Sue C. Bodine PhD

Sue Bodine is a Professor of Medicine at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine. Her current research is focused on the study of the neuromuscular system and its response and adaptation to various stressors, including exercise, disuse and aging. She received her Ph.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles, and has held positions in both academia and the biotechnology industry. She worked at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals from 1996 to 2002, where she became Co-Director of the Muscle Biology Program and worked on the identification and development of targets to treat muscle atrophy. Dr. Bodine has served as an NIH study section member and Chair of the Skeletal Muscle and Exercise Physiology panel. She currently serves on the Aging Systems and Geriatrics Study Section. She has been an Associate Editor of the American Journal of Physiology, Endocrinology and Metabolism (2010-16), Journal of Applied Physiology (2011-14) and American Journal of Physiology, Cell Physiology (2016-17). She is a member of the Editorial Board of the review journal, Physiology and is currently Editor-In-Chief of the Journal of Applied Physiology. She is a Fellow and elected Councillor of the American Physiological Society.