Labs at ECDOI

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Nicholas Broskey, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
252-737-4684
broskeyn19@ecu.edu

Role of mitochondria in health and disease and how exercise interventions can help ameliorate conditions of metabolic disease through mitochondrial biology.

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Christopher B. Geyer, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
252-744-3433
geyerc@ecu.edu

Studying the mechanism regulating mammalian male germ cell development.

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Joseph Houmard, Ph.D.
Professor
252-737-4617
houmardj@ecu.edu

How skeletal muscle metabolism is altered with conditions such as obesity, type 2 diabetes, and the aging process, and how a physically active lifestyle can counteract decrements associated with these conditions.

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Hu Huang, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
252-737-2879
huangh@ecu.edu

Whether exercise induces hypothalamic neurogenesis and which neurons in the hypothalamus control moving behavior.

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Karen A. Litwa, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
252-744-5555
litwak16@ecu.edu

We are interested in the molecular mechanisms of brain development and how these are altered in neurodevelopmental disorders, such as autism.

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Linda E. May, Ph.D., M.S., FAHA
Associate Professor
252-737-7072
mayl@ecu.edu

The influence of maternal exercise during pregnancy on child development before and after birth.

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Espen E. Spangenburg, Ph.D.
Professor
252-737-5035
spangenburge14@ecu.edu

Investigating mechanisms that regulate physiological and metabolic properties of skeletal muscle.