The Surprising Benefits of Exercising with Dr. Stacey Young-McCaughan 7-5-15

Dr. Stacey Young-McCaughan is a professor of psychiatry at the University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio. She has researched the effects of exercising on cancer and PTSD. She received her basic nursing degree from the University of Wyoming, her master’s degree in oncology nursing from Yale University, and her doctoral degree in research nursing from the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Young retired from the Army Nurse Corps as a colonel after a 29-year career culminating as Chief of Clinical Investigation for Brooke Army Medical Center, to join the faculty at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio seven years ago. She helps direct and coordinate the STRONG STAR Research Consortium funded by the U.S. Departments of Defense (DoD) and Veterans Affairs (VA) to develop and evaluate the most effective early interventions possible for the detection, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and related conditions in active-duty military personnel and recently discharged veterans. Dr. Young has had a wide variety of clinical and research experiences in military and civilian facilities across the United States and Europe. Her primary area of research tests exercise interventions in the rehabilitation from chronic illnesses and improvement of quality of life. Originally aired on Caregiver SOS: On Air presented by the WellMed Charitable Foundation on July 5, 2015, in San Antonio, TX on 930 AM KLUP “The Answer.” With co-hosts Carol Zernial and Ron Aaron. For more about CaregiverSOS, visit caregiversos.org Like CaregiverSOS on Facebook, www.facebook.com/CaregiverSOS