Marsha has 11 years of research and experience in pediatric obesity and is a graduate of the University of Southern California, a world leader in the fields of communication, multimedia technologies and the life sciences as well as in cross-disciplinary teaching and research.


“Marsha brings energy success, and a high degree of professionalism to her work.  She combines her research and experience in a straightforward manner that people respond to.”

CREDENTIALS:

  1. BulletBachelor of Science, Business Administration, Marketing, USC

  2. BulletMaster of Science, Kinesiology, Exercise Physiology, CSU East Bay

  3. BulletMaster of Science, Educational Psychology, Counseling, CSU East Bay

  4. BulletLicensed Shapedown™ Provider

  5. BulletSpecial Certificate in Psychological Foundations for Working with Children & Adolescents in Physical Activity and Nutrition

GRADUATE RESEARCH TOPICS:

  1. BulletThesis: Pediatric Obesity and A Therapeutic Intervention for Obese Children and their Parents ©  2004.                                                          

  2. BulletThe effect of the media on body image of young girls.

  3. BulletEnergy expenditure, physical activity, and fitness in children.

  4. BulletEffects of calcium and exercise on bone density of prepubescent girls.

  5. BulletCompetitive anxiety in youth sport participation.

  6. BulletEffect of strength/resistance circuit-training program on body composition of obese prepubescent girls.

  7. BulletThe role of self-efficacy in therapeutic intervention for pediatric obesity.

  8. BulletA consideration of the social aspects critical to pediatric obesity intervention programs.

  9. BulletHistorical review of the UCSF Shapedown™ program.

  10. BulletIntegrating dance into the elementary school curriculum.


PUBLICATIONS: (see link here)

Liberti, R., Kunz, M., Swantek, D., & Sullivan, S. (2004). “Forbidden Narratives”: Exploring the use of student narratives of self in a graduate sport sociology course. Quest, 56 (2), 190-207.


“A Critical Autobiography: Take Me Out to the Ball Game”, oral paper, Western Society for Physical Education of College Women, Portland, OR, November, 2002.


PRESENTATIONS:

  1. BulletWelch Road Pediatrics

  2. BulletHot Stuff

  3. BulletKid Kare Associates

  4. BulletPediatric Medical Group of San Francisco

  5. BulletPalo Alto Medical Foundation

  6. BulletPeninsula Pediatrics

  7. BulletBay Area Pediatrics

  8. BulletABC Pediatrics

  9. BulletGenetech Biotech Center

  10. BulletDepartment of Pediatrics, Mills Peninsula Hospital Services

  11. BulletWhole Foods

  12. BulletJunipero Serra High School

  13. BulletBurlingame High School

  14. BulletBeresford Elementary School

  15. BulletBaywood Elementary School

  16. BulletPeninsula Jewish Community Center

  17. BulletSan Mateo Foster City School District

  18. BulletSan Mateo Union High School District

  19. BulletSummit Bicycles and Earthbeam Natural Foods


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DONATIONS TO LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS: 


  1. BulletSerra High School 2010 Annual Benefit

  2. BulletStrides for Life 2010

  3. BulletNotre Dame High School

  4. BulletCoastside Women's Club

  5. BulletPeninsula Jewish Community Center

  6. BulletBurlingame Girls’ Softball

  7. BulletPeninsula Symphony

  8. BulletCamp Okizu

  9. BulletSt. Paul’s Choir

  10. BulletBurlingame Community for Education Foundation

  11. BulletHillsborough Schools Foundation

  12. BulletBorel Bank

  13. BulletThe Art of Yoga Project

  14. BulletSt. Paul's Habitat and IHN

  15. BulletSt. Matthew Episcopal Church

  16. BulletAnnual Leadership

  17. BulletBroadway by the Bay

  18. BulletSan Mateo Union High School District

  19. BulletTaste of the Town


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