Rate My Professor David Fukuda

Fukuda directs the Physiology of Work and Exercise Response (POWER) Laboratory, where his research focuses on developing performance-based testing methodologies, analyzing physiological profiles in athletes, and evaluating adaptations to exercise training and nutritional interventions across populations, including combat sports athletes and older adults. He has published over 150 peer-reviewed articles, including highly cited papers such as 'The effect of training volume and intensity on improvements in muscular strength and size in resistance-trained men' (Mangine et al., Physiological Reports, 2015, 336 citations), 'The physiology of judo-specific training modalities' (Franchini et al., Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research, 2014, 272 citations), and 'Effects of β-alanine supplementation and high-intensity interval training on endurance performance and body composition in men' (Smith et al., Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition, 2009, 270 citations). He authored the textbook Assessments for Sport and Athletic Performance. Fukuda holds certifications CSCS*D, CISSN, and ACSM-EP, and has secured grants as principal investigator, including from Abbott Laboratories ($225,357, 2024) and MICROPHYT SA ($262,458, 2022). His scholarship, with over 9,300 Google Scholar citations, has earned Fellow status from the National Strength and Conditioning Association (FNSCA, 2021), American College of Sports Medicine (FACSM, 2023), and the NSCA Educator of the Year award (2022).