People who work in Physiology
Faculty
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Alaa S. Awad
- Assistant Professor of Medicine and Cellular & Molecular Physiology
Phone number 717-531-8156 • Email address asa17@psu.edu
Research interests:Inflammation in diabetic nephropathy, Podocyte microenvrionment, and Podocyte/macrophage interaction
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Paul Bartell
- Assistant Professor of Avian Biology
Phone number 814-867-2365 • Email address pab43@psu.edu
Research interests:The regulation of biological clocks in birds at the systems level.
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Craig Baumrucker
- Professor of Animal Nutrition / Physiology
Phone number 814-863-0712 • Email address crb@psu.edu
Research interests:Cell biology and endocrinology related to growth and differentiation of mammary and intestinal tissues. Hormones and growth factors in milk.
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Peter J Butler
- Associate Professor
Phone number 814-865-8086 • Email address pjb28@psu.edu
Research interests:Fundamental molecular mechanisms by which vascular endothelial cells sense the forces from flowing blood and transduce this mechanical information into adjustments of cell and tissue biology.
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Margherita Cantorna
- Professor in Molecular Immunology
- Chair, Intercollege Graduate Degree Program in Immunology and Infectious Diseases
Phone number 814-863-2819 • Email address mxc69@psu.edu
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Vincent Chau
- Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Phone number 717-531-0020 • Email address vxc6@psu.edu
Research interests:Protein ubiquitination and the function of ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis.
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Hui-Ling Chiang
- Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Phone number 717-531-8566 • Email address hxc32@psu.edu
Research interests:Regulation of cytosol to lysosome protein targeting and degradation pathway.
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Rebecca Corwin
- Professor of Nutritional Neuroscience
Phone number 814-865-6519 • Email address rxc13@psu.edu
Research interests:Neurobiology of binge-type behavior.
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Mary Jane De Souza
- Professor of Kinesiology
Phone number 814-863-0045 • Email address mjd34@psu.edu
Research interests:Women's health and Physical Activity, Endocrinology of the Female Athlete, Effects of Exercise on the Menstrual Cycle, Female Athlete Triad (Eating disorders, amenorrhea and osteoporosis), Eating Behaviors, Food Intake, and Exercise, Luteal Phase Defects and Amenorrhea, Bone Health and Osteoporosis in Female Athletes, and Energy Deficiency and Bone Health.
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Francisco Diaz
- Assistant Professor of Reproductive Biology
Phone number 814-865-1499 • Email address fjd10@psu.edu
Research interests:Ovarian physiology. Role of SMAD-mediated signaling in follicular and female germ cell (oocyte) development.
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Henry Donahue
- Michael and Myrtle Baker Professor of Medicine
Phone number 717-531-4819 • Email address hdonahue@psu.edu
Research interests:Bone and cartilage cell biology.
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Patrick James Drew
- Assistant Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics
- Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
Phone number 814-863-1473 • Email address pjd17@psu.edu
Research interests:Control and development of the cerebral blood flow, neurovascular coupling.
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Jinger Gottschall
- Assistant Professor of Kinesiology
Phone number 814-867-2318 • Email address jsg20@psu.edu
Research interests:Studying walking and running by combining the disciplines of cardiovascular physiology, neuromuscular physiology, and mechanical engineering.
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Michael Green
- Professor of Nutrition Science and Physiology
Phone number 814-863-2914 • Email address mhg@psu.edu
Research interests:Vitamin A metabolism; vitamin A delivery to milk. Lipoprotein metabolism; lipid absorption. Tracer kinetics/mathematical modeling.
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Daniel Hagen
- Professor of Animal Science
Phone number 814-863-0723 • Email address drh@psu.edu
Research interests:Reproductive physiology, primarily swine.
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Pamela Hankey
- Professor of Immunology
Phone number 814-863-0128 • Email address phc7@psu.edu
Research interests:The role of receptor tyrosine kinases in normal physiology and disease progression; the downstream signals that mediate these responses in vivo and in vitro.
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Philippe Haouzi
- Staff Physician
Phone number 717-831-6525 • Email address pah31@psu.edu
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Kevin Harvatine
- Assistant Professor of Nutritional Physiology
Phone number 814-865-6334 • Email address kjh182@psu.edu
Research interests:Integrating traditional ruminant nutrition and modern molecular biology approaches to investigate the regulation of metabolism and develop dietary intervention strategies to improve dairy production.
