Department of Kinesiology,
Regenerative Bioscience Center
My undergraduate degree is in Biology from Wittenberg University. I obtained my M.S. degree (2007) in Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise under Robert Grange, Ph.D. from Virginia Tech and Ph.D. degree (2011) in Rehabilitation Sciences under Dawn Lowe, Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota. I received postdoctoral training (2011-2014) in Molecular Exercise Physiology under Zhen Yan, Ph.D. from the Robert M. Berne Cardiovascular Research Center at the University of Virginia. I am a proud representative of two NIH training grant awards, Minnesota Muscle Training Program & Basic Cardiovascular Research Training Grant, which provided support for my pre-doctoral and postdoctoral work, respectively. From 2012-2014, my postdoctoral work was supported by a fellowship from the American Heart Association. In August of 2014, I joined the faculty of the Department of Kinesiology at the University of Georgia.
Minimal Evidence for a Secondary Loss of Strength After an Acute Muscle Injury: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) Jan, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 27100114
Four-week rapamycin treatment improves muscular dystrophy in a fukutin-deficient mouse model of dystroglycanopathy.
Skeletal muscle , 2016 | Pubmed ID: 27257474
Mitochondrial maintenance via autophagy contributes to functional skeletal muscle regeneration and remodeling.
American journal of physiology. Cell physiology Aug, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 27281480
Eccentric Contraction-Induced Muscle Injury: Reproducible, Quantitative, Physiological Models to Impair Skeletal Muscle's Capacity to Generate Force.
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) , 2016 | Pubmed ID: 27492161
Skeletal muscle metabolic adaptations to endurance exercise training are attainable in mice with simvastatin treatment.
PloS one , 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28207880
Experimental intermittent ischemia augments exercise-induced inflammatory cytokine production.
Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) Aug, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28572502
Exercise leads to unfavourable cardiac remodelling and enhanced metabolic homeostasis in obese mice with cardiac and skeletal muscle autophagy deficiency.
Scientific reports 08, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28801668
Impact of volumetric muscle loss injury on persistent motoneuron axotomy.
Muscle & nerve 05, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 29144551
Two-photon deep-tissue spatially resolved mitochondrial imaging using membrane potential fluorescence fluctuations.
Biomedical optics express Jan, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 29359101
Effect of exercise intensity on circulating microparticles in men and women.
Experimental physiology 05, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 29469165
Transient HIF2A inhibition promotes satellite cell proliferation and muscle regeneration.
The Journal of clinical investigation 06, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 29533927
Aggregate mesenchymal stem cell delivery ameliorates the regenerative niche for muscle repair.
Journal of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine 08, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 29774991
Early rehabilitation for volumetric muscle loss injury augments endogenous regenerative aspects of muscle strength and oxidative capacity.
BMC musculoskeletal disorders May, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 29843673
Voluntary running protects against neuromuscular dysfunction following hindlimb ischemia-reperfusion in mice.
Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) 01, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 30433863
PGC-1α overexpression partially rescues impaired oxidative and contractile pathophysiology following volumetric muscle loss injury.
Scientific reports 03, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 30858541
Five-dimensional two-photon volumetric microscopy of in-vivo dynamic activities using liquid lens remote focusing.
Biomedical optics express Jul, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 31360606
Mitochondrial-specific autophagy linked to mitochondrial dysfunction following traumatic freeze injury in mice.
American journal of physiology. Cell physiology 02, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 31721614
Musculoskeletal Regeneration, Rehabilitation, and Plasticity Following Traumatic Injury.
International journal of sports medicine Jul, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 32242332
Autophagy: an essential but limited cellular process for timely skeletal muscle recovery from injury.
Autophagy 07, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 32267791
Mitochondrial dysfunction in skeletal muscle of fukutin-deficient mice is resistant to exercise- and 5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide ribonucleotide-induced rescue.
Experimental physiology 10, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 32833332
Spatial frequency metrics for analysis of microscopic images of musculoskeletal tissues.
Connective tissue research 01, 2021 | Pubmed ID: 33028134
Mitochondria-cytokine crosstalk following skeletal muscle injury and disuse: a mini-review.
American journal of physiology. Cell physiology 05, 2021 | Pubmed ID: 33566726
Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition).
Autophagy Feb, 2021 | Pubmed ID: 33634751
Lifelong Ulk1-Mediated Autophagy Deficiency in Muscle Induces Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Contractile Weakness.
International journal of molecular sciences Feb, 2021 | Pubmed ID: 33669246
Independent of physical activity, volumetric muscle loss injury in a murine model impairs whole-body metabolism.
PloS one , 2021 | Pubmed ID: 34170933
Commentaries on Viewpoint: The academic biomedical research laboratory as a "small business".
Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) 08, 2021 | Pubmed ID: 34382823
Effects of alcohol on skeletal muscle contractile performance in male and female mice.
PloS one , 2021 | Pubmed ID: 34383848
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