The Terry J. Housh Outstanding Young Investigator Award is given in recognition of a researcher who has been in the field for seven years or less.
Dr. Brandon Roberts is a Captain serving in the U.S. Army as a Research Physiologist in the Military Performance Division at the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine. His mission is to optimize Warfighter health and performance through medical research. CPT Roberts has a BS in Microbiology, MS in Human Performance, and PhD in Muscle Biology, all from the University of Florida. He also completed an NIH postdoctoral fellowship in Exercise Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He uses a combination of cell culture, rodent models, and human clinical trials to study how muscle adapts to exercise, drugs, and injury.
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Must be current member of the NSCA |
Must have a minimum of two years consecutive membership* and three years total membership |
Nominee is active member and contributor to NSCA |
Working as sports scientist researcher |
No more than 7 years have passed since the conferral of the nominee's Doctorate degree (PhD, MD degree, or equivalent) |
Has not have previously won this award |
*Consecutive membership is counted back from the date the award is to be conferred.
Additional requirements listed in the General Awards Criteria, include but not limited to, nominee must be nominated by a member in good standing and nominees will be sent a criteria sheet to fill out that must be returned before the required deadline.
2022 - Timothy Suchomel, PhD, CSCS,*D, RSCC | ![]() |
2021 - James J. Tufano, PhD, CSCS,*D | ![]() |
2020 - Gerald T. Mangine, PhD, CSCS,*D, NSCA-CPT,*D, TSAC-F,*D | ![]() |
2019 - Jonathan M. Oliver, PhD, CSCS*D | ![]() |
2018 - Nathaniel D.M. Jenkins, PhD, CSCS and Brad Schoenfeld, PhD, CSCS,*D, NSCA-CPT,*D, TSAC-F,*D, FNSCA | ![]() |
2017 - Rhodri S. Lloyd, PhD, CSCS,*D | ![]() |
2016 - David H. Fukuda, PhD, CSCS,*D | ![]() |
2015 - Abbie E. Smith-Ryan, PhD, CSCS,*D, FISSN | Award photo unavailable |
2014 - Sophia Nimphius, PhD, CSCS,*D | ![]() |
2013 - Jacob Wilson, PhD, CSCS,*D | |
2012 - Del Pui-Lam Wong, DPhil, CSCS,*D | |
2011 - Eric D. Ryan, PhD, CSCS, NSCA-CPT | |
2010 - Brian Schilling, PhD, CSCS, FNSCA and Moh H. Malek, PhD, CSCS,*D, NSCA-CPT,*D, FNSCA |
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2009 - Jared W. Coburn, PhD, CSCS,*D, FNSCA and Travis Beck, PhD | |
2008 - William P. Ebben, PhD, CSCS,*D and Matthew R. Rhea, PhD, CSCS |
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2007 - Mike R. McGuigan, PhD, CSCS,*D, FNSCA | |
2006 - Jeffrey M. McBride, PhD, CSCS | |
2005 - Nicholas A. Ratamess Jr., PhD, CSCS and Joel T. Cramer, CSCS,*D, NSCA-CPT,*D | |
2004 - Jeff S. Volek, PhD, RD | |
2003 - Lee Brown, EdD, CSCS,*D | |
2002 - Tammy K. Evetovich, PhD, CSCS | |
2001 - G. Gregory Haff, PhD, CSCS,*D, FNSCA, Jeffrey R. Stout, PhD, CSCS,*D, FNSCA and Lymperis P. Koziris, PhD, CSCS, NSCA-CPT | |
2000 - Joseph P. Weir, PhD, FNSCA, Jay R. Hoffman, PhD, FNSCA and Travis Triplett-McBride, PhD, CSCS,*D, FNSCA | |
1999 - Avery Faigenbaum, EdD, CSCS, CSPS, FNSCA | |
1998 - Andrew Fry, PhD, CSCS,*D, FNSCA |
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