Staff Directory
- Title:
- Faculty Athletics Representative
- Email:
- Phone:
- 882-4137
Dr. Pam (Hinton) Bruzina was appointed Faculty Athletics Representative by Interim Chancellor Hank Foley in May 2017.
Previously, Dr. Bruzina served as an executive member of the Intercollegiate Athletics Committee (IAC) and was the IAC Compliance Subcommittee Chair and the Student-Athlete Welfare Subcommittee Chair. Her dedication to the welfare of our student-athletes was evident during her time on the IAC.
Dr. Bruzina currently serves on the NCAA’s Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sport (CSMAS), as well as the Administrative, Practice and Prevention, Drug Testing and Research CSMAS Subcommittees. In addition, she is the Division I FBS representative on the Faculty Athletics Representatives Association Executive Committee.
Pam was a student-athlete at the University of Wisconsin, which provides her with firsthand knowledge of the demands placed on student athletes. Pam was a track and cross-country student-athlete, going from walk-on to All-American. She earned a bachelor’s degree, with distinction, in molecular biology; she then completed her PhD in Nutritional Sciences at Wisconsin and postdoctoral training in Maternal and Child Nutrition at Cornell University.
Dr. Bruzina joined the Department of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology at Mizzou in 2000. She is a Professor of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology, and her lab investigates the interactive effects of nutrition and physical activity on bone health.
