How Might the Gut Microbiome Control Blood Pressure - Role of Exercise
with Marc D. Cook, PhD, MS
Welcome to Science by the Slice! We're excited to host this hybrid event. We'll meet in in-person at 700 Park Offices Drive, (behind the Boxyard) to hear this month's speaker while we enjoy pizza, but space is limited. You can also join live remotely via Sigma Xi's Facebook page if you're unable to make it in person. A zoom link will also be sent out to registered attendees.
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About the talk
Dr. Cook will walk through published work concerning how the gut microbiome mediates blood pressure and evidence of how exercise works through the gut to support reduction in blood pressure and improved cardiovascular health.
Speaker Bio
Dr. Marc D. Cook is an Associate Professor in the Department of Kinesiology at North Carolina A&T State University and Associate Director for Research for the Center of Integrative Health Disparities & Equity Research (CIHDER). He completed his Masters and PhD in Exercise Physiology & Immunology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Cook is a Clinical Exercise Physiologist, certified by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) since 2005, with an expertise concerning the interaction of chronic exercise, innate and adaptive immunity, the gut microbiome, and vascular health and function (specifically in African Americans). Dr. Cook completed his postdoctoral research training at the University of Illinois at Chicago with a focus on molecular mechanisms of racially different endothelial cell responses to laminar shear stress (exercise mimetic) in cell culture. He is a transdisciplinary and collaborative scholar. Dr. Cook has developed and supervised exercise training interventions in many disease populations including hypertension, diabetes, kidney disease, obesity, cancer, and heart failure in health disparate populations. Dr. Cook’s current work includes interdisciplinary translational research (in vitro—endothelial cell culture and in vivo—exercise interventions) to investigate novel biomarkers of racial health disparities concerning the interaction between exercise, the gut microbiome, hypertension, and diabetes. He currently has two clinical trials to measure the impact of exercise on the gut microbiome, gut short chain fatty acid availability in African American adults with hypertension. He has successfully received Investigational New Drug clearance from the FDA to complete his studies. He has been an NIH NIMHD Health Disparity Scholar and NIH PRIDE CVD-Cardiovascular, Genetics, and Epidemiology scholar. His research funding has come from multiple sources including funding from the American Heart Association, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), Department of Defense and the Air Force Research Laboratory, and NC TraCS grant program.
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