Monika R. Fleshner Monika R. Fleshner, Ph.D. Department of Integrative Physiology University of Colorado Boulder, CO 80309-0354 phone: 303-492-1483 fax: 303-492-6778 e-mail:fleshner@spot.colorado.edu

Research Interests

• Exposure to acute and chronic physical and psychological stressors results in changes in neuroendocrine and immune system function. Changes in these systems can lead to alterations in learning and memory, hormonal mileu, immune function, and ultimately may lead to increased susceptibility to disease. Exercise may buffer many of the deleterious consequences of stress.


• Neuroimmunophysiology Laboratory.

Education

• 1982-1984, B.S., Department of Pscyhology, Iowa State University.


• 1986-1988, M.A., Behavioral Neuroscience Program, Department of Psychology, University of Colorado at Boulder.


• 1988-1990, Ph.D., Behavioral Neuroscience Program, Department of Psychology, University of Colorado at Boulder.

Professional Experience

• 1990-1991, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Microbiology/Immunology & Psychiatry, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO.


• 1991-1992, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychology, University of Colorado at Boulder.


• 1991-1995, Instructor, Behavioral Neuroscience Program, Department of Psychology, University of Colorado at Boulder.


• 1993-1996, Instructor, Department of Psychology, University of Colorado at Denver.


• 1996-1997, Assistant Research Professor, Behavioral Neuroscience Program, Department of Psychology, University of Colorado at Boulder.


• 1997-2003, Assistant Professor, Department of Kinesiology & Applied Physiology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO.


• 2003-2004, Assistant Professor, Department of Integrative Physiology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO.


• 2004-Present, Associate Professor, Department of Integrative Physiology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO.

Honors and Awards

• 1990-1994, Postdoctoral Fellowships, University of Colorado at Boulder, National Institutes of Health, and National Institutes of Mental Health.


• 1998, Young Investigator Award, Pscyhoneuroimmunology Research Society.


• 2005, Independent Investigator Award, NARSAD.

Recent Publications

• Dishman RK, Hans-Rudolf B, Booth FW, Cotman CW, Edgerton VR, Fleshner M, Gandevia SC, Gomez-Pinilla GF, Greenwood BN, Hillman ChH, Kramer AF, Levin BE, Moran TH, Russoneustadt AA, Salamone JD, Ban Hoomissen JD, Wade CE, York DA, Zigmond MJ. Neurobiology of exercise. Obesity 14: 345-356, 2006.


• Fleshner M. Physical activity and tyrosine supplementation: two effective interventions against stress-induced immunosuppression. In Mineral Requirements for Military Personnel, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. The National Academies Press, pp. 343-356, 2006.


• Ganter MT, Ware LB, Howard M, Matthay MA, Fleshner M, Pittet JF. Extracellular heat shock protein 72 in acute lung injury. American Journal of Physiology 291: 354-361, 2006.


• Johnson JD, Fleshner M. Releasing signals, secretory pathways and immune function of endogenous extracellular heat shock protein 72. Journal of Leukocyte Biology 79: 425-434, 2006.


• Nickerson M, Kennedy SL, Johnson JD, Fleshner M. Sexual dimorphism of the intracellular heat shock protein 72 response. Journal of Applied Physiology 101: 566-575, 2006.


• Park CR, Campbell AM, Woodson JC, Smith TP, Fleshner M, Diamond DM. Permissive influence of stress in the expression of a U-shaped relationship between serum corticosterone levels and spatial memory errors in rats. International Hormesis Society 4: 55-74, 2006.