I completed a BS in Kinesiology at UM and then completed a PhD in Integrated Physiology and Pharmacology from Wake Forest School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, NC. My graduate research was focused on understanding how mitochondrial function in blood cells was affected by aging and exercise interventions in overweight/obese older adults. After my PhD, I moved back to Michigan to begin postdoctoral research.
Biography
Research Interests
My current research focuses on uncovering mechanisms of age-enhanced cardiovascular diseases. Specifically, I am examining mechanisms of how aging alters vascular mitochondrial function, mitophagy, and inflammation to accelerate progression of atherosclerosis.
Immunology Mentor
Daniel Goldstein, M.D.
Eliza Maria Mosher Collegiate Professor in Internal Medicine
Research Professor, Institute of Gerontology