Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Hyperbaric Physiology Fellowship, Duke University School of Medicine 2013 - 2015
  • Ph.D., Texas A&M University 2009
  • M.S., Case Western Reserve University 2002
  • Dietetic Internship, University Hospitals of Cleveland 2000 - 2001
  • B.S., Youngstown State University 2000
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  Academic Positions Outside Duke

  • Assistant Professor, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD. 2015 - 2019
  • Visiting Research Scholar, Duke University School of Medicine, Center for Hyperbaric Medicine & Environmental Physiology, Durham, NC . 2013 - 2015
  • Research Physiologist, Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory, Groton, CT. 2009 - 2013
  • Graduate Research Assistant, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX. 2005 - 2009
  • Clinical Dietitian, Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, TX. 2002 - 2005
• Recognition
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  Awards & Honors

  • United States Navy Fellowship, Hyperbaric Physiology. United States Navy. 2013
  • Graduate Research Assistantship. Texas A&M University. 2005
  • United States Navy Health Services Collegiate Program Scholarship . United States Navy. 2005
  • Company Grade Officer of the Quarter . 59th Diagnostics Therapeutic Group, Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland . 2004
  • Company Grade Officer of the Quarter . 59th Diagnostics Therapeutic Group, Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland. 2003
  • Outstanding member of the year. Golden Key National Honor Society. 1999
• Expertise
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  Subject Headings

  • Free Radicals
  • Human physiology--Problems, exercises, etc
  • Hyperbaric Oxygenation
  • Military Medicine
  • Muscle Cells
  • Muscle, Skeletal
  • Nutrition
  • Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases
  • Oxidation-reduction reaction
  • Seizures
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  Global Scholarship

