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Heather Cornnell, PhD

Heather Cornnell, PhD

Research Scientist Imaging

Translational Research

Heather Cornell

Overview

Dr. Heather Cornnell is the Senior Research Scientist who heads the Research Imaging Core at the TRI. She has advanced degrees in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering, with a specialization in Image Processing and Analyses from the University of Florida. She started at the TRI in 2011 after completing a postdoctoral fellowship at the Moffitt Cancer Research Institute in imaging animal models of cancer. As one of the original members of the TRI team, she has developed and optimized the MRI, DEXA and Fibroscan acquisition and quality procedures for the core, including multinuclear spectroscopy, MR image se

Articles

Weight Loss and Exercise Differentially Affect Insulin Sensitivity, Body Composition, Cardiorespiratory Fitness, and Muscle Strength in Older Adults With Obesity: A Randomized Controlled Trial

JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES A-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND MEDICAL SCIENCES

2021

Development of a Device-to-Image Registration Free Needle Guide for Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Guided Targeted Prostate Biopsy

JOURNAL OF MEDICAL DEVICES-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME

2020

Older adults with sarcopenia have distinct skeletal muscle phosphodiester, phosphocreatine, and phospholipid profiles

AGING CELL

2020

Endurance training remodels skeletal muscle phospholipid composition and increases intrinsic mitochondrial respiration in men with Type 2 diabetes

PHYSIOLOGICAL GENOMICS

2019

Exercise Response Variations in Skeletal Muscle PCr Recovery Rate and Insulin Sensitivity Relate to Muscle Epigenomic Profiles in Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes

DIABETES CARE

2018

Physical activity unveils the relationship between mitochondrial energetics, muscle quality, and physical function in older adults

JOURNAL OF CACHEXIA SARCOPENIA AND MUSCLE

2018

Skeletal muscle overexpression of nicotinamide phosphoribosyl transferase in mice coupled with voluntary exercise augments exercise endurance

MOLECULAR METABOLISM

2018

Effects of 12 Months of Caloric Restriction on Muscle Mitochondrial Function in Healthy Individuals

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

2017

Differences in Mitochondrial Coupling Reveal a Novel Signature of Mitohormesis in Muscle of Healthy Individuals

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

2016

MR Imaging Biomarkers to Monitor Early Response to Hypoxia-Activated Prodrug TH-302 in Pancreatic Cancer Xenografts

PloS one

2016

Education & Training

Education

University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

Specialty

Chemical/Biomedical Engineering