OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
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Dissertation Title: "Regulation of skeletal muscle insulin action and fatty acid trafficking with obesity and exercise." Summary: My dissertation utilized model systems and a human clinical trial to investigate the effects of acute exercise, exercise training, and diet induced obesity on skeletal muscle fat metabolism and insulin sensitivity.
I will be starting a post doctoral fellowship at the University of Kansas Medical Center where I will be working with Dr. John Thyfault.
Being able to work with my mentors and my lab cohort Sarah Ehrlicher to start the Translational Metabolism Research Lab.
My mentors, Drs. Sean Newsom and Matt Robinson, have been such a major positive impact on my development as both a scientist and a person. I will always value my experiences working with them.
