Sheri R. Colberg, PhD, FACSM
Contributing Diabetes Writer & Medical Reviewer
Sheri Colberg is an author, exercise physiologist, and professor emerita of exercise science at Old Dominion University and a former adjunct professor of internal medicine at Eastern Virginia Medical School.
Having earned her undergraduate degree from Stanford University and a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, she has specialized in research on diabetes and exercise and healthy lifestyles.
She has shaped physical activity recommendations for professional organizations, including the American College of Sports Medicine, American Diabetes Association, and American Association of Diabetes Educators.
Sheri has authored 11 books, along with 24 book chapters and more than 300 articles on physical activity, diabetes, healthy lifestyles, and aging.
Publications
- American Medical Society for Sports Medicine Position Statement on the Care of the Athlete and Athletic Person With Diabetes. Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine 32(1):p 8-20, January 2022. Trojian, Thomas MD; Colberg, Sheri PhD; Harris, George MD; Oh, Robert MD; Dixit, Sameer MD; Gibson, Margaret MD; Corcoran, Matthew MD; Ramey, Lindsay MD; Berg, Philip V. MS
- Exercise/Physical Activity in Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes: A Consensus Statement from the American College of Sports Medicine. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2022 Feb 1;54(2):353-368. Jill A Kanaley, Sheri R Colberg, Matthew H Corcoran, Steven K Malin, Nancy R Rodriguez, Carlos J Crespo, John P Kirwan, Juleen R Zierath
- The competitive athlete with type 1 diabetes. Diabetologia. 2020 Aug;63(8):1475-1490. doi: 10.1007/s00125-020-05183-8. Michael C Riddell, Sam N Scott, Paul A Fournier, Sheri R Colberg, Ian W Gallen, Othmar Moser, Christoph Stettler, Jane E Yardley, Dessi P Zaharieva, Peter Adolfsson, Richard M Bracken
