Faculty and Staff Profiles

• Grad Cert Data Science - University of Memphis - 2022
• Grad Cert Bioinformatics - University of Memphis - 2020
• Ph.D. Exercise Physiology - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign - 2012
• B.A. Movement and Sport Science - Purdue University - 2007

• Associate Professor and Director of Research, College of Health Sciences - University of Memphis - 2023-Present
• Associate Professor, College of Health Sciences - University of Memphis - 2021-2023
• Assistant Professor, College of Health Sciences - University of Memphis - 2016-2021
• Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Kinesiology and Community Health - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign - 2012-2016
• Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant, Department of Kinesiology and Community Health - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign - 2007-2012
• Undergraduate Laboratory Assistant, Department of Health and Kinesiology - Purdue University - 2006-2007

• Fellow - American College of Sports Medicine - 2023
• University Research Professorship - University of Memphis - 2021-2024
• MVP Award - College of Health Sciences, University of Memphis - 2020
• Selected for Summer Training Course in Experimental Aging Research - National Institute of Aging - 2019
• Travel Award - Agilent Technologies - 2018
• Postdoctoral Research Award - American Society for Nutrition - 2015
• Outstanding Graduate Student Award - Midwest Chapter, American College of Sports Medicine - 2011
• Early Career Research Award - International Society for Exercise and Immunology - 2011
• Trainee Scholar Award - Psychoneuroimmunology Research Society - 2011

• ESMS 4010/6010 - Supplements/Food/Drugs Health - University of Memphis
• ESMS 7020 - Publications and Proposals in Health & Biomed - University of Memphis
• HLSC 4400 - Statistics for Health Studies - University of Memphis
• HMSE 7010 - Research Methods in HSS - University of Memphis
• NUTR 7000 - Sport Nutrition - University of Memphis
• NUTR 7100 - Intro to Wet Lab Methods in Health Studies - University of Memphis
• NUTR 7152 - Problems in Nutrition - University of Memphis
• KIN 494 - Exercise and Disease - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
• KIN 150 - Bioscience of Human Movement Laboratory - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
• KIN 352 - Bioenergetics of Movement Laboratory - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

• PhD in Applied Physiology & Nutrition - Brenda Schmitt - e. 2026
• Ph.D. in Applied Physiology & Nutrition - Rafael Maurmann - e. 2025-2026
• M.S. in Nutrition Science - Negin Mosalmanzadeh - e. 2024
• Postdoctoral Fellow - Russell Emmons, PhD - 2021
• M.S. in Exercise Sport and Movement Science - Kierstin Davis - 2022
• M.S. in Clinical Nutrition - Christopher Branner - 2020
• M.S. in Nutrition Science - Johnathan Yarbro - 2019
• M.S. in Clinical Nutrition - Lindsey Hedrick - 2018

• Major Instrumentation Grant - National Science Foundation - 429,371 - 2023-2026
• Metabolic Dysregulation and Cancer Risk Program Research Grant (U01) - National Cancer Institute / NIH - 5,233,390 - 2022-2027
• NIH Academic Research Enhancement Award (R15) - National Institute on Aging / NIH - 414,136 - 2022-2025
• SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 Research CORNET Award - UTHSC/UofM - 50,000 - 2020-2021
• Transformational Project Award - American Heart Association - 300,000 - 2019-2022
• Nathan Shock Center Metabolomics Pilot Award - University of Washington - 10,000 - 2019-2020
• AHA Institutional Research Enhancement Award - American Heart Association - 154,000 - 2018-2020
• Foundation Research Endowment - American College of Sports Medicine - 10,000 - 2018-2019
• Foundation Research Endowment - American College of Sports Medicine - 10,000 - 2014-2016
• Grants-in-Aid of Research - Sigma Xi - 1,000 - 2012-2013
• Student Research Project Award - American College of Sports Medicine Midwest Chapter - 500 - 2012-2013
• Student Grant Program - Gatorade Sports Science Institute - 3,340 - 2009-2012
• Foundation Student Grant - American College of Sports Medicine - 4,956 - 2009-2010
• Faculty Research Grant - College of Health Sciences - 7,500 - 2022-2023
• Agriculture and Food Technologies Research Cluster Pilot Grant - FedEx Institute of Technology - 10,000 - 2019-2020
• Faculty Research Grant - School of Health Studies - 7,500 - 2019-2020
• Faculty Research Grant - School of Health Studies - 7,500 - 2017-2018

