Full Professor
University of Kentucky
Mark Abel, Ph.D., CSCS*D, TSAC-F*D is a Professor and Director of the First Responder Research Laboratory in the Department of Kinesiology and Health Promotion at the University of Kentucky. He is a member of the Portuguese Police Research Center (ICPOL) and an adjunct Research Fellow for Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions. Dr. Abel conducts research to improve the safety, health, occupational readiness of law enforcement officers and firefighters. He has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals, authored book chapters, and presented internationally. He also teaches academic courses in Tactical Strength and Conditioning, Sports Nutrition, and High Performance Coaching. He has served as a firefighter. He received the National Strength and Conditioning Association’s (NSCA) Tactical Strength and Conditioning Practitioner of the Year Award and Senior Investigator Grant to conduct research on tactical populations.