Anna E Thalacker-Mercer, PhD
Assistant Professor
Division of Nutritional Sciences
Cornell University
Dr. Thalacker-Mercer received her doctorate degree through the Interdepartmental Nutrition Program in the Department of Nutrition Science at Purdue University where she developed a strong background in geriatric nutrition and the mechanisms underlying aging skeletal muscle. She continued her research training as a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Center for Aging Translational Research Program and the Center for Exercise Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). Her research program at Cornell is currently focused on understanding the mechanisms underlying skeletal muscle deterioration and the development of metabolic disease with a particular focus on the dynamics between inflammation and metabolism.
Courses Taught:
NS6320 Regulation of Macronutrient Metabolism
NS3200 Human Biochemistry
NS3410 Human Anatomy and Physiology
BIOG2200--Biology Scholars Program, Faculty Mentor
NS7030--Graduate student presentation, Faculty Mentor
NS4010, BIO2990, BIO4990--Undergraduate research, Faculty Research Mentor
NS8990--Graduate Research, Faculty Mentor