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Division of Exercise Physiology

Faculty and Staff

Name: Cutlip, Robert G. Ph.D.
Title: Adjunct Associate Professor
Campus Office: NIOSH
Phone: 304-285-5968
Fax:
E-mail: rgc8@cdc.gov
EDUCATION:
  • B.S., Mechanical Engineering, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, 1984.
  • Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, 1986.

POSITIONS:

  • 1984 - 1986 Graduate Student, West Virginia University Mechanical Engineering.
  • 1986 - 1987 Mechanical Engineer, Bendix Aerospace Inc., South Bend, IN.
  • 1987 - 1989 Mechanical Engineer and Project Officer, United States Department of Energy, Morgantown, WV.
  • 1989 - 1991 Mechanical Engineer, Hercules Aerospace Inc., Rocket Center, WV and Salt Lake City, UT.
  • 1991 - 1995 Graduate Student, West Virginia University Department of Physiology.
  • 1995 - 1998 Research Safety Engineer, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, WV.
  • 1995 - Present Adjunct Assistant Professor of Orthopedics, Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center of West Virginia University (WVU), Morgantown, WV.
  • 1998 - 2000 Research Bioengineer, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, WV.
  • 2000 - Present Adjunct Associate Professor, Human Performance and Applied Exercise Science, Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center of West Virginia University (WVU), Morgantown, WV.
  • 2000 - Present Team Leader, Musculoskeletal Pathomechanics Research Team, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, WV

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:

  • 1986 Bjornson Scholarship Recipient, West Virginia University Mechanical Engineering.
  • 1987 Member Society of Automotive Engineers, American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
  • 1992 Member, Biomedical Engineering Society.
  • 1995 Full member, Sigma Xi research honorary.

PUBLICATIONS:

