Staff

Roger A. Fielding, Ph.D., Laboratory Director
Senior Scientist and Professor, Nutrition
Research focus: Impact of exercise and physical activity on successful human aging; skeletal muscle alterations with advancing age in disabled and non-disabled populations; and age-related alterations in the control of skeletal muscle protein turnover

Donato Americo Rivas, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Associate
Research focus: The role of substrates on cellular signaling pathways controlling skeletal muscle metabolism and growth; and how nutrition, aging and exercise contribute to alterations in skeletal muscle energy homoeostasis.

Michael Lustgarten, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Associate
Research focus: Metabolomic predictors of: fitness (aerobic capacity, muscle strength), muscle injury/overuse, and aging.

Kieran Reid, M.Sc., Research Program Manager

Mauricio Morais, M.S., Senior Research Assistant

Prashanth Haran, B.S. , Senior Research Technician

Cynthia Hau, B.S., Research Technician

Brandon Won Kim, B.S. Research Technician

John Mills, B.S. ,Research Technician

Evan Pasha, B.S. , Research Technician

Erica Cifarelli, M.S. Project Coordinator

Dylan Kirn, B.S. Project Coordinator

Vince Beard, B.S. , Research Technician

Kathleen Benoit, Budget and Administrative Assistant

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Learn More

For?more information?about the Nutrition, Exercise, Physiology and Sarcopenia Laboratory, please visit the? USDA, Agricultural Research Service.

Power Play
The search for ways to prevent muscle loss as we age goes to the very fiber of the problem

Walk the Walk
A first-of-its-kind study investigates the connections between physical activity and health in older adults

Refining the Exercise Prescription to Maintain Muscle Power as We Age

Elderly Adhere to Exercise Program, Improve Physical Function

Volunteer for a current research study:
VIVE2 Study: Efficacy of nutritional supplementation on physical-activity mediated changes in physical functioning older adults.
The purpose of the study is to compare the effects of a 6 month structured physical activity program with daily nutritional supplementation or placebo on changes in functional limitations in older adults with mobility limitations at baseline.