Research
Faculty Research Interests
This page features departmental research broken down by current faculty and their interests. The University at Buffalo is a premier research-intensive public university, the largest and most comprehensive campus in the State University of New York system. UB's total economic impact on WNY in the past year was more than $1.25 billion.
| Name | Research Interests |
|---|---|
| Atif B Awad, PhD, RD | Membrane structure and function; dietary fat and colon cancer, obesity, and signal transduction, phytosterols and cancer. |
| Harold Burton, PhD | Exercise-induced skeletal muscle injury and repair, nutrition and oxidation stress |
| Jamie Collins, PhD | Molecular biology and genetics of specific genes and proteins involved in iron, copper and zinc transport |
| Gaspar Farkas, PhD | Respiratory muscle mechanics, obstructive sleep apnea, obesity, central control of ventilation and exercise |
| Luc Gosselin, PhD | Mechanisms of muscle plasticity during aging, injury, training and disease (e.g. muscular dystrophy) |
| Peter J Horvath, PhD, CND | Exercise nutrition, Nutrition during menstrual cycle, Quality of life oncology |
| Shiu-Ming Kuo, PhD, CNS | Transport of nutrients across cellular membranes; hormonal regulation of metabolism; nutrition and cancer; phytochemicals. |
| Paula Maxwell, PhD, ATC | Exercise-induced asthma, dehydration exercise-induced bronchoconstriction |
| Michele L. McCarroll, PhD | Exercise training techniques in the reduction of perceived symptoms and biomarkers in cardiovascular, diabetes, cancer, and pulmonary rehabilitation. |
| Christine Pelkman, PhD | Health-related aspects of food intake and body weight regulation |
| Scott White, PhD | Neuromusculoskeletal control of human movement |
| John Wilson, PhD | Antioxidant nutrients and drugs |
| Tongjian You, PhD | Metabolic and physical dysfunctions associated with obesity and aging, and modulations by diet and exercise. |
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