• National Institutes of Health - Innate Immunity and Inflammation Study Section - 2020, 2023
• National Institutes of Health - Fellowships Oncological Sciences Study Section - 2023
• National Science Foundation - CAREER Application Ad Hoc Review - 2019
• National Science Foundation - Excellence in Research Grant Application Reviewer - 2022
• Translational Research Institute for Space Health - BRASH 2201 Panel Grant Reviewer - 2022
• NSERC (Canada) - Discovery Grant Review - 2019-2021
• NSERC (Canada) - E.W.R Steacie Memorial Fellowship Reviewer - 2018
• Austrian Science Fund - Grant Ad Hoc Review - 2021
• Health Research Board (Ireland) - Investigator-Led Projects Grant Ad Hoc Review - 2021
• American Heart Association - Fellowship Immunology Grant Reviewer - 2017-2021
• American Heart Association - TPA Basic Sciences Review Panel - 2022, 2023
• Gerontological Society of America - Program, Publications, and Products Committee - 2023-Present
• Gerontological Society of America - Biological Sciences Awards Review Panel - 2022
• Gerontological Society of America - Biological Sciences Annual Scientific Meeting Working Group - 2022
• Gerontological Society of America - Editor Search Workgroup for Journals of Gerontology Series A - 2021-2022
• Gerontological Society of America - Annual Meeting Abstract Review - 2017-2023
• American College of Sports Medicine - Research Review Committee - 2020-2023
• American College of Sports Medicine - Ad Hoc Grant Review - 2020
• International Society for Exercise and Immunology - 2022 Meeting Organizing Committee - 2021-2022
• American Society for Nutrition - Annual Meeting Abstract Review - 2016-2018
• American Society for Nutrition - Emerging Leaders in Nutrition Science Competition Judge - 2017
• National Conference on Undergraduate Research - Session Chair - 2017
• National Conference on Undergraduate Research - Abstract Reviewer - 2016
• International Society of Exercise and Immunology - 2022 Meeting Organizing Committee - 2021-2022
• Metabolism, Immunity, and Inflammation Mid-South - Co-Chair - 2021
• CRC Press - Ad Hoc Book Proposal Review - 2020
• University of Memphis - Director of Research, College of Health Sciences - 2023-Present
• University of Memphis - Undergraduate Council - 2022-2025
• University of Memphis - Research Council Member - 2018-Present
• University of Memphis - Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee - 2017-Present
• University of Memphis - Animal Care Facility Planning Committee - 2020
• University of Memphis - College of Health Sciences T&P Committee - 2021-Present
• University of Memphis - College of Health Sciences Strategic Planning Committee - 2023
• University of Memphis - Search Committee for Clinical Assistant/Association Professor of Nutrition - 2019
• University of Memphis - Search Committee for Research Assistant Professor of Nutrition - 2019
• University of Memphis - Chair, Search Committee for Assistant/Associate Professor of Nutrition - 2018
• University of Memphis - Search Committee for Research Assistant Professor - 2018
• University of Memphis - Planning Committee for PhD Program in SHS - 2017-2018
• University of Memphis - Search Committee for Research Assistant Professor in Nutrition - 2017
• University of Memphis - Student Research Forum Judge - 2018-2021
• University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center - Institutional Biosafety Committee - 2023-Present
• University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign - Judge, Nutrition Symposium Poster Presentations - 2015-2016
• University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign - Member, Search Committee for Associate/Full Professor in Exercise Physiology - 2011
• University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign - Exercise Physiology Concentration Representative, Kinesiology Graduate Student Association - 2008
• Journals of Gerontology Biological Sciences - Editorial Board - 2023-Present
• Aging Pathobiology & Therapeutics - Associate Editor - 2022-Present
• Frontiers in Aging - Associate Editor - 2020-Present
• Frontiers in Immunology - Associate Editor - 2020-Present
• Frontiers in Nutrition - Associate Editor - 2020-Present
• PLoS One - Academic Editor - 2018-Present
• Frontiers in Immunology - Review Editor - 2017-2020
• Frontiers in Nutrition - Review Editor - 2017-2020
• Frontiers in Nutrition - Research Topic Editor, Aging and Immune Function - 2021-2021
• 86 distinct peer-reviewed journals - Ad-Hoc Manuscript Review -  

• 49.    Maurmann RM, Schmitt BL, Mosalmanzadeh N, Pence BD. Mitochondrial dysfunction at the cornerstone of inflammatory exacerbation in aged monocytes. Exploration of Immunology 3: 422-452, 2023.

