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Claudio Luiz Battaglini

Claudio Battaglini, PhD, is a UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center member who research focuses on the effects of acute and chronic exercise on physiological, psychological, and physical functioning in cancer patients.

PhD, FACSM
Professor, Exercise and Sport Science
Adjunct Professor, Allied Health Sciences
UNC-Chapel Hill
Cancer Prevention and Control

Area of Interest

Battaglini’s research focuses on the effects of acute and chronic exercise on physiological, psychological, and physical functioning in cancer patients. He is the founder and Director Emeritus of Get REAL & HEEL Breast Cancer Rehabilitation Program and Co-Director of the Exercise Oncology Research Laboratory. Over the past 19 years, Battaglini has published over 200 journal articles and scientific abstracts and five textbooks chapters related to exercise oncology.

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Awards and Honors

  • Lifetime Distinguished Leadership Award in Sports and Health Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical Center, 2017
  • Volume 19’s best paper award, Journal of Sports Engineering, 2017
  • UNC C. Knox Massey Distinguished Service Awards, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2015
  • UNC Office of the Provost Engaged Scholarship Award for Research, 2015
  • UNC Office of the Provost and Carolina Center for Public Service, 2015
  • The Frank Porter Graham Honor Society Inductee, 2015
  • UNC Faculty Diversity Success Achievement Award, UNC Office of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs, 2014
  • Advanced to Fellow Status at American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), 2013
  • Distinguished Alumni Award, Catholic University of Brasilia, Brasilia, DF, Brazil, 2013
  • Tanner Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching and Mentorship, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2010
  • Member-at-Large Executive Board Nominee, The Southeast Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine, Birmingham, AL, 2008
  • Award of Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Exercise and Sports Science, 2008
  • Junior Faculty Award from the Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2007
  • Man of The Year Nominee, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Cary, NC, 2007
  • Award of Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Exercise and Sport Science, 2006, 2005, 2004
  • Hibino Global Understanding Award, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO, 2002
  • Richard and Chris Monfort Graduate Fellowship Award for 2001, 2002, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO, 2000
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