Assistant Professor
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Hoover, Alabama
Dr. Yarar-Fisher is an Assistant Professor in the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM & R). Dr. Yarar-Fisher has diverse training in physical therapy and rehabilitation, muscle biology and metabolism. Her translational research program focuses on understanding the pathophysiology of traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) in the acute and chronic stages with the purpose of developing novel nutritional and rehabilitation strategies to improve neuro-recovery and metabolism. Thus, her lab is currently developing and testing therapeutic diets and electrical stimulation programs to evaluate new ways to prevent neuronal death and promote recovery and function in the acute stages and improve body composition, skeletal muscle and metabolic health in the chronic stages of SCI. She has received institutional, National Institutes of Health (NIH) and National Institute on Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) funding to support novel interventions such as ketogenic diet and combined neuromuscular electrical stimulation training to improve neurorecovery and muscle health following SCI.
Wednesday, October 21, 2020
2:15 PM – 3:30 PM EST
Thursday, October 22, 2020
8:45 AM – 9:45 AM EST
Thursday, October 22, 2020
4:45 PM – 6:00 PM EST
Thursday, October 22, 2020
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM EST
Saturday, October 24, 2020
10:00 AM – 11:15 AM EST