Ceren Yarar-Fisher, PT, PhD

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.

Presentation(s):

• What You Get Is Not Always What You See: Addressing Complexities of Rehabilitation Research Findings (820942)

  Wednesday, October 21, 2020
  2:15 PM – 3:30 PM EST

• Spinal Cord Injury Interdisciplinary Special Interest Group (11166)

  Thursday, October 22, 2020
  8:45 AM – 9:45 AM EST

• Lifestyle Approaches to Improve Secondary Health Complications in Individuals with SCI (848161)

  Thursday, October 22, 2020
  4:45 PM – 6:00 PM EST

• Spinal Cord Injury Interdisciplinary Special Interest Group (11167)

  Thursday, October 22, 2020
  6:00 PM – 7:00 PM EST

• Nutrition and Spinal Cord Injury: Evidence from Research and Good Practices in the Kitchen (848823)

  Saturday, October 24, 2020
  10:00 AM – 11:15 AM EST