Jacob Gallagher

Dr. Jacob Gallagher is an Assistant Professor in the Kinesiology Department at Iowa State University. He received his B.S. in exercise physiology and psychology (double major) from the College of St. Scholastica (Duluth, MN) and M.S. in exercise physiology from Minnesota State University (Mankato, MN). He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Iowa in Health and Human Physiology. During his doctoral training, he worked in the Behavioral Medicine Lab (advisor: Dr. Lucas Carr), where he worked to design and evaluate a physical activity intervention for rural men. He also worked on research projects related to occupational physical activity and student health coaching. As a postdoctoral research scholar, he expanded his interest to focus on family health as well. He is particularly interested in using health interventions to address health holistically primarily by targeting physical activity, sedentary behavior, and sleep, but also through improving mental health, diet, and social health.