  • Research

    • United States of America (Country) 
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Demchenko, Ivan T., Sergei Yu Zhilyaev, Olga S. Alekseeva, Alexander I. Krivchenko, Claude A. Piantadosi, and Heath G. Gasier. “Increased Antiseizure Effectiveness with Tiagabine Combined with Sodium Channel Antagonists in Mice Exposed to Hyperbaric Oxygen..” Neurotox Res 36, no. 4 (November 2019): 788–95. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12640-019-00063-5.
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    • Scott, Jonathan M., Josh B. Kazman, Jeremy Palmer, James P. McClung, Erin Gaffney‐Stomberg, and Heath G. Gasier. “Effects of vitamin D supplementation on salivary immune responses during Marine Corps basic training.” Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports 29, no. 9 (September 2019): 1322–30. https://doi.org/10.1111/sms.13467.
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    • Yu, Tianzheng, Jacob Dohl, Yifan Chen, Heath G. Gasier, and Patricia A. Deuster. “Astaxanthin but not quercetin preserves mitochondrial integrity and function, ameliorates oxidative stress, and reduces heat‐induced skeletal muscle injury.” Journal of Cellular Physiology 234, no. 8 (August 2019): 13292–302. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcp.28006.
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    • Gaffney-Stomberg, Erin, Anna T. Nakayama, Katelyn I. Guerriere, Laura J. Lutz, Leila A. Walker, Jeffery S. Staab, Jonathan M. Scott, Heath G. Gasier, and James P. McClung. “Calcium and vitamin D supplementation and bone health in Marine recruits: Effect of season.” Bone 123 (June 2019): 224–33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bone.2019.03.021.
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    • Dohl, Jacob, Jonathan Foldi, Julian Heller, Heath G. Gasier, Patricia A. Deuster, and Tianzheng Yu. “Acclimation of C2C12 myoblasts to physiological glucose concentrations for in vitro diabetes research.” Life Sciences 211 (October 2018): 238–44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lfs.2018.09.041.
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    • Gasier, Heath G., Ivan T. Demchenko, Sergei Yu Zhilyaev, Alexander N. Moskvin, Alexander I. Krivchenko, and Claude A. Piantadosi. “Adrenoceptor blockade modifies regional cerebral blood flow responses to hyperbaric hyperoxia: Protection against CNS oxygen toxicity..” J Appl Physiol (1985), July 19, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.00540.2018.
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    • Gasier, Heath G., Anthony R. Reinhold, Allison R. Loiselle, Shawn E. Soutiere, and David M. Fothergill. “Effects of oral sodium nitrate on forearm blood flow, oxygenation and exercise performance during acute exposure to hypobaric hypoxia (4300 m).” Nitric Oxide 69 (September 2017): 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.niox.2017.07.001.
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    • Gasier, Heath G., Ivan T. Demchenko, Lynn G. Tatro, and Claude A. Piantadosi. “S-nitrosylation of GAD65 is implicated in decreased GAD activity and oxygen-induced seizures..” Neurosci Lett 653 (July 13, 2017): 283–87. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neulet.2017.05.067.
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    • Gasier, Heath G., Ivan T. Demchenko, Barry W. Allen, and Claude A. Piantadosi. “Effects of striatal nitric oxide production on regional cerebral blood flow and seizure development in rats exposed to extreme hyperoxia..” J Appl Physiol (1985) 119, no. 11 (December 1, 2015): 1282–88. https://doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.00432.2015.
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    • Medford, Marlon A., Heath G. Gasier, Eric Hexdall, Andrew D. Moffat, John J. Freiberger, and Richard E. Moon. “Research report: Charcoal type used for hookah smoking influences CO production..” Undersea Hyperb Med 42, no. 4 (July 2015): 375–80.
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    • Demchenko, Ivan T., Heath G. Gasier, Sergei Yu Zhilyaev, Alexander N. Moskvin, Alexander I. Krivchenko, Claude A. Piantadosi, and Barry W. Allen. “Baroreceptor afferents modulate brain excitation and influence susceptibility to toxic effects of hyperbaric oxygen..” J Appl Physiol (1985) 117, no. 5 (September 1, 2014): 525–34. https://doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.00435.2014.
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    • Gasier, H. G., L. M. Hughes, C. R. Young, and A. M. Richardson. “The assessment of bone mineral content and density of the lumbar spine and proximal femur in US submariners..” Osteoporos Int 25, no. 9 (September 2014): 2225–34. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00198-014-2753-y.
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    • Gasier, Heath G., Erin Gaffney-Stomberg, Colin R. Young, Douglas C. McAdams, Laura J. Lutz, and James P. McClung. “The Efficacy of Vitamin D Supplementation During a Prolonged Submarine Patrol.” Calcified Tissue International 95, no. 3 (September 2014): 229–39. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00223-014-9886-z.
