Tanya L Alderete

Tanya L. Alderete

Assistant Professor
Integrative Physiology
Research Interests: obesity, type 2 diabetes, environmental exposures, neurodevelopment, and the microbiome.
Albert Angiolillo

Albert Angiolillo

Assistant Teaching Professor
Integrative Physiology
Teaches Human Anatomy and Nutrition.
Heidi Bustamante

Heidi M. Bustamante

Associate Teaching Professor
Integrative Physiology
Teaches Intro to Human Anatomy, Human Physiology 1 and 2, Nutrition for IPHY Majors, Pathophysiology, performs dissections for the Human Anatomy Lab.
Janet Casagrand

Janet L. Casagrand

Associate Teaching Professor
Integrative Physiology
Teaches Human Physiology 1, Human Physiology (non-majors), Human Physiology Lab, Neurophysiology, and a seminar on teaching for undergraduates. Department Education Specialist.
Chris DeSouza

Christopher A. DeSouza

Professor of Distinction
Integrative Physiology
Research Interests: Effects of aging, cardiovascular and metabolic risk factors, and regular physical activity on nitric oxide bioavailability and vascular endothelial function.
Marissa Ehringer

Marissa A. Ehringer

Professor • Chair
Integrative Physiology • Institute for Behavioral Genetics
Research Interests: Identification of genetic mechanisms that contribute to alcohol, tobacco, and substance use. Application of genomics and bioinformatics to the study of behavior genetics.
Neuromechanics of Human Movement

Roger M. Enoka

Professor
Integrative Physiology
Neuromuscular determinants of motor function (movement) in health and disease.
Monika Fleshner

Monika R. Fleshner

Professor
Integrative Physiology
Research Interests: Understanding 1) the impact of acute and chronic stressor exposure (mental or physical) on behavior, neural, hormonal and immunological function; 2) how such systems interact to affect the whole organism; and 3) the mechanisms of increased stress resistance and stress resilience produced by exercise.
Maureen Floriano

Maureen Floriano

Assistant Teaching Professor
Integrative Physiology
Teaches Epidemiology, Foundations in Public Health, and Introduction to Global Public Health. Facilitates the Public Health Certificate Program.
Teresa Foley

Teresa E. Foley

Teaching Professor of Distinction • Associate Chair of Undergraduate Affairs
Integrative Physiology
Teaches Immunology, Endocrinology, Exercise Physiology, and Introduction to Epidemiology.
Alena Grabowski

Alena M. Grabowski

Associate Professor
Integrative Physiology
Research Interests: The interaction of physiology and biomechanics during human locomotion; specifically how the implementation of assistive mechanical devices, such as lower limb prostheses and exoskeletons, influence walking, running, hopping, jumping, bicycling, and sprinting.
Ruth Heisler

Ruth E. Heisler

Teaching Professor of Distinction
Integrative Physiology
Teaches Intro to IPHY, Human Anatomy and performs dissections for the Human Anatomy Lab. Department Education Specialist.
Steve Hobbs

Steven L. Hobbs

Associate Teaching Professor
Integrative Physiology
Coordinates the Human Anatomy Lab, teaches Introduction to Statistics.
Charles Hoeffer

Charles Hoeffer

Associate Professor
Integrative Physiology • Institute for Behavioral Genetics
Research Interests: The regulation of protein synthesis in synaptic plasticity, memory and neurological disorders. Regulators of phosphatase function in Down syndrome and schizophrenia. Aging, stress, and neurodegeneration.
Sewan Kim

Sewan Kim

Assistant Teaching Professor
Integrative Physiology
Teaches Exercise Physiology, Data Science and Statistics, and Nutrition, Health, and Performance.
Monique LeBourgeois

Monique K. LeBourgeois

Associate Professor
Integrative Physiology
Research Interests: Early developmental changes in sleep and circadian physiology. The health, behavioral, and developmental consequences of challenging the sleep and circadian systems.
Chris Link

Christopher D. Link

Associate Professor
Integrative Physiology • Institute for Behavioral Genetics
The long-term goal of our research is to understand the cellular and molecular basis of age-associated neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). The major focus of our studies has been the identification of the cellular and molecular mechanisms by which specific proteins central to these diseases (e.g., the beta amyloid peptide in AD and TDP-43 in ALS) induce pathology. Our primary approach has been to develop transgenic C. elegans strains that express these human proteins, often resulting in abnormal phenotypes that can be the basis of classic genetic screens. The overall rationale for this approach is that invertebrate models allow facile "pilot" studies that are time-consuming, difficult, or impossible in other systems. We complement the C. elegans studies using mammalian cell culture and bioinformatic analysis of mouse and human deep sequencing data.
Christopher Lowry

