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Josie Ahlgren, Ph.D., instructional professor in applied physiology and kinesiology, represented the department and college as a Catalyst Fellow for Innovation in Teaching Excellence. Read more >

At the annual college-wide Thanksgiving luncheon, the college recognized the building services team members for their commitment to keeping the building clean and safe throughout the pandemic. Ricky Moberly, Vilma Hodge, Gabriel Sellers, Karla Ice and Beverly Hudson pose with their plaques during the event.

Evangelos Christou, Ph.D., professor in applied physiology and kinesiology (APK) was awarded Term Professorship 2021-2024. Dr. Christou joins current Term Professor awardees Beth Barton, Leo Ferreira, and Steve Coombes.

APK athletic training program medical director wins distinguished service award
Congratulations to Dr. Jay Clugston who, as part of the Southeastern Conference’s Return to Activity and Medical Guidance Task Force, recieved the Michael L. Slive Distinguished Service Award. More info >>

Blake H. Dowling, BSR ’97, CEO of Aegis Business Technologies, recently published the book “Professionally Distanced: All Access stories from a Florida business during the 2020 pandemic.” The book offers an account of how Dowling and his team dealt with the difficult decisions and challenging realities during the pandemic.

Judy Ford, BSPE ’61, (pictured between Albert and Alberta) was recently recognized on the football field for fifty years of loyalty as a Booster for the Florida Gators football program.

Rachel J.C. Fu, Ph.D., chair and professor in tourism, hospitality and event management and director of the Eric Friedheim Tourism Institute, received an external research grant to conduct the project “Cumulative 30-year Economic Impacts of Tennessee Aquarium on Communities.”

Congratulations to Melissa Gutheil, a doctor of athletic training (DAT) student, and the volleyball team at Santa Fe High School for their first state championship! Go Raiders! Read more >>

Liana Hone, Ph.D., assistant professor in health education and behavior (HEB), and Robert Leeman, Ph.D., associate professor in HEB and the Mary F. Lane Endowed Professor, are the incoming co-editors of the alcohol section in the journal Current Addiction Reports.

Changwook Kim, a Ph.D. student in sport management, recently received a North American Society for Sport Management (NASSM) research competition award and was also awarded a NASSM doctoral research grant.

Michelle King, Ph.D. ’15, associate principal scientist at the Gatorade Sports Science Institute, was featured on the "People of PepsiCo" for a new device developed for elite athletes. 

Jean Kok, a Ph.D. student in applied physiology and kinesiology, received a prestigious F99 award from NIH (F99 AG068438-01)
Title: Muscle and Bone Growth in Aging
Mentor: Beth Barton
Award: $46,435

Heather McGregor, Ph.D., postdoctoral associate in applied physiology and kinesiology, was awarded a Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH) postdoctoral fellowship.

Alexis McKenney, Ed.D., BSR ’84, MSRS ’90, was featured by dreamsabroad.org in an article and video about studying abroad with disabilities.

Linda Nguyen, Ph.D., instructional assistant professor in applied physiology and kinesiology, was awarded Exemplary Course Designation by UF's Committee for Excellence in Online Learning for the master’s course Physiological Basis of Exercise.

David Pinner, research administrator in applied physiology and kinesiology, was selected for Fall 2021 Research Administration Financials Training (RAFT) Foundations Cohort. Read more >

Nichole Scaglione, Ph.D., assistant professor in health education and behavior, and her team were awarded by the CDC National Center for Injury Prevention and Control a one-year, $50,000 supplement to use an evidence-based approach to ensure measures and research procedures for their larger study are inclusive and representative of experiences reported by young adults who identify with a sexual and/or gender minority. The parent study is a mixed-method evaluation of the “Bar Outreach Project,” a bystander intervention training for bar staff, aimed at creating safer social spaces and preventing sexual harassment and sexual violence.

Katelyn Villani, a Ph.D. student in applied physiology and kinesiology, received a fellowship from the Wellstone Foundation to support work in muscle biology.

Yao-Chin Wang, Ph.D., assistant professor in tourism, hospitality and event management, was selected to serve as a social media editor for the Journal of Hospitality Marketing and Management starting in January.

Recent Publications

Actions and interactions of IGF-I and MMPs during muscle regeneration.
Kok HJ, Barton ER.
Semin Cell Dev Biol. 2021 May 4:S1084-9521(21)00091-4. doi: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2021.04.018. Online ahead of print.
PMID: 33962867

Pathophysiology and Treatment Strategies of Acute Myopathy and Muscle Wasting after Sepsis.
Mankowski RT, Laitano O, Clanton TL, Brakenridge SC.
J Clin Med. 2021 Apr 26;10(9):1874. doi: 10.3390/jcm10091874.
PMID: 33926035

Recalling fearful memories modifies approach and avoidance behavior based on spatial context.
Fawver B, Hass CJ, Coombes SA, Trapp SK, Janelle CM.
Emotion. 2021 Mar 18. doi: 10.1037/emo0000940. Online ahead of print.
PMID: 33734737

Mitochondrial Dysfunction Is a Common Denominator Linking Skeletal Muscle Wasting Due to Disease, Aging, and Prolonged Inactivity.
Hyatt HW, Powers SK.
Antioxidants (Basel). 2021 Apr 11;10(4):588. doi: 10.3390/antiox10040588.
PMID: 33920468 Free PMC article. Review.

