Title: Associate Professor
Department: Department of Health Sciences
School/Center: School of Health Professions
Office Location: 316 D Robinson Hall
Phone: 617-373-5695
Fax: 617-373-2968
Email: w.gillespie@neu.edu
Education: EdD, Boston University
MEd, BS, Northeastern University
Certification: ACSM Program Director
AHA, Advanced Cardiac Life Support
Specializations: Clinical Exercise testing
Research: Clinical exercise physiology;
Therapeutic aspects of exercise for individuals with cardiovascular, pulmonary, metabolic, and immunologic chronic diseases
Professional Service:
Member, Clinical Exercise Physiology (CEP) Registry Board, American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), 1997-2002.
Chair, Executive Council, CEP Registry Board, ACSM 2001-2002.
Chair, Examinations Committee, CEP Registry Board, ACSM, 1998-2001.
Member, Board of Trustees, ACSM, 1996-1999.
Member, Practice of Exercise Physiology Committee, ACSM, 1994-1995.
Member, Committee on Registration and Licensure, ACSM, 1992 - 1994.
Member, Regional Chapters Committee, ACSM, 1993 - 1995.
Member, Professional Education Committee, ACSM, 1993 - 1995.
Member, Certification Committee, ACSM, 1986 – 1993, Chair Exercise Specialist Sub Committee, 1989 93, Examinations Sub Committee, 1986 88;
Member, Continuing Education Committee, ACSM, 1983 85.
Member, Membership Committee, ACSM, 1981 83.
Member, Board of Trustees, Massachusetts Association for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation, 1985 1996.
President, Massachusetts Society for Cardiac Rehabilitation, 1985-1986.
Member, Boston Regional Health Promotion Council, The Center for Health Promotion and Environmental Disease Prevention, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, 1986 87.
Member, Board of Trustees, New England Chapter, ACSM, 1981 present.
President, New England Chapter, ACSM, 1980 1981
Courses: Advanced Exercise Physiology, Cardiopulmonary Physiology and Pathophysiology, Exercise in Health and Disease, Electrocardiography
Selected Publications: Cantu, R.C. and W.J. Gillespie (Eds.). 1983. Sports medicine sports science: Bridging the gap. Lexington, MA: The Collamore Press.
Manfredi, T., W.J. Gillespie, & K.S. Congdon. 1987. University based cardiac rehabilitation and adult fitness programs. In Cantu, R. C. (Ed.), The exercising adult (2nd ed.). pp.43 61. New York: Macmillan Publishers.
Micheli, L. J., W.J. Gillespie, & A. Walaszek. 1984. Physical profiles of female professional ballerinas. In Nicholas, J. A., & E.B. Hershman (Eds.). Clinics in sports medicine, 3 (1), pp. 199 209. Philadelphia: Saunders Publishers.
Gillespie, W. J. & T. Manfredi. 1982. University based fitness centers. In Cantu, R. C. (Ed.). The exercising adult, pp. 43 59. Lexington, MA: The Collamore Press.
Whatley, J.E., W.J. Gillespie, J. Honig, M.J. Walsh, A.L. Blackburn, & G.L. Blackburn. 1994. Does the amount of endurance exercise in combination with weight training and a very low energy diet affect resting metabolic rate and body composition? The Am. Journ. of Clin. Nutrition. 59 (5), 1088-1092.
Donnely, J., D.J. Jacobsen, J,.E. Whatley, & W.J. Gillespie. 1992. Estimation of peak oxygen consumption from a submaximal one-half mile walk in obese females. International Journal of Obesity, 16, 585-589.
Wheeler, M. E., G.L. Davis, W.J. Gillespie, & M.M. Bern. 1986. Physiological changes in hemostatis associated with acute exercise. Journal of Applied Physiology, 60 (3), 986 990.
Gillespie, W.J. & E.J. Protas. 1994. Registration and Licensure of Exercise Professionals: A pro con debate. ACSM Certified News, 4, (2), 4-7.
Gillespie, W.J. 1993. A model for licensure of exercise professionals. Exercise Standards and Malpractice Reporter, 6 (6), 81-87.