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Leonard Jefferson
- Evan Pugh Professor and Chair of Cellular and Molecular Physiology
- Co-Chair, Intercollege Graduate Degree Program in Physiology
Phone number 717-531-8567 • Email address jjefferson@psu.edu
Research interests:Regulation of gene expression in mammalian cells by hormones and nutrients.
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Alan Leslie Johnson
- Walther H. Ott Professor in Avian Biology
Phone number 814-867-3203 • Email address alj14@psu.edu
Research interests:Ovarian dynamics and follicle differentiation; granulosa cell tumors.
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Vandana Kalia
- Assistant Professor of Veterinary and Biomedical Science
Phone number 814-863-8533 • Email address vkalia@psu.edu
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Shannon Kelleher
- Associate Professor of Nutrition, Surgery, and Cell & Molecular Physiology
Phone number 814-863-9680 • Email address slk39@psu.edu
Research interests:Cellular and molecular mechanisms through which mammalian cells regulate trace mineral metabolism and respond to nutritional, environmental and hormonal stimuli.
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Mary Kennett
- Professor and Department Head, Veterinary & Biomedical Sciences
- Director, Animal Resource Program
Phone number 814-865-1495 • Email address mjk26@psu.edu
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W. Larry Kenney
- Professor of Physiology and Kinesiology
Phone number 814-863-1672 • Email address w7k@psu.edu
Research interests:Environmental and exercise physiology, particularly human thermoregulation, skin blood flow, and the biophysics of heat exchange.
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Scot Kimball
- Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Phone number 717-531-8970 • Email address skimball@psu.edu
Research interests:Hormonal and nutritional regulation of protein synthesis in eukaryotic cells.
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Laura Klein
- Associate Professor of Biobehavioral Health
Phone number 814-865-8813 • Email address lxk18@psu.edu
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Donna Korzick
- Associate Professor of Physiology and Kinesiology
- Chair, Intercollege Graduate Degree Program in Physiology
Phone number 814-865-5679 • Email address dhk102@psu.edu
Research interests:Effects of chronic endurance exercise and senescence on the regulation of cardiovascular function. Ischemia/reperfusion injury and the role of non-genomic estrogen receptor signaling in the aged female rat heart.
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Charles Lang
- Distinguished Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, and Surgery
- Co-Chair, Intercollege Graduate Degree Program in Molecular Medicine
Phone number 717-531-5538 • Email address clang@psu.edu
Research interests:Regulation of the IGF (Insulin-like Growth Factor) system during catabolic conditions.
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Richard Legro
- Staff Physician, Reproductive Endocrinology, Obstetrics & Gynecology
Phone number 717-531-8478 • Email address rsl1@psu.edu
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Herbert Lipowsky
- Professor of Bioengineering
Phone number 814-865-1407 • Email address hhl2@psu.edu
Research interests:Application of engineering techniques and methods to the solution of problems in the physiology of microvascular function in health and disease.
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Christopher Lynch
- Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Phone number 717-531-5170 • Email address clynch@psu.edu
Research interests:Adipose tissue biology, nutrient signaling and obesity.
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Andrea Mastro
- Professor of Microbiology and Cell Biology
Phone number 814-863-0152 • Email address a36@psu.edu
Research interests:Breast cancer and the immune system; how metastatic, osteolytic breast cancer cells affect osteoblasts.
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Roger McCarter
- Professor of Biobehavioral Health
Phone number 814-865-1717 • Email address rjm28@psu.edu
Research interests:Aging
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Troy Ott
- Professor of Reproductive Physiology
Phone number 814-441-2657 • Email address tlo12@psu.edu
Research interests:Fertility and reproductive immunology in domestic farm animals.
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Joy Pate
- Professor of Reproductive Physiology
- C. Lee Rumberger and Family Chair in Agricultural Sciences
- Director, Center for Reproductive Biology and Health
Phone number 814-863-0558 • Email address jlp36@psu.edu
Research interests:Specializing in the area of corpus luteum function. Primary research interests focus on the regulation of luteolysis, prostaglandin production by the corpus luteum, and the interactions between the immune system & the reproductive system.
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James Pawelczyk
- Associate Professor of Physiology and Kinesiology
Phone number 814-865-3453 • Email address jap18@psu.edu
Research interests:Neural control of circulation, particularly skeletal muscle blood flow, as it is affected by exercise or spaceflight.
