Cory Baumann, PhD, FACSM
 
      Assistant Professor & Investigator of the Ohio Musculoskeletal & Neurological Institute; Osteopathic Heritage Foundation Ralph S. Licklider, D.O. Endowed Faculty Fellow in Aging Systems Physiology
    
  
      
      Life Science Building
    
  
  
            
              Biomedical Sciences
            
          
              Ohio Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute
            
      
            
        
        Athens
      
      
      
  
            
      
  Education:
- Muscle Biology (Postdoc), University of Minnesota, 2020
- Exercise Physiology (Ph.D.), Georgia State University, 2015
- Exercise Physiology (M.Sc.), Georgia State University, 2011
- Health Promotion (B.Sc.), University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2009
Expertise:
- Muscle Function
- Kinesiology
- Eccentric Contractions
- Frailty Phenotype
- Contraction-Induced Injury
- Alcoholic Myopathy
- Muscular Dystrophies
- Aging Systems
- Exercise Performance
- Sarcopenia
- Muscle Damage
Summary of Work:
The Baumann laboratory’s overall research goal is to identify sites and mechanisms that increase the stress buffering capacity of the neuromuscular system, which ultimately can be targeted to improve function and health span in aging, frail and myopathic populations.