Timothy P. Gavin
- Professor of Health and Kinesiology
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Education
PhD Indiana University Bloomington Human Performance-Exercise Physiology 1996
PhD Indiana University Bloomington Human Performance-Exercise Physiology 1996
Research Interests
Skeletal Muscle in Health and with Diabetes and Aging
Skeletal Muscle in Health and with Diabetes and Aging
Teaching Interests
Physiology, Skeletal Muscle, Exercise
Physiology, Skeletal Muscle, Exercise
Selected Grants
2024 - Indiana Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases - (co-I)
2024 - Purdue University JMHC Breakthrough Award - (co-I)
2024 - American Heart Association - (co-I)
2023 - American Health Association (2) - (co-I)
2023 - American Health Association (2) - (co-I)
2023 - National Institutes of Health - (co-I)
2022 - Showalter Trust - (co-I)
2021 - National Institutes of Health - (co-Mentor)
2021 - Indiana Clinical and Translational Science Institute - (PI)
2021 - American Heart Association - (PI)
2021 - National Institutes of Health - (co-Mentor)
2021 - Indiana Clinical and Translational Science Institute - (PI)
2021 - American Heart Association - (PI)
Selected Publications
Monroe JC, BJ Pae, C Kargl, TP Gavin, J Parker, SM Perkins, Y Han, J Klein, RL Motaganahalli, BT Roseguini. Effects of home-based leg heat therapy on walking performance in patients with symptomatic peripheral artery disease: a pilot randomized trial. J Appl Physiol. 133: 546-560, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.00143.2022.
Kargl CK, BP Sullivan, D Middleton, A York, L Burton, JJ Brault, S Kuang, TP Gavin. PGC-1α Overexpression Improves Angiogenic Signaling Potential of Skeletal Muscle-derived Extracellular Vesicles. Exp Physiol. 108: 240-252, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1113/EP090874
Ross M, CK Kargl, R Ferguson, TP Gavin, Y Hellsten. Exercise-Induced Skeletal Muscle Angiogenesis - Impact of Age, Sex, Angiocrines and Cellular Mediators. Eur J Appl Physiol. 123: 1415-1432, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00421-022-05128-6
Kargl CK, J Zhihao, DA Shera, BP Sullivan, LC Burton, KH Kim, MJ Hubal, JH Shannahan, S Kuang, TP Gavin. Angiogenic potential of skeletal muscle derived extracellular vesicles differs between oxidative and glycolytic muscle tissue in mice. Sci Rep. 13: 18943, 2023. https://10.1038/s41598-023-45787-9
Baumgartner NW, MD Belbis, C Kargl, MJ Holmes, TP Gavin, DM Hirai, SC Kao. Acute effects of high-intensity resistance exercise on recognition of relational memory, lactate, and serum and plasma BDNF. J Strength Cond Res. 38: 1867-1878, 2024. doi: 1519/JSC.0000000000004851
Belbis MD, MJ Holmes, J Yao, CW Kinnick, CK Kargl, C Day, NL Noel, TP Gavin, B Roseguini, DM Hirai. Effects of acute selective COX-2 inhibition on skeletal muscle microvascular oxygenation and exercise tolerance. Exp Physiol. 110: 1904-1916, 2025. doi: 10.1113/EP092518
Belbis MD, B Ro, LE Schepers, KH Kim, Z Yap, TA Schultz, MD. Tallman, MF Killam, SE Hobart, OJ Fafowora, JN Bray, ME Fister, VCC da Silva, H Rehman, B Sharma, X Lu, JF Markworth, K Kim, TE Ryan, S Kuang, CJ Goergen, TP Gavin, BT Roseguini, DM Hirai. Effects of Heat Therapy on Exercise Tolerance in a Rat Model of Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction. J Appl Physiol. 139: 185-205, 2025. doi: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00247.2025
Calvo ETN, JM Pontorno, B Zeidler, TMM Pejon, MD Belbis, SK Ferguson, CJ Goergen, TP Gavin, BT Roseguini, IA Fernandes, DM Hirai. Noradrenergic Regulation of Skeletal Muscle Oxygen Pressures: Impact of HFpEF and Heat Therapy. Exp Physiol. 110: 1904-1916, 2025. doi: 10.1113/EP092867
Gavin TP, HI Van Mullem. Introduction to Leadership Opportunities and Challenges in Kinesiology: Reports From the AKA Leadership Institute Cohort 6 Presented at the 2025 AKA Annual Workshop. Kinesiology Review. 14: 445, 2025.
Sullivan BP, LC Burton, AL Ellis, CK Kargl, D Shera, S Kuang, JF Markworth, TP Gavin. Impact of obesity and an obesogenic environment on cardiotoxin-induced damage and recovery of human myotubes. Exp Physiol. In Press. doi: 10.1113/EP092268