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Wesley E. Sime, Professor |
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Department
of Health and Human Performance |
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
1991 Ph.D. Counseling Psychology University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska
1975 Ph.D. Exercise and Stress Physiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1975 MPH Epidemiology of Chronic Disease, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1968-69 Post-Graduate Study in Human Anatomy and Physiology, Loyola School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
1967 M.S. Health Education and Exercise Physiology, George Williams College, Downers Grove, Illinois
1965 B.S. Natural Science; Health, and Education, George Williams College, Downers Grove, Illinois
1961-63 Liberal Arts Education, St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Present Professor, Department of Health and Human Performance, University of Nebraska-Lincoln,
1985 - 1987 Chairman, Biofeedback Certification Institute America
1975 - 1977 Assistant Professor, Kinesiology/Health Studies, University of Waterloo, Ontario
1971 - 1975 Teaching Fellow and Research Assistant, University of Pittsburgh
1965 - 1971 Assistant Director, Cardiopulmonary Fitness Testing Laboratory, Chicago Health Research Foundation, Northwestern University, Chicago,IIIinois
1968 -1969 Teaching Assistant, Human Anatomy and Kinesiology, George Williams College, Downers Grove, Illinois
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
Association for
Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback
American College of Sports Medicine
Association for Applied Sport Psychology
National Certification in Stress Management Education, Director
International Stress Management Association, Board of Directors
Biofeedback Certification Institute of America
Society of Behavioral Medicine
Society for Psychophysiological Research
American Association for Counseling and Development
Nebraska Psychological Association
HONORS AND AWARDS:
Kappa Delta Pi (Honorary
Society)
Arthur H. Steinhaus Distinguished Scientist Award
Distinguished Teaching Award, University of Nebraska (1992)
BRIEF BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH:
Wesley E. Sime is a native of Minnesota having received his MPH/Ph.D. in 1975 from the University of Pittsburgh. He first began study in exercise physiology, stress physiology and neuromuscular relaxation under Arthur Steinhaus in 1963. After completion of a B.Sc. degree, he worked as a research assistant under Jeremiah Stamler at the Chicago Health Research Foundation. Combining graduate study and research on long-term exercise training for prevention of heart disease, he completed a M.S. degree in Health Education in 1967. After several years of research and clinical practice in exercise physiology and cardiac rehabilitation, he began further graduate studies at the University of Pittsburgh under Bruce J. Noble. Additional experience in cardiac rehabilitation and epidemiology of physical activity and heart disease was obtained through several Heart Association research projects and through participation in the Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial (MRFIT) in cooperation with Lewis Kuller. His graduate studies culminated with an emphasis in Stress Physiology based upon the Ph.D. dissertation, "Psychophysiology of Muscle Tension/Relaxation: A Comparative Study of EMG Biofeedback and Autosensory Relaxation Training.' Supplementary training in Advanced Methods of Progressive Relaxation was obtained through the personal and individualized tutorship of Edmund Jacobson.
At the University of Waterloo (Ontario, CAN) in the Kinesiology/Health Studies Department, Dr. Sime taught Health Science, Prevention of Chronic Disease and Lifestyle Behavior Modification and conducted stress physiology research on post-infarct cardiac patients and on students with high test anxiety.
Dr. Sime developed the Stress Physiology Laboratory at University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and was a Research Associate in the Cardiovascular Center, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska. He is also Past Chairman of the Biofeedback Certification Institute of America, and co-developer of the Stress Management Certification Program.
In recent years his teaching and research has focused on health psychology and sport psychology. From 1987-91 Dr. Sime was enrolled in a second Ph.D. program, this one in Counseling Psychology. He completed the degree and became a clinical psychologist licensed by the State of Nebraska. He has collaborated on numerous research projects spanning several departments and across national and international boundaries. Most recently in June,1995 he completed a three week teaching tour in Scandinavia. He currently is cooperating on the development of a new interactive computerized Stress Profile for assessing individual and organizational stress and strain factors.