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    • Boudreaux, Ramon, Joshua Swift, Heath Gasier, Michael Wiggs, Harry Hogan, James Fluckey, and Susan Bloomfield. “Increased Resistance during Jump Exercise Does Not Enhance Cortical Bone Formation.” Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise 46, no. 5 (May 2014): 982–89. https://doi.org/10.1249/mss.0000000000000195.
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    • Gasier, Heath G., James D. Fluckey, Stephen F. Previs, Michael P. Wiggs, and Steven E. Riechman. “Acute resistance exercise augments integrative myofibrillar protein synthesis.” Metabolism 61, no. 2 (February 2012): 153–56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.metabol.2011.07.001.
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    • Reini, Seth A., David M. Fothergill, Heath G. Gasier, and Wayne G. Horn. “Propranolol's Potential to Increase Survival Time in a Disabled Submarine.” Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine 83, no. 2 (February 1, 2012): 131–35. https://doi.org/10.3357/asem.3136.2012.
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    • “Comments on Point:Counterpoint: High altitude is/is not for the birds!.” Journal of Applied Physiology 111, no. 5 (November 2011): 1520–24. https://doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.01117.2011.
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    • Gasier, H. G., S. E. Riechman, M. P. Wiggs, A. Buentello, S. F. Previs, and J. D. Fluckey. “Cumulative responses of muscle protein synthesis are augmented with chronic resistance exercise training.” Acta Physiologica 201, no. 3 (March 2011): 381–89. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-1716.2010.02183.x.
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    • Swift, J. M., H. G. Gasier, S. N. Swift, M. P. Wiggs, H. A. Hogan, J. D. Fluckey, and S. A. Bloomfield. “Increased training loads do not magnify cancellous bone gains with rodent jump resistance exercise.” Journal of Applied Physiology 109, no. 6 (December 2010): 1600–1607. https://doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.00596.2010.
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    • Nilsson, Mats I., Nicholas P. Greene, Justin P. Dobson, Michael P. Wiggs, Heath G. Gasier, Brandon R. Macias, Kevin L. Shimkus, and James D. Fluckey. “Insulin resistance syndrome blunts the mitochondrial anabolic response following resistance exercise.” American Journal of Physiology Endocrinology and Metabolism 299, no. 3 (September 2010): E466–74. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpendo.00118.2010.
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    • Gasier, Heath, and Craig Olson. “The effects of a carbohydrate-protein drink on performance and mood in U.S. Pararescue trainees.” Jeponline 13, no. 3 (June 2010): 22–31.
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    • Gasier, Heath G., James D. Fluckey, and Stephen F. Previs. “The application of 2H2O to measure skeletal muscle protein synthesis.” Nutrition & Metabolism 7, no. 1 (2010): 31–31. https://doi.org/10.1186/1743-7075-7-31.
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    • Gasier, Heath G., Stephen F. Previs, Camilo Pohlenz, James D. Fluckey, Delbert M. Gatlin, and J Alejandro Buentello. “A novel approach for assessing protein synthesis in channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus.” Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 154, no. 2 (October 2009): 235–38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpb.2009.06.012.
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    • Gasier, Heath G., Steven E. Riechman, Michael P. Wiggs, Stephen F. Previs, and James D. Fluckey. “A comparison of 2H2O and phenylalanine flooding dose to investigate muscle protein synthesis with acute exercise in rats.” American Journal of Physiology Endocrinology and Metabolism 297, no. 1 (July 2009): E252–59. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpendo.90872.2008.
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    • Gasier, Heath G., Linda M. Hughes, Colin R. Young, and Annely M. Richardson. “Comparison of Body Composition Assessed by Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry and BMI in Current and Former U.S. Navy Service Members.” Plos One 10, no. 7 (n.d.): e0132157–e0132157. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0132157.
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    • Gasier, Heath, Colin Young, Erin Gaffney-Stomberg, Douglas McAdams, Laura Lutz, and James McClung. “Cardiometabolic Health in Submariners Returning from a 3-Month Patrol.” Nutrients 8, no. 2 (n.d.): 85–85. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu8020085.
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    • Gasier, Heath, and David Fothergill. “Oxidative stress, antioxidant defenses and nitric oxide production following hyperoxic exposures.” Undersea & Hyperbaric Medicine 40, no. 2 (n.d.): 125–34.
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    • Gasier, Heath. “Finished with training, now what? A new scientist's perspective.” The Journal of Healthcare, Science and the Humanities 2, no. 2 (n.d.): 131–34.
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  • Conference Papers

