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Research and Graduate Education

Exercise Physiology
Graduate Faculty


Stephen Alway, Ph.D.
F.A.C.S.M

Professor

Aging and sarcopenia in skeletal muscle; cellular and molecular adaptations of skeletal muscle to overload and disuse.

Matthew Boegehold, Ph.D.

Professor

Physiology and pathophysiology of the microcirculation; local and neural mechanisms of blood flow control; endothelium-dependent regulation of microvascular tone; microvascular alterations in hypertension.

Randall Bryner, Ed.D.

Assoc. Professor

Role of uncoupling protein-3 in aging and exercise; reactive oxygen species development in muscles with aging; effects of exercise on prostate cancer development, metabolic changes with weight loss, ergogenic aids, and exercise.

Robert Cutlip, Ph.D.

Adjunct Assoc. Professor

Biomechanical, biochemical and molecular investigation of acute and chronic skeletal muscle injury.

Jefferson Frisbee, Ph.D.
Asst. Professor

Microvascular reactivity, microvessel density, mircrovascular dysfunction with the metabolic syndrome, regulation of tissue and organ perfusion.

Paul Gordon, Ph.D., M.P.H.

Assoc. Professor

Physical activity and public health; physical activity epidemiology; genetic influences on individual responses to exercise.

John Hollander, Ph.D.
Asst. Professor

Pathophysiological mechanisms of diabetic cardiomyopathy and ischemia/ reperfusion injury in the heart; role of heat shock proteins and antioxidant proteins during pathology; viral vector mediated transgene delivery for therapeutic and prophylactic intervention; generation of transgenic and knockout animal models.

W. Guyton Hornsby, Ph.D.
C.D.E.

Assoc. Professor

Diabetes and exercise, strength and conditioning.

Ming Pei, Ph.D.
Asst. Professor
Novel biomaterial utilizing nanotechnology; Interface between cell and biomaterial; Mechanical signal and tissue regeneration; Drug delivery and gene therapy

William Stauber, Ph.D.

Professor

Muscle physiology, exercise physiology, cumulative trauma disorder, repetitive stress injuries, muscle injury and repair, and muscle fibrosis and movement dysfunction.