Kristi S. Kelley, MEd, BS

Ms. Kelley, a primary Research Technician in the Department of Biostatistics Meta-Analytic Research Lab, conducts research focused on using meta-analytic approach to examine effects of exercise & physical activity on selected health outcomes in humans.

Research Instructor

Organization:

West Virginia University School of Public Health

Department:

Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Classification:

Faculty

• MEd, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, 1996
• BS, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, 1992

Kelley, GA, Kelley KS, Pate RR. (2021). Inter-individual differences in body mass index were not observed as a result of aerobic exercise in children and adolescents with overweight and obesity. Pediatric Obesity; 16(1):e12692. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijpo.12692

Hamilton BR, Staines KA, Kelley GA, Kelley KS, Kohrt WM, Pitsiladis Y, Guppy FM. (epub ahead of print, August 11, 2021). The effects of exercise on bone mineral density in men: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. Calcified Tissue International. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00223-021-00893-6

Kelley, GA, Kelley KS, Stauffer, BL. (2021). Isometric exercise and inter-individual response differences on resting systolic and diastolic blood pressure in adults: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Blood Pressure; 31(5):310-321. https://doi.org/10.1080/08037051.2021.1940837

Kelley, GA, Kelley KS, Pate RR. (2021). Exercise and cardiovascular disease risk factors in children and adolescents with obesity: a systematic review with meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine.

Kelley, GA, Kelley KS, Pate RR. (2021). How Many US Children and Adolescents with Overweight and Obesity Could Improve Their Percent Body Fat by Exercising?: Meta-Analytic Based Estimates. Childhood Obesity. DOI: 10.1089/chi.2020.0245.

Kelley GA, Kelley KS, Callahan LF. (2020). Number of physically inactive adults with arthritis in the United States who could improve physical function and pain control by exercising. Prev Chronic Dis 2020;17:200121 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5888/pcd17.200121

Kelley, GA, Kelley KS, Pate RR. (2021) Inter-individual differences in body mass index were not observed as a result of aerobic exercise in children and adolescents with overweight and obesity. Pediatric Obesity;16:e12692. DOI: 10.1111/ijpo.12692

Kelley, GA, Kelley KS, Pate RR. (2020). Are There Inter-Individual Differences in Fat Mass and Percent Body Fat as a Result of Aerobic Exercise Training in Overweight and Obese Children and Adolescents? A Meta-Analytic Perspective. Childhood Obesity. 16(5): 301-306. DOI: 10.1089/chi.2020.0056

Kelley GA, Kelley KS. (2020). Yoga, health-related quality of life and mental well-being: a re-analysis of a meta-analysis using the Quality Effects Model. Journals of Gerontology: Series A. 75(9): 1732-1736. https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glz284.

Kelley GA, Kelley KS, Callahan LF. (2020). Brief report: State-level number of physically inactive US adults with arthritis who can improve their anxiety and depression by exercising. ACR Open Rheumatology. 2(2):92-96.

1995-1996 Kappa Delta Pi Honor Society for Education (Graduate)
1995-1996 Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society (Graduate)
1992 Graduated Cum Laude (Undergraduate BS degree)
1992 Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society (Undergraduate)
1991-1992 Ohio Valley Conference Academic Medal of Honor
1990, 1991 Leona Drake Scholarship Award
1990-1992 Middle Tennessee State University Athletic Academic Honor Roll
1990 Kappa Delta Pi Honor Society for Education (Undergraduate)
1990-1992 Tau Omicron Honor Society for Women
1989-1992 Gamma Beta Phi Honor Society
1989-1991 Middle Tennessee State University Women's Varsity Volleyball Team
1989-1991 Ohio Valley Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll
1989 Tommie Reynolds Scholarship Award
1988-1992 Honor Roll and Dean's List

Ms. Kelley received her Bachelor’s of Science degree in Physical Education from Middle Tennessee State University in 1992 and earned her Masters of Education degree in Health Promotion from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in 1996.

Ms. Kelley coordinates the Meta-Analytic Research Lab in the School of Public Health at WVU. She came to WVU from Massachusetts General Hospital's Institute of Health Professions in Boston. Ms. Kelley's thesis focused on research dealing with the health habits and counseling practices of physicians.

Previously she worked as a research assistant in the Office for Health Promotion at Northern Illinois University. In that role, Ms. Kelley served as the project director for the Youth Sports Coalition held at the United Center in Chicago. She also helped develop a videotape and training manual on early childhood movement education for child care providers. More recently, she has worked as the primary research assistant on several externally funded grants from the US Department of Defense, National Institutes of Health (R01 mechanism), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the American Heart Association. These externally funded projects use the meta-analytic approach to examine the effects of physical activity on health-related disease, specifically, the effects of exercise on resting blood pressure, bone mineral density, lipids and lipoproteins, arthritis, and depression. She has published 95 peer-reviewed publications to date.

She is a member of the American Heart Association's Epidemiology Council, the American College of Sports Medicine, and the American Public Health Association.

Ms. Kelley is a native of Chattanooga, Tennessee. She has a personal commitment to running, walking, and progressive resistance training. She also enjoys playing volleyball, hiking, rollerblading, cycling and other recreational activities as time allows.