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Laura Stewart
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After receiving her PhD in exercise physiology and nutrition from Purdue University, Laura Stewart began a postdoctoral fellowship at Pennington Biomedical Research Center in the Division of Experimental Obesity. Within the Botanicals Research Center, Stewart investigates the use of quercetin in the prevention of Type II Diabetes in the Adipocyte Signaling Laboratory.
Stewart received her M.S. in health promotion in 2000 and was awarded the Research Foundation Fellowship and the Carol J. Widule Outstanding Scholar Award while at Purdue University. She was a magna cum laude graduate at Colorado State University, receiving her B.S. in exercise science and wellness management in 1998. While at CSU, Stewart also was selected for the prestigious White House Athletic Center Internship in Washington, DC. Stewart received her first B.S. in biology from the University of Mary Washington in 1996.
Stewart taught a variety of courses ranging from marathon training and healthy lifestyles to exercise physiology and clinical lab and lecture sections on health and fitness. She presented community service lectures on weight loss and nutrition, exercise gerontology, and obesity. Stewart joins LSU with prior employment in the fields of exercise consulting, fitness instruction, and wellness promotion.
Currently working at Pennington Biomedical Research Center on a National Institutes of Health postdoctoral fellowship, Laura Stewart will join the College as an assistant professor with a research focus on the use of diet and exercise in the prevention of chronic disease.
EDUCATION:
PhD, Exercise Physiology and Nutrition, Purdue University
M.S., Health Promotion, Purdue University, 2000
B.S., Exercise Science and Wellness Management, Colorado State University, 1998
B.S., Biology, University of Mary Washington, 1996
PUBLICATIONS:
Mahon, A.K., Flynn, M.G., Stewart, L.K., McFarlin, B.K., Iglay, H.B., Mattes, R.D., Lyle, R.M., Considine, R.V., & Campbell, W.W. (2007). Measurement of body composition changes with weight loss in postmenopausal women: comparison of methods. Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging, 11(3), 203-213.
Mahon, A.K., Flynn, M.G., Stewart, L.K., McFarlin, B.K., Iglay, H.B., Mattes, R.D., Lyle, R.M., Considine, R.V., & Campbell, W.W. (2007). Protein intake during energy restriction: Effects on body composition and markers of metabolic and cardiovascular health in postmenopausal women. Journal of the American College of Nutrition, 26(2), 182-189.
Stewart, L.K., Flynn, M.G., Campbell, W.W., Craig, B.A., Robinson, J.P., Timmerman, K.L., McFarlin, B.K., Coen, P.M., & Talbert E. (2007). The influence of exercise training on inflammatory cytokines and C-reactive protein. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 39(10), 1714-9.
McFarlin, B.K., Flynn, M.G., Campbell, W.W., Craig, B.A., Robinson, J.P., Stewart, L.K., Timmerman, K.L., & Coen, P.M. (2006). Physical activity status, but not age, influences inflammatory biomarkers and toll-like receptor 4. Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences. 61(4), 388-93.
McFarlin, B.K., Flynn, M.G., Mahon, A.K., Stewart, L.K., Timmerman, K.L., Lyle, R.M., & Campbell, W.W. (2006). Energy restriction with different protein quantities and source: implication for innate immunity. Obesity (Silver Spring), 14(7), 1211-8.
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