Angiotensin 1-7 protects against ventilator-induced diaphragm dysfunction.
Yoshihara T, Deminice R, Hyatt HW, Ozdemir M, Nguyen BL, Powers SK.
Clin Transl Sci. 2021 Mar 20. doi: 10.1111/cts.13015. Online ahead of print.
PMID: 33742769

Advances in exercise physiology: exercise and health.
Powers SK, Hogan MC. J Physiol. 2021 Feb;599(3):769-770. doi: 10.1113/JP281003.
PMID: 33521984

Empirically derived back pain subgroups differentiated walking performance, pain, and disability. Butera KA, Fox EJ, Bishop MD, Coombes SA, George SZ. Pain. 2021 Jun 1;162(6):1806-1815. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002167. PMID: 33306502

Investigating the role of striatal dopamine receptor 2 in motor coordination and balance: Insights into the pathogenesis of DYT1 dystonia. Liu Y, Xing H, Yokoi F, Vaillancourt DE, Li Y. Behav Brain Res. 2021 Apr 9;403:113137. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2021.113137. Epub 2021 Jan 18. PMID: 33476687

Alteration of the cholinergic system and motor deficits in cholinergic neuron-specific Dyt1 knockout mice.
Liu Y, Xing H, Sheng W, Singh KN, Korkmaz AG, Comeau C, Anika M, Ernst A, Yokoi F, Vaillancourt DE, Frazier CJ, Li Y.
Neurobiol Dis. 2021 Jul;154:105342. doi: 10.1016/j.nbd.2021.105342. Epub 2021 Mar 20.
PMID: 33757902

Older adults use a motor plan that is detrimental to endpoint control.
Delmas S, Choi YJ, Komer M, Weintraub M, Yacoubi B, Christou EA.
Sci Rep. 2021 Apr 7;11(1):7562. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-86959-9.
PMID: 33828133

Wheel running improves fasting-induced AMPK signaling in skeletal muscle from tumor-bearing mice.
Fix DK, Counts BR, Smuder AJ, Sarzynski MA, Koh HJ, Carson JA.
Physiol Rep. 2021 Jul;9(14):e14924. doi: 10.14814/phy2.14924.
PMID: 34270178 

Visual and somatosensory feedback mechanisms of precision manual motor control in autism spectrum disorder.
Shafer RL, Wang Z, Bartolotti J, Mosconi MW.
J Neurodev Disord. 2021 Sep 8;13(1):32. doi: 10.1186/s11689-021-09381-2.
PMID: 34496766

Head-Down-Tilt Bed Rest With Elevated CO2: Effects of a Pilot Spaceflight Analog on Neural Function and Performance During a Cognitive-Motor Dual Task.
Mahadevan AD, Hupfeld KE, Lee JK, De Dios YE, Kofman IS, Beltran NE, Mulder E, Bloomberg JJ, Mulavara AP, Seidler RD.
Front Physiol. 2021 Aug 25;12:654906. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2021.654906. eCollection 2021.
PMID: 34512371

Emerging Neuroimaging Biomarkers Across Disease Stage in Parkinson Disease: A Review.
Mitchell T, Lehéricy S, Chiu SY, Strafella AP, Stoessl AJ, Vaillancourt DE.
JAMA Neurol. 2021 Oct 1;78(10):1262-1272. doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2021.1312.
PMID: 34459865

Mitochondrial Permeability Transition Causes Mitochondrial Reactive Oxygen Species- and Caspase 3-Dependent Atrophy of Single Adult Mouse Skeletal Muscle Fibers.
Burke SK, Solania A, Wolan DW, Cohen MS, Ryan TE, Hepple RT.
Cells. 2021 Sep 29;10(10):2586. doi: 10.3390/cells10102586.
PMID: 34685566

Walking indoors, outdoors, and on a treadmill: Gait differences in healthy young and older adults.
Schmitt AC, Baudendistel ST, Lipat AL, White TA, Raffegeau TE, Hass CJ.
Gait Posture. 2021 Sep 28;90:468-474. doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2021.09.197. Online ahead of print.
PMID: 34619613

Redistribution of joint moments and dynamic balance control during sit to stand task in persons with Parkinson's disease.
Skinner JW, Lee HK, Hass CJ.
Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2021 Sep;90:21-22. doi: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2021.07.027. Epub 2021 Jul 28.
PMID: 34343874

Faster or longer steps: Maintaining fast walking in older adults at risk for mobility disability.
Baudendistel ST, Schmitt AC, Stone AE, Raffegeau TE, Roper JA, Hass CJ.
Gait Posture. 2021 Sep;89:86-91. doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2021.07.002. Epub 2021 Jul 9.
PMID: 34256264

