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The Alumni Recognition Award is presented to an alumnus/alumna of the College of Health and Human Development who has demonstrated professional excellence and exemplary voluntary community involvement in a health and human
Jeff Young holds a master’s degree in Exercise and Sport Science, is a certified strength and conditioning specialist, a doctoral student in Kinesiology (EdD), and has nearly 30 years of professional experience. He co-founded the MRF Institute, an internet-based company designed to bridge the gap between medicine and rehabilitation clinicians, fitness professionals, and the public, through education and collaboration.
He is an adjunct lecturer at CUNY York College in Queens, NY, the founding chair of the National Strength and Conditioning Association’s Special Populations Interest Group, past President of the American College of Sports Medicine’s Greater New York Regional Chapter, a member of the executive council for the Medical Fitness Association’s Northeast Regional committee, and a subject matter expert for several medical, rehabilitation, and fitness organizations and companies.
He has worked at world-class facilities such as Duke University, UCLA, and Beth Israel Medical Centers, and as the founding fitness coordinator and faculty practice provider at Mount Sinai Medical Center’s Center for Health and Healing in NYC – the most comprehensive, urban-based, academic integrative medicine and medical fitness facility in the U.S. at the time.
Additionally, Jeff was selected to develop and lead the exercise component of a lifestyle medicine-based corporate health program for LNG Canada, a $40 billion clean energy project in British Columbia, Canada, has co-authored a 400-page book on medical fitness, and is a sought-after speaker both nationally and internationally.