Research Interests
- Skeletal and cardiac muscle contractile function in health, aging, and disease
- Redox biology and metabolism
- Heart Failure with reduced (HFrEF) or preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF)
- Muscle prehabilitation and rehabilitation strategies for surgery and frailty
Selected Grants
Dissecting the Ketone Metabolic Axis in Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction
ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · 2022 - 2027Ischemia reperfusion injury protection from high intensity exercise
FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by American Heart Association · 2025 - 2026Systemic antioxidant treatment for cardiomyopathy, muscle weakness, and exercise intolerance in postmenopausal HFpEF
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2023 - 2026Cardiac and Skeletal Muscle Myofilament Activators for the Treatment of Barth Syndrome
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Barth Syndrome Foundation · 2024 - 2026Reactive Oxygen Species and Respiratory Muscle Dysfunction in Heart Failure
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · 2024 - 2026Remodeled airway irritant reflexes as a cause of serious cardiovascular events
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of South Florida · 2024 - 2024External Relationships
- LSU Health Shreveport
- University of Florida
- University of Torino
- Wake Forest University School of Medicine
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