Deletion of muscle Igf1 exacerbates disuse atrophy weakness in mice.
Spradlin RA, Vassilakos G, Matheny MK, Jones NC, Goldman JL, Lei H, Barton ER.
J Appl Physiol (1985). 2021 Sep 1;131(3):881-894. doi: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00090.2021. Epub 2021 Jul 22.
PMID: 34292789

Faster or longer steps: Maintaining fast walking in older adults at risk for mobility disability.
Baudendistel ST, Schmitt AC, Stone AE, Raffegeau TE, Roper JA, Hass CJ.
Gait Posture. 2021 Sep;89:86-91. doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2021.07.002. Epub 2021 Jul 9.
PMID: 34256264

Detecting Sensitive Mobility Features for Parkinson's Disease Stages Via Machine Learning.
Mirelman A, Ben Or Frank M, Melamed M, Granovsky L, Nieuwboer A, Rochester L, Del Din S, Avanzino L, Pelosin E, Bloem BR, Della Croce U, Cereatti A, Bonato P, Camicioli R, Ellis T, Hamilton JL, Hass CJ, Almeida QJ, Inbal M, Thaler A, Shirvan J, Cedarbaum JM, Giladi N, Hausdorff JM.
Mov Disord. 2021 Sep;36(9):2144-2155. doi: 10.1002/mds.28631. Epub 2021 May 6. PMID: 33955603

Nox4 Knockout Does Not Prevent Diaphragm Atrophy, Contractile Dysfunction, or Mitochondrial Maladaptation in the Early Phase Post-Myocardial Infarction in Mice.
Hahn D, Kumar RA, Muscato DR, Ryan TE, Schröder K, Ferreira LF.
Cell Physiol Biochem. 2021 Aug 20;55(4):489-504. doi: 10.33594/000000400.
PMID: 34416105 Free article.

The impact of hindlimb disuse on sepsis-induced myopathy in mice.
Laitano O, Pindado J, Valera I, Spradlin RA, Murray KO, Villani KR, Alzahrani JM, Ryan TE, Efron PA, Ferreira LF, Barton ER, Clanton TL.
Physiol Rep. 2021 Jul;9(14):e14979. doi: 10.14814/phy2.14979.
PMID: 34309237

Skeletal myopathy in CKD: a comparison of adenine-induced nephropathy and 5/6 nephrectomy models in mice.
Kim K, Anderson EM, Thome T, Lu G, Salyers ZR, Cort TA, O'Malley KA, Scali ST, Ryan TE.
Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2021 Jul 1;321(1):F106-F119. doi: 10.1152/ajprenal.00117.2021. Epub 2021 Jun 14.
PMID: 34121452

Blood flow restriction exercise to attenuate postoperative loss of function after total knee replacement: a randomized pilot study
Przkora, R., Sibille, K., Victor, S., Meroney, M., Leeuwenburgh, C., Gardner, A., Vasilopoulos, T., Parvataneni, H. Eur
J Transl Myol. 2021 31(3): 9932. doi: 10.4081/ejtm.2021.9932

Deletion of muscle Igf1 exacerbates disuse atrophy weakness in mice.
Spradlin RA, Vassilakos G, Matheny MK, Jones NC, Goldman JL, Lei H, Barton ER.
J Appl Physiol (1985). 2021 Jul 22. doi: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00090.2021. Online ahead of print.
PMID: 34292789

In Vivo Brain Glutathione is Higher in Older Age and Correlates with Mobility.
Hupfeld KE, Hyatt HW, Alvarez Jerez P, Mikkelsen M, Hass CJ, Edden RAE, Seidler RD, Porges EC.
Cereb Cortex. 2021 May 6:bhab107. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhab107. Online ahead of print.
PMID: 33959751

Redistribution of joint moments and dynamic balance control during sit to stand task in persons with Parkinson's disease.
Skinner JW, Lee HK, Hass CJ.
Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2021 Jul 28;90:21-22. doi: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2021.07.027. Online ahead of print.
PMID: 34343874

Faster or longer steps: Maintaining fast walking in older adults at risk for mobility disability.
Baudendistel ST, Schmitt AC, Stone AE, Raffegeau TE, Roper JA, Hass CJ.
Gait Posture. 2021 Jul 9;89:86-91. doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2021.07.002. Online ahead of print.
PMID: 34256264

The HIV protease inhibitor, ritonavir, corrects diverse brain phenotypes across development in mouse model of DYT-TOR1A dystonia.
Caffall ZF, Wilkes BJ, Hernández-Martinez R, Rittiner JE, Fox JT, Wan KK, Shipman MK, Titus SA, Zhang YQ, Patnaik S, Hall MD, Boxer MB, Shen M, Li Z, Vaillancourt DE, Calakos N.
Sci Transl Med. 2021 Aug 18;13(607):eabd3904. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abd3904.
PMID: 34408078

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