Ross Arena

Dr. Arena is a Professor at University of Illinois Chicago, Visiting Scholar at

HealthPartners Institute, and Member of the Roundtable on Obesity Solutions at

the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, andMedicine. He received his

Ph.D. in Physiology in 2001 from the Medical College of Virginia/Virginia

Commonwealth University. Dr. Arena has over 10 years of experience as an

academic leader. He has been instrumental in the successful implementation of

several innovative healthy living initiatives in the academic, clinical and

community settings and founded the Healthy Living for Pandemic Event

Protection (HL-PIVOT) network in 2020. Dr. Arena’s scholarly interests include:

1) The exploration of ecological drivers of health; 2) Healthy living initiatives that

promote the healthspan; and 3) Exercise testing and training in patient

populations. Dr. Arena has published extensively in these areas with over 1180

peer-reviewed publications, abstracts, and book chapters