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Rie Sasaki, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biology
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
Degrees and Certification
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B.S., Physiological Science, University of California - Los Angeles, 2000
- Ph.D., Physiology, University of Missouri - Columbia, 2007
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
You may contact me at 434.544.8407 or email: sasaki.r@lynchburg.edu
