Amy Jamieson

Amy Jamieson serves as Department Chair and Senior Lecturer in the Department of Exercise & Sport Studies at UC Santa Barbara. She directs the Wellness & Fitness Institute, which functions as a research laboratory for biometric and fitness assessments. Her work focuses on evaluating health markers like body composition, BMI, ventilatory threshold, and muscular strength/endurance, linking these to chronic disease prevention and healthy aging.

Research interests include the interplay between lifestyle behaviors, social determinants of health, and longevity. She explores diet analysis within nutritional frameworks across lifespans. Affiliations include the Center for Aging and Longevity Studies (CALS) and the Neuroscience Research Institute at UCSB.

Labs/Teams: Wellness & Fitness Institute, Center for Aging and Longevity Studies (CALS).