Dr. Mark A. Sloniger, Director
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
111 Zink Hall
1190 Maple Street
Indiana, PA 15705
Phone: 724-357-5508
Fax: 724-357-3777
The Center for Health Promotion and Cardiac Disease Prevention serves IUP and the surrounding community in providing lifestyle interventions.
Specifically, the center provides the following services:
- Disease and health education programs (including but not limited to weight management, stress management, smoking cessation)
- Personalized fitness/health screenings and assessment (including but not limited to cholesterol, diabetes, and blood pressure screening, and fitness assessments)
- Specialized fitness intervention programs (including but not limited to exercise strategies for high risk populations)
- Exercise programming for at-risk populations
- Strength and Conditioning programs for high school athletes
- School age children
- Educational and research opportunity partnerships with school systems, healthcare organizations and local businesses
- PIAA Weight/Body Composition Appeal Site for high school wrestling
Service area and target populations:
- IUP students, faculty, administrators, and staff
- Family members of IUP faculty, administrators, and staff
- Residents of Indiana County and surrounding counties
- School districts in Western Pennsylvania
- Employees of business operations in the service area
The center features state-of-the-art equipment, including:
- BodPod (body composition)
- Hydrostatic Weighing (body composition)
- Cholestech (full lipid panel testing with fasting glucose)
- Metabolic Analysis for peak exercise and resting basal metabolic rate
- Blood Lactate Testing
The fee for the programs and classes offered by the Center are based upon the associated expenses for operation.
Call 724-357-5508 for services offered by the Center for Health Promotion and Cardiac Disease Prevention.
