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Center for Exercise Medicine

Moving Research into Medicine

The UAB Center for Exercise Medicine (UCEM) focuses on improving the health and well-being of children and adults of all ages through acceleration of innovative, exercise-based interdisciplinary research across five pillars – precision, regeneration, rehabilitation, interaction, and sustainability.

Interested in participating in exercise research?

We are looking for volunteers for various exercise-based studies to help understand the role of exercise as medicine at the molecular, cellular and clinical levels. By participating, you receive supervised exercise training from certified trainers, valuable information about your health.

Opportunities to Participate

Research

The center's research mission is to build a foundation of excellence for innovative and large-scale, multi-investigator studies that help advance the field of exercise biology and medicine.

Our Studies and Services

Training & Education

UCEM offers a multi-tiered education and training program structured for exercise medicine researchers ranging from undergraduates to senior scientists.

T32 Pre & Post Doctoral Training Program Consultation Services Exercise Medicine Journal Club Internship Opportunities

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Kathryn Yamamoto Henley, Rehabilitation Science, Primary Mentor: Dr. Candace Floyd

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Kathryn (Katie) Henley earned an MS in Health and Exercise Science from Wake Forest University and a BA in Health Sciences from Gettysburg College. After her dad sustained a spinal cord injury (SCI) from a fall, she joined the PhD program in Rehabilitation Sciences in 2013 in order to pursue research examining the role of exercise therapy on recovery after SCI. She is currently working in the lab of Dr. Candace Floyd in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the UAB Heersink School of Medicine. Her project examines the combined effect of activity-based rehabilitation training and a novel catalytic oxidoreductant on motor recovery, neuropathic pain development, and oxidative stress and inflammation in a rodent model of cervical spinal cord injury.