Rie Sasaki, PhD

Degrees and Certifications

• BS, Physiological Science, University of California - Los Angeles, 2000
• PhD, Physiology, University of Missouri - Columbia, 2007

Experience/Background

• Assistant Professor of Biology: Lynchburg College, 2008-present
• Visiting Assistant Professor in Sports Medicine: Pepperdine University
• Graduate Research Assistant: University of Missouri - Columbia

Teaching Areas

• Introductory Biology
• Human Anatomy
• Human Physiology

Professional Interests/Research

• Cardiovascular Physiology
• Gender Physiology
• Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
• Insulin Resistance
• Microcirculation
• Microvascular Adaptations to Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Insulin Resistance
• Regulation of Microvascular Permeability

Selected examples of my work:

• Sasaki, R. and Huxley, V.H. 2007. Acute change in plasma estradiol by insulin in male rats. FASEB Journal 21(5):A488.
• Sasaki, R., Whitt, S.P. and Huxley, V.H. 2006. Sex differences in microvascular flux response to high dose insulin. Journal of Vascular Research 43:63.
• Sasaki, R., Whitt, S.P., Lucchese, S., Wenzel, J.W., and Huxley, V.H. 2006. Differential microvascular exchange function responses to high dose insulin with sex. FASEB Journal 20(4):A282.
• Bingaman, S., Sasaki, R., Wenzel, J.W., and Whitt, S.P. 2006. Protein clearance in rat mesentery differs with sex and maturity in the presence of high insulin. FASEB Journal 20(4):A70.
• Sasaki, R., Whitt, S.P., and Huxley, V.H. 2006. Permeability response of the rat mesenteric microvasculature to insulin. Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation 34(1-2):259-263.

Professional Associations and Affiliations

• Human Anatomy and Physiology Society (HAPS)
• American Physiological Society
• Microcirculatory Society