    • Scott, Jonathan M., Erin Gaffney-Stomberg, Jeremy P. Palmer, Ryan D. Daigle, Joshua B. Kazman, James P. McClung, and Heath G. Gasier. “Vitamin D Supplementation Augments SIgA Secretion Rates in Marine Corps Basic Trainees.” In Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 49:97–97. Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2017. https://doi.org/10.1249/01.mss.0000517091.38477.62.
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    • Fothergill, David M., Heath G. Gasier, Shawn E. Soutière, Allison R. Loiselle, and Anthony R. Reinhold. “Static And Dynamic Grip Endurance At Altitude Is Not Affected By Acute Oral Sodium Nitrate Supplementation.” In Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 47:609–609. Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2015. https://doi.org/10.1249/01.mss.0000478374.91093.8b.
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    • Dobson, Justin P., Mats I. Nilsson, Michael P. Wiggs, Heath G. Gasier, and James D. Fluckey. “Elevations in Myofibrillar Protein Fractional Synthesis Rates Following 5-Weeks of Dynamic Resistance Exercise.” In Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 42:86–86. Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2010. https://doi.org/10.1249/01.mss.0000389429.54631.5f.
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    • Riechman, Steven E., and Heath Gasier. “Effect of Dietary Cholesterol on Muscle Hypertrophy with Resistance Training.” In Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 39:S291–92. Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2007. https://doi.org/10.1249/01.mss.0000274127.16358.61.
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    • Riechman, Steven, David Kean, Ryan D. Andrews, Heath Gasier, and Steven Hammer. “Dietary Cholesterol Alters Recovery from Eccentric Muscle Damage in Humans.” In Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 38:S386–S386. Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2006. https://doi.org/10.1249/00005768-200605001-02506.
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    • Ciarlone, Geoffrey, Nicholas Roney, Heath Gasier, Richard Mahon, and Joshua Swift. “Effects of 5-Hydroxymethyl-2-Furfural (5-HMF) on Skeletal Muscle Performance in Rats Exposed to an Acute Bout of Hypobaric Hypoxia,” Vol. 32. FASEB, n.d.
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    • Demchenko, Ivan, Heath Gasier, Barry Allen, and Claude Piantadosi. “HBO2-triggered baroreflex: Mechanisms, pathways, benefits and limitations.” Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society, n.d.
    • Fothergill, David, Heath Gasier, and Matthew Keller. “Exhaled nitric oxide (NO) and carbon monoxide (CO) as noninvasive markers of hyperbaric oxidative stress in humans.” Undersea and Hyperbaric  Medical Society, n.d.
    • Gasier, Heath, Ivan Demchenko, Bryan Kraft, Hagir Suliman, and Claude Piantadosi. “The toxic effects of hyperbaric oxygen in S-nitrosoglutathione reductase null mice.” Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society, n.d.
    • Gasier, Heath, Ivan Demchenko, and Claude Piantadosi. “Clonidine does not prevent pulmonary injury in conscious rats exposed to hyperbaric oxygen.” Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society, n.d.
    • Gasier, Heath, Lynn Tatro, Ivan Demchenko, Hagir Suliman, and Claude Piantadosi. “S-Nitrosoglutathione Reductase Null Mice Display Increased Brain Glutamic Acid Decarboxylase Activity and Seizure Resistance in Hyperbaric Oxygen,” Vol. 29. FASEB, n.d.
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    • Gasier, Heath, Michael Wiggs, Joshua Swift, David Oliphant, Steven Riechman, and James Fluckey. “Plateau effects of resistance exercise result from over-expression of eIF4E-BP1,” Vol. 21. FASEB, n.d.
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    • Gasier, Heath, Michael Wiggs, Stephen Previs, Steven Riechman, and James Fluckey. “The assessment of in vivo protein synthesis following chronic resistance exercise using 2H2O,” Vol. 22. FASEB, n.d.
    • Gasier, Heath, Tianzheng Yu, Matthew Allen, and Joshua Swift. “The beneficial effects of low-dose carbon monoxide and moderate intensity endurance exercise on metabolic and skeletal properties,” Vol. 32. FASEB, n.d.
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    • Gasier, Heath, and David Fothergill. “Exhaled breath condensate nitric oxide products following hyperoxic exposures.” Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society, n.d.
    • Gasier, Heath, and David Fothergill. “The effects of PiO2 on oxidative stress and antioxidant enzymatic activity.” Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society, n.d.
    • Gasier, Heath, and David Fothergill. “The effects of PiO2 on oxidative stress and antioxidant enzymatic activity.” Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society, n.d.
    • Lee, Chang Woock, Heath Gasier, Gentle Chikani, and Steven Riechman. “Does Dietary Cholesterol Increase Cardiovascular Risk in Exercising People? A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial,” Vol. 22. FASEB, n.d.
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    • Lee, Teak, Chang Woock Lee, Heath Gasier, Gentle Chikani, Vincent Chen, and Steven Riechman. “Does Post Exercise Protein Reduce Total Protein Needs for Optimal Skeletal Muscle Responses to Resistance Training in Older Adults?,” Vol. 22. FASEB, n.d.
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    • Lee, Teak, Chang Woock Lee, Vincent Chen, Steve Bui, Heath Gasier, and Steven Riechman. “The effects of dietary cholesterol and resistance training on lean mass change and cholesterol metabolism in rat skeletal muscle,” Vol. 25. FASEB, n.d.
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    • Riechman, Steven, Chang Woock Lee, Heath Gasier, and Gentle Chikani. “Dietary Cholesterol and Skeletal Muscle Hypertrophy with Resistance Training: A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial,” Vol. 22, n.d.
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    • Swift, Joshua, Heath Gasier, Michael Wiggs, Sibyl Swift, Scott Bouse, Harry Hogan, James Fluckey, and Susan Bloomfield. “Increased strain magnitude during rodent voluntary dynamic exercise does not further enhance the anabolic skeletal response,” n.d.
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  • Theses and Dissertations

