James F. Sallis, PhD

James F. Sallis, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychology at San Diego State University and Director of Active Living Research, a program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

His primary research interests are promoting physical activity and understanding policy and environmental influences on physical activity and nutrition. He is the author of over 400 scientific publications, on the editorial boards of several journals, and was identified as one of the world�s most cited authors in the social sciences.

He served on the editorial committee for the 1996 U.S. Surgeon General's Report, Physical Activity and Health. Dr. Sallis is co-author (with Neville Owen) of Physical Activity and Behavioral Medicine (Sage, 1999). In 2004, Time Magazine identified him as an "obesity warrior".