Queens College Sport Science Lab
Queens College Sport Science Laboratory
QUEENS COLLEGE SPORT SCIENCE LABORATORY
ABOUT THE LAB
Welcome to the Queens College Sport Science Laboratory.
Our lab is part of the Department of Family, Nutrition, and Exercise Science (FNES) located in the School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences. FNES is an interdisciplinary department that brings together researchers studying family and consumer sciences, nutrition, dietetics, physical education, and exercise science.
Our lab specializes in conducting research designed to optimize performance and reduce the risk of injuries in athletes, first responders, and general populations. The need for strategies to optimally train men and women to thrive in physically challenging environments is imperative and we plan to continue this research trajectory to enhance occupational readiness, mitigate injury risk, and promote long-term health.
Meet the Team
Meet the team of dedicated students and researchers at Queens College Sport Science Lab. The laboratory is comprised of undergraduate and graduate students interested in pursuing careers as researchers and practitioners in health related fields.
Bridget McFadden,
PhD, CSCS*D
Laboratory Director
Assistant Professor
Department of Family, Nutrition, and Exercise Science
Queens College, City University of New York
Dr. McFadden is the Director of the QC Sport Science Laboratory. She received her bachelors degree from Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia, PA. She went on to attend Rutger's University where she completed both her Masters in Business and Science (MBS) and PhD. Following graduate school, she completed three years of post-doctoral training in the Arnold School of Public Health at the University of South Carolina (USC) under the mentorship of the Exercise Science Department Chair, Dr. Shawn Arent.
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At Queens College, Dr. McFadden specializes in teaching undergraduate and graduate courses related to exercise physiology, strength and conditioning, and body composition. Courses include: FNES 342 Physiology of Muscular Activity; FNES 725 Measurement of Physical Fitness and Body Composition; FNES 733 Physical Activity, Health and Exercise Prescription; FNES 722 Exercise, Energy Expenditure, and Body Composition; and FNES 211 Introduction to Exercise Training Programs and Program Development.
Gregory Klimaytis, MS
Senior Lab Tech
Department of Family, Nutrition and Exercise Science
Queens College, City University of New York
Greg Klimaytis graduated from Queens College with a Masters of Science, specializing in exercise science and nutrition. ​Greg is a Senior College Laboratory Technician and lends support for the physical education and exercise science students and faculty. He has expertise in performing metabolic testing and body composition assessments. He plays a major role in maintaining the research and teaching laboratories equipment and coordinating sport science endeavors with the QC athletic department. Greg is also an adjunct lecturer at York College, CUNY.
Graduate Student Researchers
-Jonathan Bainton​
-Justin Bannister
-Leno Benny
​-Mariana Ferreira Braga Henrique
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​Our graduate student researchers come from a diverse academic background including physical therapists, strength and conditioning coaches, personal trainers, and nutritionists.
Graduate students can take course credits to work in a research setting through the internship class, FNES 797.
Undergraduate Student Researchers
Brendon Zellman
Adrian Martinez
Danny Fernandez
Iliane Hidalgo
Robson Hidalgo
Darleny Morel
Rolando Meletz Chiroy
The Queens College Sport Science lab consists of multiple undergraduate student interns completing senior thesis and research projects. The lab not only provide students with the ability to learn about the research process but through our partnership with Queens College Athletics, the lab provides students with the opportunity to work with various sports teams and NCAA collegiate athletes as sport scientists. These collaborations provide students with the opportunity to learn firsthand athlete monitoring techniques and performance optimization strategies with teams such as men's and women's soccer, basketball, and women's volleyball.
Want to join the team??
Are you a student at Queens College interested in working in research or a sport science setting?
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Reach out to Dr. Bridget McFadden for more details.
Email: bridget.mcfadden@qc.cuny.edu
Laboratory Capabilities
Queens College Sport Science Laboratory is a state-of-the-art facility located within Queens College Fitzgerald Gymnasium. This location is ideal as the building also houses the athletics department and student athlete training facilities/fields. The Sport Science lab features a testing room, exercise training facility, and biomechanics space with equipment necessary to successfully implement fitness testing, exercise training, and research interventions. All equipment is operated by Dr. McFadden and the Queens College Department of Family, Nutrition and Exercise Science, maintained by clinical laboratory technicians. The laboratory has the capabilities to perform:
Body Composition Assessments
including the use of air-displacement plethysmography (COSMED, BODPOD), ultrasound (GE LOGIQ V2), dual x-ray absorptiometry (DXA), and bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) (INBODY 770). These assessment methods can determine body fat percentage, fat free mass, and segmental differences in limbs, which may prove useful in detecting changes over time.
VO2max Testing
The QC Sport Science Laboratory is equipped with a portable metabolic cart (COSMED, K5) which has the capabilities to perform cardiovascular fitness tests in the laboratory or on the field. The K5 has the ability to determine resting metabolic rate, maximal aerobic capacity, maximal heart rate, ventilatory thresholds, and fuel utilization during exercise.