  48.    Pence BD. Targeting metabolism through exercise and nutrition to rejuvenate an aging immune system. Aging Pathobiology and Therapeutics 4(3): 60-62, 2022.
  
  47.    Pence B, Zhang Y, Antwi I, Cory TJ. Senescent macrophages alter fibroblast fibrogenesis in response to SARS-CoV-2. NeuroImmune Pharmacology and Therapeutics 1(1): 37-42, 2022.
  
  46.    Pence BD. Growth differentiation factor-15 in immunity and aging. Frontiers in Aging 3: 837575, 2022.
  
  45.    Cory TJ, Emmons RS, Yarbro JR, Davis KL, Pence BD. Metformin suppresses immunometabolic activation by SARS-CoV-2 spike protein subunit 1. Frontiers in Immunology 12: 733921, 2021.
  
  44.    Pence BD. Recent developments and future perspectives in aging and macrophage immunometabolism. AIMS Molecular Science 8(3): 193-201, 2021.
  
  43.    Pence BD. Aging and monocyte immunometabolism in COVID-19. Aging 13(7): 9154-9155, 2021.
  
  42.    Pence BD. Atypical monocytes in COVID-19: Lighting the fire of cytokine storm? Journal of Leukocyte Biology 109: 7-8, 2021.
  
  41.    Pence BD, Yarbro JR, Emmons RS. Growth differentiation factor-15 is associated with age-related monocyte dysfunction. Aging Medicine 4: 47-52, 2021.
  
  40.    Yarbro JR, Emmons RS, Pence BD. Macrophage immunometabolism and inflammaging: Roles of mitochondrial dysfunction, cellular senescence, CD38, and NAD. Immunometabolism 2(3): 200026, 2020.
  
  39.    Pence BD. Fanning the flames of inflammaging: Impact of monocyte metabolic reprogramming. Immunometabolism 2(3): 200025, 2020.
  
  38.    Pence BD. Severe COVID-19 in aging: Are monocytes the key? Geroscience 42: 1051-1061, 2020.
  
  37.    Nieman DC, Pence BD. Exercise immunology: Future directions. Journal of Sport and Health Science 9(5): 432-445, 2020.
  
  36.    Yarbro JR, Pence BD. Classical monocytes from older adults maintain capacity for metabolic compensation during glucose deprivation and lipopolysaccharide stimulation. Mechanisms of Ageing and Development 183: 111146, 2019.
  
  35.    Sun Y, Pence BD, Wang SS, Woods JA. Effects of exercise on stress-induced attenuation of vaccination responses in mice. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 51(8): 1635-1641, 2019.
  
  34.    Smith DL, Friedman N, Bloom SI, Armero WL, Pence BD, Fernhall B, Horn GP, Woods JA. Firefighting induces acute inflammatory responses that are not relieved by aspirin in older firefighters. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 61(7): 617-622, 2019.
  
  33.    Pence BD, Yarbro JR. Classical monocytes maintain ex vivo glycolytic metabolism and early but not later inflammatory responses in older adults. Immunity & Ageing 16: 3, 2019.
  
  32.    Mailing LJ, Allen JM, Pence BD, Rytych J, Sun Y, Bhattacharya TK, Park P, Cross TW, McCusker RH, Swanson K, Fahey GC, Rhodes JS, Kelley KW, Johnson RW, Woods JA. Behavioral response to fiber feeding is cohort dependent and associated with gut microbiota composition in mice. Behavioural Brain Research 359: 731-736, 2019.
  
  31.    Yarbro JR, Pence BD. Monocytes in aging and exercise. Exercise Medicine 2: 15, 2018.
  
  30.    Pence BD,Yarbro JR. Aging impairs mitochondrial respiratory capacity in classical monocytes. Experimental Gerontology 108: 112-117, 2018.
  
