Visiting Speaker to Discuss Impacts of Treatment and Tumor on Wasting During Lung Cancer
Deena Snoke
Deena Snoke, Ph.D., an up-and-coming leader in the study of cancer-induced cachexia, will speak at the U of A at 2 p.m. on Friday, April 26, in HPER 311.
The campus community and the public are invited to attend. The seminar is also available via Zoom.
The College of Education and Health Professions' Exercise Science Research Center and the Department of Health, Human Performance and Recreation are hosting Snoke in collaboration with the Arkansas Integrative Metabolic Research Center.
Snoke is a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Michael Toth at the University of Vermont College of Medicine. Her talk is titled "Understanding Treatment and Tumor Effects to Provoke Muscle and Adipose Wasting During Lung Cancer."
Cancer cachexia is the condition of body and tissue wasting in cancer patients. Snoke's doctoral studies focused on lipids and energy metabolism in conditions of metabolic dysfunction at The Ohio State University prior to her current position. Her research includes the usage of both clinical studies and pre-clinical models of cancer cachexia, including studies of muscle structural and functional adaptations in lung cancer patients published in the prestigious Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle and studies working to develop better pre-clinical models of clinical cancer cachexia.
"I have had the pleasure of getting to know Deena in recent years through conferences, virtual journal clubs and other opportunities," said Nicholas Greene, professor and director of U of A's Exercise Science Research Center. "As I closely watch trainees in muscle biology and specifically cancer cachexia, Deena stands out and is noted among several of my colleagues as a rising star in our field. I am truly excited to be able to bring Deena to visit the University of Arkansas and the Exercise Science Research Center."
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Shannon G. Magsam, director of communications
College of Education and Health Professions
479-575-3138,
magsam@uark.edu
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