Her work there in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences has focused on the effects of short and vigorous or "acute" exercise on a group diagnosed with clinical depression. Moore studied 55 individuals over the age of 50. Her subjects completed the Profile of Mood Survey (POMS) as a baseline measure before exercising. After vigorous exercise on a treadmill they were post-tested. Moore found that her exercisers reported an 82 percent reduction in symptoms of depression, tension, anger, confusion and fatigue. Patients who had been experiencing mild, moderate or severe depression all had similar results.