Maximal Power Output Assessments
including the use of Hawkin Dynamics portable force plates and digital contact mats (Just Jump System). Our equipment can be used to determine maximal countermovement vertical jump height, maximal power output, force production, rate of force development, and interlimb asymmetries. Periodic assessments of maximal power output in our collegiate athletes provide us an indication of changes in neuromuscular fatigue.
Live Heart Rate, GPS, and Accelerometry Tracking
including the use of the POLAR TEAMPRO system (POLAR ELECTRO). The system includes 50+ heart rate sensors that provide indication of athlete workloads including live athlete tracking during practices and games. Information provided by these systems include heart rate variability, time spent in heart rate zones, caloric expenditures, distance covered, sprints, accelerations/decelerations, and distance covered in different speed zones.
Cognitive and Reaction Time Testing
including the D2 Dynavision reaction board which is a multi-sensory, interactive light board device used to evaluate visual, motor, and cognition skills.
Onsite Exercise Training Facility
FNES Strength and Conditioning Facility houses cardiovascular fitness and resistance training equipment for group and individual exercise interventions. The facility is equipped with full squat racks, benches, dumbbells, selectorized and plate loaded resistance training equipment, along with treadmills, cycle, and rowing ergometers.
Did you know:
Queens College offers both undergraduate and graduate degrees in nutrition and exercise sciences which affords students the opportunity to work in research laboratories for internship and course credits
Our research involves examining the effects of workload and stress on performance and the differential physiological responses in men and women. We are interested in the use of nutritional, endocrine, and metabolic biomarkers to track health. Furthermore, we seek to evaluate the potential efficacy of nutritional supplementation as well as acute and chronic training for improving functional capabilities, cognition, and the systemic response to stress in youth, athletes, military, first responders, and special populations
OUR RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Sport Science Research: Collegiate and Professional Athletes
Sanders, D.J., Murray, M.S., McFadden, B.A., Chandler, A.J., Walker, A.J., Bozzini, B.N., Cintineo, H.P., Bello, M.L., Arent, M.A., Arent, S.M. (2025) The Effects of a Semester of Pre-Professional Dance Training on Biomarkers and Performance Variables in Elite Adolescent Ballet Dancer. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research
McFadden, B.A., Walker, A.J., Cintineo, H.P., Bozzini, B.N., Sander, D.J., Chandler, A.J., & Arent, S.M. (2024) Sex Differences in Physiological Responses to a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Soccer Season. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. 38(11) 1891-1899. doi: 10.1519/JSC.0000000000004882
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Cintineo, H.P., Bello, M.L., Walker, A.J., Chandler, A.J., McFadden, B.A., & Arent, S.M. (2024) Monitoring Training, Performance, Biomarkers, and Psychological State Throughout a Competitive Season: A Case Study of a Triathlete. European Journal of Applied Physiology. 124: 1895–1910
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Lock, M., Yousef, I., McFadden, B.A., Hend, M., &. Townsend, N. (2024) Cardiorespiratory fitness and performance adaptations to high-intensity interval training: Are there differences between men and women? A systematic review with meta-analyses. Sports Medicine. 54(1):127-167. doi: 10.1007/s40279-023-01914-0
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McFadden, B.A., Bozzini, B.N., Hills, S., Cintineo, H.P., Walker, A.J., Chandler, A.J., Sanders, D.J., Russell, M., & Arent, S.M. (2023) Power, endurance, and body composition changes over a collegiate career in NCAA Division I women soccer athletes. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. 37(7): 1428-1433. doi: 10.1519/JSC.0000000000004413​​
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McFadden, B.A., Walker, A.J., Bozzini, B.N., Hofacker, M., Russell, M. & Arent, S.M. (2022) Psychological and physiological changes in response to the cumulative demands of women’s collegiate soccer season. Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research. 36(5): 1373-1382
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Bozzini, B.N., McFadden, B.A., Elliot-Sale, K., Swinton, P., & Arent, S.M. (2021) Evaluating the effects of oral contraceptives use on changes in biomarkers and body composition during a competitive season in collegiate female soccer players. Journal of Applied Physiology, 130(6):1971-1982
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Bozzini, B.N., McFadden, B.A., Scruggs, K., & Arent, S.M. (2021) Evaluation of performance characteristics and internal and external training loads in collegiate beach volleyball players. Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research, 35(6): 1559-1567.
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McFadden, B.A., Walker, A.J., Arent, M.A., Bozzini, B.N., Sanders, D.J., Cintineo, H.P., Bello, M.N., & Arent, S.M. (2020) Biomarkers correlate with strength, endurance, and body composition changes throughout the competitive season in women’s Division I collegiate soccer players. Frontiers in Sport and Active Living, (2) 74: 1-12.
