Priscilla M. Clarkson is Dean of Commonwealth Honors College and Distinguished Professor of Kinesiology. Professor Clarkson has published over 200 scientific articles and has given numerous national and international scientific presentations. The major focus of her research is on how human skeletal muscle responds to environmental challenges such as over-exertion exercise resulting in muscle damage and disuse resulting in atrophy. She has also published in the area of sport nutrition. Professor Clarkson served as the Editor for the International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism for 8 years, serves on the editorial or advisory boards for several other scientific journals, and is currently the Editor-in-Chief of Exercise and Sport Science Reviews.
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INSIG2 gene polymorphism is associated with increased subcutaneous fat in women and poor response to resistance training in men (with Funda E. Orkunoglu-Suer, Heather Gordish-Dressman, Paul D. Thompson, Theodore J. Angelopoulos, Paul M. Godron, Niall M. Moyna, Linda S. Pescatello, Paul S. Visich, Robert F. Zoeller, Brennan Harmon, Richard L. Seip, Eric P. Hoffman, and Joseph M. Devaney), BMC Medical Genetics (2008)
Background A common SNP upstream of the INSIG2 gene, rs7566605 (g.-10,1025G>C, Chr2:118,552,255, NT_022135.15), was reported...
PPARĪ± L162V underlies variation in serum triglycerides and subcutaneous fat volume in young males (with Julieta Uthurralt, Heather Gordish-Dressman, Meg Bradbury, Carolina Tesi-Rocha, Joseph Devaney, Brennan Harmon, Erica K. Reeves, Cinzia Brandoli, Barbara C. Hansen, Richard L. Siep, Paul D. Thompson, Thomas B. Price, and Theodore J. Angelopoulos), BMC Medical Genetics (2007)
Background: Of the five sub-phenotypes defining metabolic syndrome, all are known to have strong genetic...