  29.    Pence BD, Ryerson MR, Bravo-Cruz AG, Woods JA, Shisler JL. Voluntary wheel running does not alter mortality to or immunogenicity of vaccinia virus in mice: A pilot study. Frontiers in Physiology 8:1123, 2018.
  
  28.    Pence BD, Bhattacharya TK, Park P, Rytych JL, Allen JM, Sun Y, McCusker RH, Kelley KW, Johnson RW, Rhodes JS, Woods JA. Long-term supplementation with EGCG and beta-alanine decreases mortality but does not affect cognitive or muscle function in aged mice. Experimental Gerontology 98: 22-29, 2017.
  
  27.    Pence BD, Bhattacharya TK, Park P, Rytych JL, Allen JM, Sun Y, McCusker RH, Kelley KW, Johnson RW, Rhodes JS, Woods JA. Dose-dependent decrease in mortality with no cognitive or muscle function improvements due to dietary EGCG supplementation in aged mice. Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism 42(5): 495-502, 2017.
  
  26.    Klaren RE, Stasula U,Steelman AJ, Hernandez J, Pence BD,Woods JA, Motl RW.  Effects of exercisein a relapsing-remitting model of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. Journal of Neuroscience Research 94(10): 907-914, 2016.
  
  25.    Cook MD, Allen JM, Pence BD, Wallig MA, Gaskins HR, WoodsJA.  Exercise and gut immune function:Evidence of alterations in colon immune homeostasis and microbiomecharacteristics with exercise training.  Immunology and Cell Biology 94(2):158-163, 2016.
  
  24.    Pence BD, Gibbons TE, Bhattacharya TK, Mach HC, Ossyra JM, Petr G,Martin SA, Wang L, Rubakhin SS, Sweedler JV, McCusker RH, Kelley KW, Rhodes JS,Johnson RW, Woods JA.  Differentialeffects of voluntary wheel running and a diet containing EGCG and ß-alanine onphysical function and gene expression in skeletal muscle of aged mice. Applied Physiology, Nutrition, andMetabolism 41(2): 181-190, 2016.
  
  23.    Bhattacharya TK, Pence BD, Ossyra JM, Gibbons TE, PerezS, McCusker RH, Kelley KW, Johnson RW, Woods JA, Rhodes JS.  Dietarysupplementation with (-)-Epigallocatechin-3-gallate and/or ß-Alanine does notenhance pro-cognitive or physical fitness effects of voluntary wheel running inyoung adult male BALB/cJ mice. Physiology& Behavior 145: 29-37, 2015.
  
  22.    Allen JM, Berg Miller ME, Pence BD, Whitlock K, Nehra V, GaskinsHR, White BA, Fryer JD, Woods JA. Voluntary and forced exercise differentially alter the gut microbiome inC57Bl/6J mice. Journal of AppliedPhysiology 118(8): 1059-1066, 2015.
  
  21.    Woods JA, Pence BD.  Physical activity, exercise, and the immunesystem: Three lines of research that have driven the field. Kinesiology Review 4: 118-125, 2015.
  
  20.    Leckie RL, Oberlin LE, VossMW, Prakash RS, Szabo-Reed A, Chaddock-Heyman L, Phillips SM, Gothe N, MaileyE, Vieria-Potter VJ, Martin SA, Pence BD,Lin M, Parasuraman R, Greenwood PM, Fryxell KJ, Woods J, McAuley E, Kramer AF,Erickson KI.  BDNF mediates improvementsin executive function following a 1-year exercise intervention. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 8: 985,2014.
  
  19.    Gibbons TE*, Pence BD*, Petr G, Ossyra JM,Bhattacharya TK, Perez S, Martin SA, McCusker RH, Kelley KW, Rhodes JS, JohnsonRW, Woods JA.  Voluntary wheel running,but not a diet containing EGCG and ß-alanine, improves learning and memory andhippocampal neurogenesis in aged mice. BehaviouralBrain Research 272:131-140, 2014.
  
  18.    Markofski MM, Carrillo AE,Timmerman KL, Jennings K, Coen PM, PenceBD, Flynn MG.  Exercise trainingmodifies ghrelin and adiponectin concentrations and is related to inflammationin older adults.  The Journals of Gerontology. Series A: Biological Sciences and MedicalSciences 69(6): 675-681, 2014.
  
