Postdoc Profile: Alex Claiborne

Mentor
Dr. Linda May

Education
PhD Human Bioenergetics, Ball State University

Research Summary
We all have heard that exercise is good for our health time and time again. What remains is a problem of implementation. While outstanding works from many groups have shown that exercise can alter the molecular factories churning within our cells, further excitement lies in the fact that these benefits are inheritable by our offspring. As metabolic disease continues to become normative among mankind today, we believe that exercise during pregnancy plays a valuable part in the solution. By following exercising moms throughout gestation, we have a unique perspective on precisely how offspring health is influenced before birth. Upon delivery, we collect mesenchymal stems from the umbilical cord, which we currently use to study changes in offspring metabolism, and how they relate to child health.