercise capacity and muscle oxygenation to lactate, body composition, and ankle-brachial index, alongside real-world activity tracking via accelerometry and home-based fitness testing.

Teaching & Mentorship

Garber has directed master's and doctoral programs in movement sciences and clinical exercise physiology, and teaches courses spanning advanced exercise prescription, electrocardiography, and exercise physiology. Her mentorship has shaped the next generation of the field: more than 20 cardiology and pulmonary medicine fellows, 20 completed doctoral dissertations, 15 master's theses, and 23 Brown University undergraduate theses.

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Collection of Videos featuring Professor Garber

The EXerT Clinic is a project Directed by Dr. Carol Ewing Garber designed rovide high quality mentored professional practice and research opportunities for students in the Movement Science  through provision of an integrated health/fitness evaluations and exercise prescriptions to individuals with a goal to improve sports performance, fitness, and health.

The EXerT Clinic offers individualized exercise testing and physical activity assessments and counseling services provided by highly trained, certified staff and Movement Science graduate students. The goal of the EXerT Clinic is to assist you in designing an effective exercise training regimen that will meet your own personal goals. Our services are appropriate for adults of all ages, including athletes and non-athletes alike,  who would like to:

• Optimize sports performance
• Enhance overall health
• Improve physical function
• Enhance mood and feelings of energy
• Help to manage a chronic disease or condition

Click here for information about the EXerT Clinic: EXerT Clinic

Sponsor, Darya Moosavi, Ph.D. Candidate in Kinesiology (Applied Physiology Concentration) A ¹H NMR Metabolomic Exploration of Lifestyle Changes in Healthy Older Males and Females and the Ethics of Using Non-human Animals in Experimental Research. Completed December 2022.

Sponsor, Vincenzo Lauriola. Ph.D. Candidate in Kinesiology (Applied Physiology Concentration). Exploring the Association Between a Novel Index of Volume of Exercise Performed and Health Outcomes. Completed July 2021.

Sponsor, Ashley Goodwin. Ph.D. Candidate in Kinesiology (Applied Physiology Concentration). Evaluation of oxygen uptake kinetics in skeletal muscle using Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS), in health and disease. Completed June 2021.

Sponsor, Mindy Feldman-Hecht, Ed.D. Candidate in Applied Physiology. Increasing Physical Activity In Elementary School Classrooms. Completed March, 2020

Sponsor, Carrie Safron. Ed.D. Candidate in Applied Physiology. Experimenting With Affective Bodies: Young People, Health And Fitness In An Urban After-School Program. Completed March 2020

Sponsor, Andrea Duran, Ph.D. Candidate in Applied Physiology.  Patterns of Prolonged Uninterrupted Sedentary Bouts in the First Month after Acute Coronary Syndrome. 2019. (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Research Scholar Program participant 2016-2019)

Sponsor, Leigh-Ann Plack, Ed.D. Candidate in Applied Physiology. Relationship of coping strategies in physical activity, function and disability in patients with painful knee osteoarthritis. 2019.

Sponsor, Aston McCullough, Ph.D. Candidate in Applied Physiology. Measurement of physical activity and health in early childhood: An integrative multi-sensor approach.  2018.

Sponsor, Mary Gillis, Ed.D. Candidate in Applied Physiology. The Effects of a Reality Television Program on Transportation-Related Walking Behavior. 2018.

Sponsor, Noberto Quiles, Ed.D. Candidate in Applied Physiology. The Effects Of Exercise Training In HIV-Positive Persons.  2016

Sponsor, Paul Gallo, Ed.D. Candidate in Applied Physiology. Comparison Of The Metabolic Costs Of Cued Vs Non-Cued Walking In Persons With Parkinsons Disease. 2014.

Sponsor, Shirit Rosenberg, Ed.D. Candidate in Applied Physiology. Associations Between Physical Function Limitations, Physical Activity And Health Status In A Nationwide Sample. 2015

Sponsor, Amerigo Rossi, Ed.D. Candidate in Applied Physiology. The Efficacy Of A Comprehensive Exercise Intervention On Urban Endometrial Cancer Survivors.  A feasibility study.  2015

Sponsor, Aimee Layton, Ph.D. Candidate in Kinesiology, Ventilatory Mechanics Endurance Athletes. March 2013.

Sponsor, Racine Emmons, Ed.D. Candidate in Movement Sciences (Applied Physiology), Traditional And Emerging Measures Of Obesity In The Assessment Of Cardiac Risk In Spinal Cord Injury. April 2009

TEACHERS COLLEGE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY SERVICE

Service to the Department of Biobehavioral Sciences

• Applied Physiology Program Director
• Department Chair
• Diversity Committee

Service to the Teachers College/ Columbia University Community

• Planning Committee, Program in Nutrition 100th Anniversary Conference
• Planned and presented a special Women’s History Month seminar. Josephine Rathbone, Ph.D.: A Role Model for Contemporary Women in Academia and the Professions: Personal Insights and Professional Accomplishments. (March 2009)
• Committee on Conflict of Interest/Commitment, Associate Professor Representative
• Co-Chair, Subcommittee on Finance, Facilities and Support Services, Faculty Executive Committee
• Chair, Subcommittee on Finance, Facilities and Support Services, Faculty Executive Committee
• Faculty Executive Committee, Member
• Teaching with Technology Advisory Committee, Member
• Development and External Affairs Faculty Advisory Committee
• President’s Committee on Community and Diversity
• Department Chairs Committee
• President’s Advisory Group
• Harassment Committee, member
• Search Committee, Vice President Finance and Facilities
• President’s Faculty Working Group
• Co-Chair, President’s Working Group on Hiring a Professional Employee
• Columbia University Senate, Teachers College Representative, University Rules Committee member
• Chair, Faculty Advisory Committee
• Chair and member of multiple Tenure Track Faculty Search Committees 

NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY SERVICE

Service to the Department of Health Sciences

• Developed and provided extensive training program to laboratory graduate teaching assistants
• Development of undergraduate thesis guidelines
• Planning and setting up new exercise physiology laboratory and clinical space in new Behrakis Health Sciences Building
• Exercise Physiology Quarter to Semester Transition Curriculum Development
• Director, Clinical Exercise Physiology Laboratory
• Development of proposal for department reorganization
• Director, Graduate Program in Clinical Exercise Physiology
• Member, multiple search committees Department Chairperson search committee

Service to the Bouvé College of Health Sciences

• Bouvé College Interdisciplinary Obesity Grand Rounds planning and discussant
• Bouvé College Interdisciplinary Program Fellow
• Bouvé Interdisciplinary Geriatric Education Center, Steering Committee
• Graduate Program Directors Committee
• Graduate Curriculum Committee

Service to the Northeastern University Community

• Peer Review Committee, Provost’s Research and Scholarship Development Grants
• Media commentator for print, radio, and internet media 

BROWN UNIVERSITY SERVICE

• Brown University School of Medicine: Working Group on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Knowledge Base, Member