  17.    Pence BD, Woods JA. Exercise, obesity, and cutaneous wound healing: Evidence from rodent andhuman studies.  Advances in Wound Care 3(1): 71-79, 2014.
  
  16.    Cook MD, Martin SA,Williams C, Wallig MA, Pence BD,Woods JA.  Forced treadmill exercisetraining exacerbates inflammation and causes mortality while voluntary wheeltraining is protective in a mouse model of colitis.  BrainBehavior and Immunity 33: 46-56, 2013.
  
  15.    Thorum SC, Hester SN,Comstock SS, Monaco MH, Pence BD,Woods JA, Donovan SM.  Dietary(1,3/1,6)-ß-D-glucan decreases transforming growth factor ß expression in thelung of the neonatal piglet.  Nutrition Research 33(4): 322-331, 2013.
  
  14.    Martin SA, Pence BD, Greene R, Johnson S, DantzerR, Kelley KW, Woods JA.  Voluntary wheelrunning has no effect on LPS-induced inflammation or sickness behavior in agedmice.  Brain Behavior and Immunity 29: 113-123, 2013.
  
  13.    Voss MW, Erickson KI,Prakash RS, Chaddock L, Kim JS, Alves H, Szabo A, White SM, Wojcicki TR, MaileyEL, Olson EA, Gothe N, Potter VV, Martin SA, Pence BD, Cook MD, Woods JA, McAuley E, Kramer AF.  Neurobiological markers of exercise-relatedbrain plasticity in older adults. BrainBehavior and Immunity 28: 90-99, 2013.
  
  12.    Pence BD, DiPietro LA, Woods JA. Exercise speeds cutaneous woundhealing rate in high-fat diet-induced obese mice.  Medicineand Science in Sports and Exercise 44(10): 1846-1854, 2012.
  
  11.    Hester SN, Thorum SC,Comstock SS, Monaco MH, Pence BD,Woods JA, Donovan SM.  Intestinal andsystemic immune development are unaffected by dietary (1,3/1,6)-ß-D-glucansupplementation of neonatal piglets.  Clinical and Vaccine Immunology 19(9):1499-1508, 2012.
  
  10.    Pence BD, Lowder TW, Keylock KT, Vieira Potter VJ, Cook MD, McAuleyE, Woods JA.  Relationship betweensystemic inflammation and delayed-type hypersensitivity response to candidaantigen in older adults.  PLoS One 7(5): e36403, 2012.
  
  9.      Pence BD, Hester SN, Donovan SM, Woods JA.  Dietary whole glucan particles do not affectantibody or cell-mediated responses to influenza virus vaccination in mice. Immunological Investigations 41(3): 275-289,2012.
  
  8.      Anderson-Hanley C, ArcieroPJ, Brickman AM, Nimon JP, Okuma N, Westen SC, Merz ME, Pence BD, Woods JA, Kramer AF, Zimmerman EA.  Exergaming and older adult cognition: Acluster randomized controlled trial.  American Journal of Preventive Medicine42(2): 109-119, 2012.
  
  7.      Pence BD, Martin SA, Woods JA. Effects of exercise on immunosenescence in aged populations.  AmericanJournal of Lifestyle Medicine 5(3): 238-246, 2011.
  
  6.      Erickson KI, Voss MW,Prakash RS, Basak C, Szabo A, Chaddock L, Kim JS, Heo S, Alves H, White SM,Wojcicki TR, Mailey E, Vieira VJ, Martin SA, Pence BD, Woods JA, McAuley E, Kramer AF.  Exercise training increases size of thehippocampus and improves memory.  Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesUSA  108(7): 3017-3022, 2011.
  
  5.      Coen PM, Flynn MG,Markofski MM, Pence BD, HannemannRE.  Adding exercise to rosuvastatin treatment:influence on C-reactive protein, monocyte toll-like receptor 4 expression andinflammatory monocyte (CD14+CD16+) population. Metabolism 59: 1775-1783, 2010.
  
