Chad Wagoner

Dr. Chad Wagoner is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Kinesiology, Recreation, and Sport Studies at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He specializes in physical activity epidemiology and exercise oncology, focusing on cancer populations and rural healthcare settings. Dr. Wagoner holds a PhD in Human Movement Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2021) and completed a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at the University of Calgary (2021-2024), where he earned prestigious awards for his work in physical activity interventions for cancer patients.

His research emphasizes identifying determinants of physical activity among clinical populations, evaluating intervention effectiveness, and scaling these solutions across healthcare systems. Key projects include the EXCEL study, which addresses exercise access for rural cancer survivors, and multiphasic exercise prehabilitation protocols for head and neck cancer patients. Dr. Wagoner is a Clinical Exercise Physiologist certified by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM).