Staff

Roger A. Fielding, Ph.D., Laboratory Director
Senior Scientist and Professor, Nutrition
Research focus: Impact of exercise and physical activity on successful human aging; skeletal muscle alterations with advancing age in disabled and non-disabled populations; and age-related alterations in the control of skeletal muscle protein turnover

Lesley Ann Stevens, M.D., FRCP (C). M.H.S.
Visiting Scientist
Research focus: kidney function in the elderly

Angela Chale-Rush, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Associate
Research focus: nutrition, exercise physiology and chemosensitivity in aging and disease

Robert Carabello, B.S., Research Coordinator

Gregory Cloutier, B.S., Senior Research Coordinator

Kieran Reid, M.Sc., Senior Research Coordinator

Tracee Kendall, M.S., Research Assistant

Mauricio Morais, M.S., Research Assistant

Kara Charmanski, B.A., Staff Assistant

Nutrition, Exercise Physiology and Sarcopenia Laboratory

To learn more about the Nutrition, Exercise, Physiology and Sarcopenia Laboratory, please visit the lab's USDA/ARS webpage.*

*Note: this link will take you away from Tufts University's website and into a federal website.

Refining the Exercise Prescription to Maintain Muscle Power as We Age

Living Well
Exercise program is creating communities of healthy, happy elders

Elderly Adhere to Exercise Program, Improve Physical Function

Volunteer for a current research study:
Whey Protein Supplementation and Resistance Exercise Study
To evaluate the effect of whey protein supplementation on resistance exercise-induced changes in muscle mass, strength and function in older adults.