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McFadden, B.A., Walker, A.J., Arent, M.A., Bozzini, B.N., Sanders, D.J., Cintineo, H.P., Bello, M.N., & Arent, S.M. (2020) Biomarkers correlate with strength, endurance, and body composition changes throughout the competitive season in women’s Division I collegiate soccer players. Frontiers in Sport and Active Living, (2) 74: 1-12.​​
Bozzini, B.N, McFadden, B.A., Walker, A.J., & Arent, S.M. (2020) Varying demands and quality of play between in-conference and out-of-conference games in Division I collegiate women’s soccer. Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research, 34(12): 3364-3368.
McFadden, B.A., Walker, A.J., Sanders, D.J., Bozzini, B.N., & Arent, S.M. (2020) A comparison of internal and external training loads in male and female collegiate soccer players during practices vs. games. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 34(4): 969-974.
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Through the application of biomarkers, as well as heart rate and GPS technologies, we have gained a unique insight into the physiological response of the athlete to training-related stressors. By incorporating their assessment into exercise and dietary programs, individuals as well as teams can not only quantify progress and changes in overall health, but they can also help determine the effectiveness of training programs and recovery strategies in an effort to optimize performance and reduce the risk of injury.
Military and Tactical Populations
McFadden, B.A., Cintineo, H.P., Chandler, A.J., Peterson, P., Lovalekar, M., Nindl, B., & Arent, S.M. (2024) The United States Marine Corps Recruit Training Demands Associated with Performance Outcomes. Military Medicine. 189 (Suppl 2):74-83.
McFadden, B.A., Cintineo, H.P., Chandler, A.J., Vincenty, C.S., Mastrofini, G.F., Peterson, P., Lovalekar, M., Nindl, B., & Arent, S.M. (2024) A Sex Comparison of the Physical and Physiological Demands of United States Marine Corps Recruit Training. Military Medicine. 189 (Suppl 2): 84-93.
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Montgomery, M., Lovaleker, M., Kleykamp, M., Lucas, J., Arent, S.M., McFadden, B.A., Keenan, K.A., Allison, K., Peterson, P., Cruz, D., Nindl, B.C. (2024) Increasing Gender Integration in U.S. Marine Corps Recruit Training: Policy Recommendations and Rationales from an Interdisciplinary Study. Military Medicine. 189 (Suppl 2): 94-103.
Lovalekar, M., Montgomery, S., Arent, S.M., Kleykamp, M., Lucas, J., McFadden, B.A., Keenan, K.A., Allison, K., Peterson, P. Cruz, D.E., Nindl, B.C. (2024) Design considerations for a multidisciplinary approach to provide policy recommendations on gender-integrated recruit training in the Marine Corps. Military Medicine. 189 (Suppl 2): 3-11.
Cintineo, H.P., Chandler, A.J., Mastrofini, G.F., Lints, B.S., McFadden, B.A., & Arent, S.M. (2024) Effects of Minimal-Equipment Resistance Training and Blood Flow Restriction on Military-Relevant Performance Outcomes. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. 38(1): 55-65.
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​Cintineo, H.P., Chandler, A.J., Mastrofini, G.F., Lints, B.S., McFadden, B.A., & Arent, S.M. (2024) Effects of Minimal-Equipment Resistance Training and Blood Flow Restriction on Military-Relevant Performance Outcomes. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. 38(1): 55-65.​
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Sport Nutrition
Lints, B.S., Stray-Gundersen, S.O., Mastrofini, G.F., McFadden, B.A., Chandler, A.J., Walker, A.J., & Arent, S.M. (2025) Validity of Urine Specific Gravity to Determine Hydration Status in NCAA Division I Male and Female Soccer Players. Translational Journal of the American College of Sports Medicine (10):1 e000281. DOI: 10.1249/TJX.0000000000000281
Mastrofini, G.F., McFadden, B.A., Chandler, A.J., Lints, B.S., Cintineo, H.P., Rhoades, N., Vincenty, C.S., Stray-Gundersen, S.O., & Arent, S.M. (2024) The Effects of a Brand-Specific Hemp-Derived Cannabidiol Product on Physiological, Biochemical, and Psychometrics in Health Adults. Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/15502783.2024.2370430
McFadden, B.A., Vincenty, C.S., Cintineo, H.P., Chandler, A.J., Lints, B.S., Mastrofini, G.F., & Arent, S.M. (2023) Effects of A Fucoidan Supplementation on Inflammatory and Immune Response After High-Intensity Exercise. Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition. 20:1, doi:10.1080/15502783.2023.2224751v
Cintineo, H.P., Bello, M.L., Chandler, A.J., Cardaci, T.D., McFadden, B.A., & Arent, S.M. (2022) Effects of caffeine, methylliberine, and theacrine on vigilance, marksmanship, and hemodynamic responses in tactical personnel: a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial. Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition. 19:1, 543-564.
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Arent, S.M., Cintineo, H.P., McFadden, B.A, Chandler, A.J., & Arent, M.A. (2020) Nutrient timing: a garage door of opportunity? Nutrients, 12 (7), 1948.