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Blaise Peterson
- Associate Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Phone number 717-531-8569 • Email address bpeterson@psu.edu
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David Proctor
- Professor of Kinesiology, Physiology, and Medicine
Phone number 814-863-0724 • Email address dnp3@psu.edu
Research interests:Physiology of aging and exercise; cardiovascular responses to exercise; regulation of skeletal muscle blood flow; skeletal muscle adaptation; vascular adaptation.
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Ramesh Ramachandran
- Associate Professor of Molecular Endocrinology
Phone number 814-865-5202 • Email address rameshr@psu.edu
Research interests:The influence of hypothalamic neurotransmitters, hormones, and their receptors on avian reproduction.
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Chester Ray
- Professor of Medicine, and Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Phone number 717-531-5110 • Email address car20@psu.edu
Research interests:Neural control of the circulation.
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Connie Jo Rogers
- Assistant Professor and Occupant of the Broadhurst Career Development Professorship for the Study of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Phone number 814-867-3716 • Email address cjr102@psu.edu
Research interests:Role of changes in energy balance and related nutritional factors on inflammation, immune regulation and cancer risk using both animal models and human subjects.
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Barbara Rolls
- Helen A. Guthrie Chair and Professor of Nutrition
Phone number 814-863-8572 • Email address bjr4@psu.edu
Research interests:Psychological and physiological controls of food intake and selection in normal weight and obese humans across the life span.
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Catharine Ross
- Professor in Nutritional Science and Occupant of Dorothy Foehr Huck Chair
Phone number 814-865-4721 • Email address acr6@psu.edu
Research interests:Vitamin A metabolism; hepatic retinoid function and gene expression; vitamin A in infection and immunity.
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Robert L Sainburg
- Professor of Kinesiology
- Professor of Neurology
Phone number 814-865-7938 • Email address rls45@psu.edu
Research interests:Neural mechanisms underlying control of multijoint arm movements in humans. -
Surojit Sarkar
- Assistant Professor of Veterinary and Biomedical Science
Phone number 814-867-4034 • Email address sxs1081@psu.edu
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Lisa Shantz
- Assistant Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Phone number 717-531-6987 • Email address lshantz@psu.edu
Research interests:Regulation of protein synthesis in Ras transformation.
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Jeffrey Shenberger
- Associate Professor
Phone number 717-531-8413 • Email address jss32@psu.edu
Research interests:Effects of hyperoxia.
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Yuguang Shi
- Professor, Cellular & Molecular Physiology
Phone number 717-531-0003 ext 283789 • Email address yus11@psu.edu
Research interests:Molecular mechanisms underlying the causes of diabetes and obesity
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Sean Stocker
- Associate Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology
• Email address sds33@psu.edu
Research interests:How the central nervous system contributes to cardiovascular disease (hypertension, congestive heart failure).
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Regina Vasilatos-Younken
- Senior Associate Dean of the Graduate School
- Professor of Poultry Science, Endocrine Physiology, and Nutrition
Phone number 814-865-2516 • Email address rxv@psu.edu
Research interests:Role of endocrine and metabolic factors in the regulation of muscle and adipose tissue growth.
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Nancy Williams
- Professor of Kinesiology
Phone number 814-865-1346 • Email address niw1@psu.edu
Research interests:Exercise physiology, effects of alterations in energy balance on reproductive function, neuroendocrinology, metabolism, clinical issues pertaining to women's health and reproductive status.
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Christopher Yengo
- Associate Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Phone number 717-531-8575 • Email address cmy11@psu.edu
Research interests:Molecular Motors and the Cytoskeleton, Protein Structure/Function and Dynamics, Enzyme Kinetics, Molecular Mechanisms of Myosin Based Motility.
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Jiyue Zhu
- Assistant Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Phone number 717-531-3597 • Email address joz1@psu.edu
Research interests:Molecular mechanisms of cellular immortalization and cancers.
Affiliates
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Lacy A Holowatz
- Assistant Professor of Kinesiology
- Research Associate
Phone number 814-867-1781 • Email address lma191@psu.edu
Research interests:Utilizes in vivo and in vitro approaches using the human cutaneous circulation to examine the underlying signaling mechanisms mediating microvascular dysfunction with primary human aging, hypercholesterolemia, and essential hypertension.
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J Craig Hunter
- Research Associate
Phone number 814-863-7052 • Email address jch236@psu.edu
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Graduate students
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Nathan M Garvin
- Graduate student
• Email address nmg5181@psu.edu
Research interests:Neural control of the circulation, particularly skeletal muscle blood flow, as it is affected by exercise or spaceflight. -
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