  4.      Erickson KI, Prakash RS,Voss MW, Chaddock L, Heo S, McLaren M, PenceBD, Martin SA, Vieira VJ, Woods JA, Kramer AF.  BDNF is associated with age-related declinein hippocampal volume.  Journal of Neuroscience 30(15):5368-5375, 2010.
  
  3.      Martin SA, Pence BD, Woods JA.  Exercise and respiratory tract viralinfection. Exercise and Sports SciencesReviews 37(4): 157-164, 2009.
  
  2.      Coen PM, Flynn MG,Markofski MM, Pence BD, HannemannRE.  Adding exercise training torosuvastatin treatment: influence on serum lipids and biomarkers of muscle andliver damage. Metabolism 58(7):1030-1038, 2009.
  
  1.      TimmermanKL, Flynn MG, Coen PM, Markofski MM, PenceBD. Exercise training-induced lowering of inflammatory (CD14+CD16+) monocytes: a role in the anti-inflammatory influence of exercise? Journal of Leukocyte Biology 84(5): 1271-1278, 2008.

• Invited Presentations
  
  4.     Metabolic regulation of innate immunity by exercise-derived metabolites. 15th Symposium, International Society for Exercise and Immunology. 2022.
  
  3.      Immunometabolic regulation and innate immunity in aging, COVID, and exercise. Mid-Atlantic American College of Sports Medicine. Harrisburg, PA. 2021.
  
  2.      COVID-19: Metabolism and the innate immune system. Grand Rounds, Endocrinology, Dept of Medicine. UTHSC. 2021.
  
  1.      SARS-CoV-2 spike protein induces immunometabolic activation in monocytes which can be blocked by metformin. COVID-19 Study Group, UTHSC. 2021.
  
  Contributed Presentations
  
  35.    Metformin suppresses monocyte inflammation and metabolic reprogramming by SARS-CoV-2 spike protein. Gerontological Society of America Annual Meeting, 2021. (Virtual Symposium)
  
  34.    Metformin suppresses SARS-CoV-2 induced inflammation in monocytes independent of AMPK activation. American Aging Association Annual Meeting, 2021. Madison, WI. (Poster)
  
  33.    Recombinant SARS-CoV-2 spike protein mediates glycolytic and inflammatory activation in human monocytes. Gerontological Society of America Annual Meeting, 2020. (Virtual Poster)
  
  32.    Immunometabolic activation of monocytes by SARS-CoV-2 spike protein suggests potential therapeutic role of geroprotector drugs. American Aging Association Meeting, 2020. (Virtual Poster)
  
  31.    Growth differentiation factor 15 is correlated to markers of immunosenescence in monocytes. Gerontological Society of American Annual Meeting, 2019. Austin, TX. (Poster)
  
  30.    GDF-15 is correlated with monocyte immunosenescence indicators. American Aging Association Annual Meeting, 2019. Burlingame, CA. (Poster)
  
  29.    Growth/Differentiation Factor-15 is correlated to markers of immunosenescence in monocytes. Oklahoma Geroscience Symposium, 2019. Oklahoma City, OK. (Poster)
  
  28.    Aging alters respiratory but not glycolytic capacity in human monocytes. Gerontological Society of American Annual Meeting, 2018. Boston, MA. (Poster)
  
  27.    Aging alters respiratory but not glycolytic capacity in human monocytes. Nathan Shock Center Symposium, University of Alabama-Birmingham, 2018. Birmingham, AL. (Poster)
  
  26.    Aging impairs monocyte mitochondrial respiration and increases proportion of non-classical phenotype. Keystone Symposium on Aging, Inflammation and Immunity, 2018. Austin, TX. (Poster)
  
  25.    Voluntary wheel running and response to vaccinia virus infection and inoculation in mice.  ACSM Annual Meeting, 2017. Denver, CO. (Slide)
  
  24.    Voluntary wheel running in mice is safe during vaccinia virus infection and does not impair vaccine responses. Experimental Biology 2017. Chicago, IL. (Poster).
  
  23.    Effects of dietary fiber and exercise on cognition, muscle function, and SCFA in young mice.  ACSM Annual Meeting, 2016.  Boston, MA.  (Poster).
  
  22.    EGCG decreases mortality in a dose-dependent fashion but does not improve cognition in mice.  Experimental Biology 2016.  Emerging Leaders in Nutrition Science Poster Competition, ASN.  San Diego, CA.  (Poster).
  