Christopher A. Lowry

Professor
Integrative Physiology
Research Interests: The neural mechanisms underlying emotional behavior and the stress-induced control of physiology and emotional behavior.
Tammy Maldonado

Tammy Maldonado

Assistant Teaching Professor
Integrative Physiology
Teaches Scientific Writing.
Russ Moore

Russell L. Moore

Professor • Executive Vice Chancellor • Provost
Integrative Physiology
Dr. Moore is no longer accepting any graduate students or research trainees owing to his current administrative duties. His prior work focused on understanding the cellular basis for exercise-induced protection of the heart against ischemia-reperfusion injury, and on the influences of diet and exercise on cardiac energy metabolism.
Matthew Olm

Matthew R. Olm

Assistant Professor
Integrative Physiology
Research Interests: Human microbiome, mucosal immunology, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), computational biology and software development.
Mark Opp

Mark R. Opp

Professor
Integrative Physiology
Research Interests: To determine how chronic insufficient sleep induces inflammation and contributes to inflammatory diseases, including pain and traumatic brain injury.
Rachel Rowe

Rachel K. Rowe

Assistant Professor • Sleep, Inflammation, and Neuropathology Lab
Integrative Physiology
Research Interests: The bidirectional relationship between pathological inflammation and sleep. Identifying the interaction between pediatric traumatic brain injury, hormone dysregulation, and sleep-wake disturbances. Investigating the effects of the age at first exposure to brain injury on development and long-term pathological and functional outcomes. Investigating the relationship between sleep, traumatic brain injury, and neurodegenerative diseases.
Leif Saul

Leif J. Saul

Associate Teaching Professor
Integrative Physiology
Teaches Human Anatomy and Human Physiology, performs dissections and trains undergraduate TAs for the Human Anatomy Lab, maintains IPHY website.
Amanda Schaetzel

Amanda Schaetzel

Assistant Teaching Professor
Integrative Physiology
Serves as the Online Liaison for the IPHY department. Teaches Introduction to Human Anatomy (online and in-person), Physiology I, Nutrition for Health and Performance.
Doug Seals, February 2019

Douglas R. Seals

Professor • CU Distinguished Professor
Integrative Physiology
Research Interests: Cardiovascular aging, particularly the changes in systolic blood pressure, large artery stiffness and vascular endothelial function that occur with physiological and pathophysiological aging. Biological and lifestyle factors that influence cardiovascular aging. The integrative (molecular to systemic) mechanisms that mediate cardiovascular aging and its modulation by biological and lifestyle factors. Interventions to improve adverse physiological changes with aging, including cardiovascular dysfunction, reductions in motor performance and impairments in cognitive function.
Jia Shi

Jia Shi

Associate Teaching Professor
Integrative Physiology
Coordinates the Human Physiology Lab and the departmental internship program; teaches Immunology and Pathophysiology.
Jerry Stitzel

Jerry A. Stitzel

Professor
Integrative Physiology • Institute for Behavioral Genetics
Research Interests: The use of genetic strategies to identify the underlying biological bases for the behavioral and physiological actions of drugs of abuse with special emphasis on nicotine.
Nicole Stob

Nicole Stob

Assistant Teaching Professor
Integrative Physiology
Teaches Nutrition for Health and Performance, and Clinical Nutrition.
Andrew Tan

Andrew Tan

Assistant Professor
Integrative Physiology
Research Interests: Investigate the biomechanical constraints and the neurophysiological mechanisms underlying sensorimotor recovery after neurological injury. Develop innovative paradigms that induce adaptive plasticity and promote gains in motor function.
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Pei-San Tsai

Professor
Integrative Physiology
Research Interests: Reproductive endocrinology of vertebrates and invertebrates. Specific research foci include the development of a population of neuroendocrine neurons critical for vertebrate reproduction, functional and structural evolution of reproductive neurohormones, and how sex steroids regulate hypothalamic, pituitary, and gonadal functions.
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Kenneth P. Wright Jr.

Professor of Distinction • Graduate Affairs Associate Chair
Integrative Physiology
Research Interests: Health and safety consequences of insufficient sleep and circadian misalignment. Development of countermeasures and treatments for sleep and circadian disruption to improve public health and safety.