    • Gasier, Heath. “The Effects of Resistance Exercise on In Vivo Cumulative Skeletal Muscle Protein Synthesis,” 2009.
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• Teaching & Mentoring
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  Teaching Activities

  • Course Director, Warfighter in the Environment , 2016-2018
    Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
    A one-week course for 180 medical students in their pre-clerkship that covers the pathophysiology and treatment of cold, heath, high altitude and diving complications.
    
    Instructor, High Altitude Medicine and Biology , 2018
    Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
    A one-week course for 180 medical students in their pre-clerkship that covers the physiology of high altitude exposure and pathophysiology and treatment of acute mountain illnesses (acute mountain sickness, high altitude pulmonary edema and high altitude cerebral edema).
    
    Course Director, Medical Field Practicum 101 , 2016-2017
    Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
    A one-week course for 180 medical students in their pre-clerkship that covers health services support, land navigation, preventive medicine, tactical evacuation, hand-to-hand combat training, M9 familiarization, troop leading procedures, and officer professional development and casualty experiences.
    
    Instructor, Sports Medicine Fellowship , 2015-2018
    The National Capital Consortium's Military Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
    Taught cardiopulmonary and skeletal muscle adaptations to exercise, and diving physiology to 10-15 Fellows in training annually. 
    
    Laboratory Instructor, Cardiopulmonary and Renal Module , 2015-2017
    Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
    Two laboratory sessions for 180 medical students in their pre-clerkship that covers electrocardiogram and heart sounds, and pulmonary function testing. 
    
    Graduate Teaching Assistant, Physiology of Exercise , 2007
    Department of Health and Kinesiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
    Taught the 5 week cardiovascular and exercise section to 30 undergraduate kinesiology majors.
    
    Clinical Dietitian Preceptor, United States Air Force Dietetic Internship , 2002-2005
    959th Diagnostics and Therapeutic Squadron, Wilford Hall Medical Center, San Antonio, TX
    Served as a preceptor to 4 dietetic interns annually in the following rotations: critical care, general medicine, pediatrics.
    
    Instructor, Sports Nutrition , 2002-2005
    U.S. Air Force 342nd Training Squadron, Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, TX
    Taught an introductory course in sports nutrition to 30-80 U.S. Air Force Pararescue and Combat Control Indoctrination trainees upon arrival.
    
    Wellness Dietitian, Dietary Supplements , 2002-2005
    Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, TX
    Provided monthly lectures on the efficacy of the most commonly used dietary supplements to 15-30 base employees.
• Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
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  Presentations & Appearances

  • A Navy Physiologist's Approach for Optimizing the Health and Performance of Warfighter's. Consortium for Health and Military Performance. 2019  2019
  • Central Nervous System Oxygen Toxicity. 18th US Israel Defense Shoresh Conference. US. 2017  2017
  • Vitamin D: Are there benefits beyond skeletal health for the Warfigther. Department of Defense. 2017  2017
  • S-Nitrosylation of GAD65 Implicated in Decreased GAD Activity and Oxygen-Induced Seizures. Consortium for Health and Military Performance. 2016  2016
  • Clonidine Does Not Prevent Pulmonary Injury in Conscious Rats Exposed to Hyperbaric Oxygen. Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society Annual Meeting. Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society. 2014  2014
  • The Toxic Effects of Hyperbaric Oxygen in S-Nitrosoglutathione Reductase Null Mice. Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society Annual Meeting. Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society. 2014  2014
  • The Assessment of Total Femur Bone Mineral Density in U.S. Submariners. The National Defense Industrial Association. Naval Submarine Base New London. 2012  2012
  • The Effects of PiO2 on Oxidative Stress and Antioxidant Enzympatic Activity. Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society Annual Meeting. Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society. 2011  2011
  • Acute Resistance Exercise Augments Cumulative Myofibrillar, but Not Mixed Muscle Protein Synthesis. American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting. American College of Sports Medicine. 2010  2010
  • The Effects of a Carbohydrate-Protein Containing Supplement on Physical Performance and Mood States in U.S. Air Force Pararescue Trainees. 59th Diagnostics Therapeutic Group Research Appreciation Day. Wilford Hall Medical Center. 2004  2004
  • The U.S. Overweight and Obesity Epidemic. Schreiner University . 2004  2004

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