  21.    EGCG decreases mortality in a dose-dependent fashion but does not improve cognition in mice.  Experimental Biology 2016.  San Diego, CA.  (Slide).
  
  20.    Dietary fiber and exercise: Effects on muscle function, cognition, and short-chain fatty acids in mice.  Experimental Biology 2016.  San Diego, CA.  (Poster)
  
  19.    EGCG decreases mortality in a dose-dependent fashion but does not improve cognition in mice.  Cognition, Lifespan Engagement, Aging, and Resilience (CLEAR) Initiative, Beckman Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.  Urbana, IL.  (Poster).
  
  18.    Diet containing EGCG and beta-alanine decreases mortality, but has no effect on cognitive function and variably affects muscle function in aged mice.  ACSM Annual Meeting, 2015.  San Diego, CA.  (Poster).
  
  17.    Metabolic activation: A potential mechanism for exercise-induced phenotypic switch in macrophages.  ACSM Annual Meeting, 2015.  San Diego, CA.  (Slide)
  
  16.    A diet containing EGCG and beta-alanine decreases mortality and improves balance in aged mice, but does not affect cognitive function.  Experimental Biology 2015.  Boston, MA.  (Slide)
  
  15.    A diet containing EGCG and beta-alanine decreases mortality and improves balance in aged mice, but does not affect cognitive function.  Experimental Biology 2015.  Emerging Leaders in Nutrition Science Poster Competition, ASN.  Boston, MA.  (Poster).
  
  14.    A diet containing EGCG and beta-alanine decreases mortality and improves balance in aged mice, but does not affect cognitive function.  Experimental Biology 2015.  The Postdoctoral Research Award Competition, ASN.  Boston, MA.  (Slide).
  
  13.    Voluntary wheel running and a diet containing EGCG and Beta-alanine: Effects on cognition and muscle function.  Illinois Brain Behavior and Immunity Meeting, 2015.  Chicago, IL.  (Slide).
  
  12.    Impact of exercise and/or beta-alanine and EGCG on muscle function and inflammation in aged mice.  ACSM Annual Meeting, 2014.  Orlando, FL.  (Poster).
  
  11.    Impact of exercise and/or beta-alanine and epigallocatechin gallate on muscle function and oxidative stress in aged mice.  Experimental Biology 2014. San Diego, CA.  (Poster).
  
  10.    Sex differences in healing rate of cutaneous wounds in mice: No impact of exercise.  ACSM Annual Meeting, 2013.  Indianapolis, IN.  (Poster).
  
  9.      Treadmill exercise ameliorates delayed healing in obese versus lean mice.  MWACSM Annual Meeting, 2011.  Indianapolis, IN.  (Slide).
  
  8.      Exercise influence on wound healing and tissue inflammation in obese high-fat diet-fed mice.  10th ISEI Conference, 2011.  Oxford, UK.  (Slide).
  
  7.      Effects of exercise on wound healing and wound tissue inflammation in obese mice.  18th PNIRS Conference, 2011.  Chicago, IL.  (Slide).
  
  6.      Exercise speeds wound healing rate in diet-induced obese mice.  ACSM Annual Meeting, 2011. Denver, CO.  (Thematic Poster).
  
  5.      No effect of dietary yeast beta-glucan on antibody or cell-mediated response to influenza virus vaccine. 17th PNIRS Conference, 2010.  Dublin, Ireland.  (Poster).
  
  4.      Associations between gene expression of Toll-like receptor 4 and markers of inflammation in adipose tissue: the role of exercise. 9th ISEI Conference, 2009. Tübingen, Germany.  (Poster).
  
  3.      Aerobic exercise does not improve delayed-type hypersensitivity to tetanus or candida in older adults. ACSM Annual Meeting, 2009. Seattle, WA.  (Poster).
  
  2.      Exercise training-induced improvements in antibody responses to influenza vaccination in older adults are related to changes in cardiovascular fitness.  APS Integrative Biology of Exercise V, 2008. Hilton Head, SC. (Poster).
  
  1.      Effect of cardiovascular exercise on CRP levels in previously sedentary older men and women. Experimental Biology, 2008. San Diego, CA.