  • B.A. Baker, K.M.K. Rao, R.R. Mercer, K.B. Geronilla, M.L. Kashon, G.R. Miller, and R.G. Cutlip, “Quantitative Histology and MGF Gene Expression in Rats Following SSC Exercise In Vivo", Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise (in press).
  • R.G. Cutlip, K.B. Geronilla, B.A. Baker, I. Hover, M.L. Kashon, and J.Z. Wu, ‘Impact of Stretch-Shortening Cycle Rest Interval on In Vivo Muscle Performance’, Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise; 37(8):1345-55, 2005.
  • J.Z. Wu and R.G. Cutlip, ‘Evaluation of nonlinear elastic behaviors of skin’, Skin Research and Technology, 11:1-2, 2005.
  • K.B. Geronilla, J.Z. Wu, B.A. Baker, and R.G. Cutlip, ‘Rheological Model of Isometric Contractions of Rat Skeletal Muscle In Vivo: Duty Cycle Effects’, Biomedical Materials and Engineering (in press).
  • B.A. Baker, K.M.K. Rao, K. Krajnak, R. Mercer, G.R. Miller, and R.G. Cutlip, ‘Exposure to Repetitive Stretch-Shortening Cycles Affects the Temporal Profiles of Contractile Force and Muscle Morphology in Rats’, Canadian Journal of Applied Physiology (in press).
  • Cutlip, R.G., Geronilla, K.B., Baker, B.A., Miller, G.R., Kashon, M., and Schopper, A., ‘The Effect of Range of Motion of Stretch-Shortening Contractions on Real-Time and Temporal Muscle Performance Measures in Rats In Vivo’, J Appl Physiol. 2004;
    96(2):507-16.
  • Bryner, R., D. Donley, R. Cutlip, O. Wirth, J. Park, A. Robertson, C. Garuccio, D. Cyphers, and S.Alway. 2003. ‘Effects of a single downhill treadmill running bout on uncoupling protein 3 mRNA expression’, Int. J. Sports Med. 25(6): 433-437.
  • Wu, J.Z., Brumfield, A., Miller, G.R., Metheny, R., and Cutlip, R.G., ‘Comparison of Mechanical Properties of Tendon using Two Different Approaches’, Biomed Mater Eng. 2004;14(1):13-22.
  • Geronilla, K.B., Miller, G.R., Mowrey, K.F., Wu, J.Z., Kashon, M.L., Brumbaugh, K., Reynolds, J., Hubbs, A., and Cutlip, R.G., ‘Variations of dynamic force response of skeletal muscle during stretch-shortening cycles’, European Journal of Applied Physiology 90(1-2): 144-153, 2003.
  • Wirth, O.W., Gregory, E., and Cutlip, R.G., ‘Control and Quantitation of Voluntary Weight-Lifting Performance in Rats’, Journal of Applied Physiology 95(1): 402-12, 2003.
  • Hall, I., Gregory, E.W., Wirth, O., Lindsley, W.G., & Cutlip, R.G. (2002). Spectral analysis of physiological force tremor during dynamic movements of rat skeletal muscle. In J. Vossoughi (Ed.), Biomedical Engineering: Recent Developments. Medical and Engineering Publishers.
  • Wirth, O., & Cutlip, R.G. (2001). Animal models for controlling and quantifying voluntary muscle performance or rats using operant conditioning. In A. C. Bittner, Jr., P. C. Champney, & S. J. Morrissey (Eds.), Advances in Occupational Ergonomics and Safety (pp. 402-409). Amsterdam: IOS Press.
  • Cutlip, R.G., Wirth, O., Miller, R., Geronilla, K., and Mowrey, K. (2001). In vivo animal model for the investigation of acute and chronic skeletal muscle injury. In A. C. Bittner, Jr., P. C. Champney, & S. J. Morrissey (Eds.), Advances in Occupational Ergonomics and Safety (pp. 394-401). Amsterdam: IOS Press.
  • Schopper, A.W., Miller, R., Cutlip, R.G., Lindsley, W., & Wirth, O. (2001). Physical work may be risky - but why? The underlying pathomechanics of musculoskeletal injury. In A. C. Bittner, Jr., P. C. Champney, & S. J. Morrissey (Eds.), Advances in Occupational Ergonomics and Safety (pp. 387-393). Amsterdam: IOS Press.
  • Wirth O. and Cutlip R.G., A Rat Model for Controlling and Quantifying Volitional Muscle Performance of the Upper Extremities, Proceedings of the XVIIIth Congress of the International Society of Biomechanics, 2001.
  • Cutlip R.G. and Wu, J.Z., Effects of Velocity during Oscillatory Contractions on the Mechanical Damage of Skeletal Muscle, Proceedings of the XVIIIth Congress of the International Society of Biomechanics, 2001.
  • Cutlip R.G. and Wu, J.Z., Geronilla, K., Miller, R., Kashon, M., and Mowrey, K., Effects of Oscillatory Contractions on the Mechanical Damage of Skeletal Muscle, Proceedings of the XVIIIth Congress of the International Society of Biomechanics, 2001.
  • Norman, TL, Popovich, GB, Clovis, N, Cutlip, RG, and Bryner, RW, Exercise Countermeasures in Microgravity: Aerobic Exercise as a Countermeasure for Microgravity-Induced Bone Loss and Muscle Atrophy in a Rat Hindlimb Suspension Model, Aviat Space Environ Med 2000; 71: 593-598.
  • Cutlip, R.G., Stauber, W.T., Means, K.H., Willison, R.H., and McIntosh, T.A.., 1997, A Dynamometer for the Measurement of Rat Plantar Flexor Muscles In Vivo, Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing, 35, pp 540-543.

RESEARCH SUPPORT:

  • NIOSH Internal Aging grant - $431,000 (3 years – pending).
  • NIOSH Internal Musculoskeletal Injury Mechanisms – $800,000 (5 year period).
  • Timothy L. Norman and R.G. Cutlip, ‘Influence of Exercise on Bone Loss Attenuation of Rats under Weightlessness by Tail-Suspension’, 1996 NASA Space Grant Consortium Research Initiation Grant - $12,000.