Kyle Levers

Dr. Levers is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences and serves as the Director of the Metabolism & Exercise Testing (MET) Laboratory on GW’s main campus in Foggy Bottom.  Dr. Levers joined the Milken Institute School of Public Health as an Assistant Professor in Fall 2018.  Prior to his tenure at GW, Dr. Levers was a researcher in the Exercise and Sports Nutrition Laboratory at Texas A&M University, specifically within several large sports performance nutrition projects and women’s health initiatives while pursuing his doctorate in Exercise Physiology. In addition to the time he spent with Texas A&M athletics, Dr. Levers co-founded a start-up wearable technology company to improve blood pressure monitoring during exercise.

Dr. Levers’ professional career prior to academia was grounded in athletic performance development at the Division I collegiate level and in the private sector.  After obtaining his doctoral degree, Dr. Levers founded a strength and conditioning facility in New Jersey where he served as the Director of Athletic Performance and Nutrition.  As a certified strength and conditioning specialist, certified practitioner of the functional movement screen (FMS-1) and fundamental capacity screen (FCS), and a trained professional in Redcord Active techniques, Dr. Levers’ research interests are broadly focused on the application of movement, exercise, and nutrition-based interventions as methods to enhance human performance.  He has published several articles and co-authored two book chapters related to the influences of nutrition and supplementation on exercise performance and body composition.  He also has presented at several regional, national, and international events on topics ranging from weight management, sports nutrition supplementation, youth sport specialization, athletic development, and athletic performance evaluation.