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Dr. Barry Braun and Dr. Stuart Chipkin                                                Current lab members:

                                                                                               

                                                                                                Left to right: Rebecca Hasson, Kaila Hotlz, Kirsten Granados, Todd Hagobian

                                                                                                                  Brooke Stephens, Steve Malin, Carrie Sharoff

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Current Lab Members:

Rebecca Hasson, MS

Main research interests: ethnic differences in pre-exercise levels of insulin sensitivity and how exercise acutely effects insulin action in African-Americans and Caucasians.

Education 

BS Exercise Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst 2001

Professional Organizations

American College of Sports Medicine

New England College of Sports Medicine

 

Publications

 

 

Brooke Stephens, MS

Main research interests: the effect of aging on insulin sensitivity, mitochondrial dysfunction in aging and type 2 diabetes, childhood obesity and type 2 diabetes   

Education

MS Exercise Science, Ball State University, 2003

BS Exercise Science, Creighton University, 2000

 

 

Professional Organizations

American College of Sports Medicine

Publications

Stephens BR, Mahon TM, Cole AS.  The influence of biological maturation on fat and carbohydrate use during exercise in boys. [in preparation]

Steve Malin, MS

Main Research Interests:Effects of Energy Balance, Meal Composition, and Dose-Response Relationship of
Exercise on Insulin Action; Skeletal Muscle Metabolism in Lean, Obese and
Insulin Resistant Individuals.

Education:
MS, Human Nutrition, University of Delaware, 2006
BS, Neuroscience, King's College, 2004

Professional Organizations:
American College of Sports Medicine
New England College of Sports Medicine

Publications:
Malin, SM and Cotugna N. Effect of Exogenous Creatine on Run Performance During
High Intensity Exercise in Rats. [In Preparation]

Malin, SM, Cotugna, N, and Fang C. Effect of Creatine Supplementation on Muscle
Capacity in Individuals with Multiple Sclerosis. [In Preparation]
 

Kirsten Granados, BS

 

Energy Metabolism Alumni

  • Laura Gerson, M.S. May 2005
  • Steve Black, Ph.D.  August 2004

  • Kaila Holtz, M.S., August 2007

  • Carrie Sharoff, PhD.  May 2008

  • Todd Hagobian, Ph.D .  October 2007

  • Francesca Beaudoin, MS August 2001

  • Tara D'Eon, MS. May 2002

 

Collaborators

 

 

 
 
 
   

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