The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research recognized Cal State Fullerton kinesiology professor Pablo Costa with a 2025 Editorial Excellence Award for his service to the journal and association.
Award recipients are selected by the editor-in-chief, and the award is presented to members of the JSCR editorial board. Brandon M. Roberts, a physiologist in the experimental therapeutics division at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, was also recognized with an award.
Costa earned his Ph.D. in exercise physiology from the University of Oklahoma and his master’s degree in exercise physiology from Florida Atlantic University. His primary research interests include non-invasive assessment of neuromuscular function and the physiological effects of exercise on performance, health and fitness. His research encompasses resistance training, sports nutrition, body composition, injury risk, flexibility, balance, hypertension, hypotension, Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, acceleration, and rate of force development.
He has authored or co-authored more than 250 research articles, book chapters, conference presentations and abstracts. Currently, Costa serves as a senior associate editor for the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. He is also a former chair of the NSCA research committee and serves as a reviewer for more than 50 scientific journals.