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Chair, North
American Region
Roger J.M. McCarter, PhD
Dr. Roger McCarter is Professor of Biobehavior Health at the Genetics Center, Penn State University, University Park, Pensylvania. He is currently President of the International Biogerontology Resources Institute (Cividale, Italy) and co-chair-elect of the Gordon Conference on the Biology of Aging. He is past Chair of Biological Sciences and a Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America (2002), past President of the American Aging Association (1997) and past President of the Pan American Congress on Gerontology and Geriatrics (1995-1999). He serves on the Advisory Council of the American Federation for Aging Research and is Executive Editor of the journal Aging Clinical and Experimental Research.
Dr. McCarter has directed courses in physiology and aging for Medical, Dental, Graduate, Nursing and Physical Therapy students as well as serving as a mentor for numerous post-doctoral fellows, doctoral and masters degree students over a 30-year period. His teaching activities have been recognized by many awards, including a Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching (1986) from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio where he was Deputy Chair of the Department of Physiology and Associate Director of the Aging Research and Education Center. His research activities are focused on skeletal muscle function, metabolism and theories of aging. These activities have been continuously funded by grants from the National Institutes of Health and private agencies for the past 25 years, have been published in major peer reviewed journals and have been recognized by awards such as the Associate Editor’s Award for the Best Paper Published in 1992/1993 in the Journal of Gerontology: Basic Sciences. His research has also been presented in numerous invited presentations in the USA, Europe and South America. Dr. McCarter’s many community activities have included being President of the Oak Hills, San Antonio Rotary Club (1990), Chair of the Advisory Board of the Warms Springs Rehabilitation Hospital (2000-2002) and Coach of the Health Science Center Rugby Club, 1980. Selected Publications:1. McCarter R. Aging and the Use of Energy in Handbook of Physiology of Aging. (ed. E.J. Masoro). Oxford University Press, pp. 95-118, 1995.
2. McCarter, RJ.M. Caloric restriction, exercise and aging in: Handbook of Oxidants and Anti-Oxidants in Exercise, eds. C.K. Sen, L. Packer, O. Hanninen, Elsevier, 2000.
3. Norton, M.W., Mejia, W. and McCarter, R. Age, Fatigue and Excitation-Contraction Coupling in Masseter muscles of Rats. J Gerontol. 56 (2): B58-B65, 2001.
4. Tsao, T., Li J., Chang, K.S., Stenbit, A.E., Galusaka, D., Anderson, J. McCarter, R.J., and Charron M. Metabolic Adaptations in Skeletal Muscle Over expressing GLUT4: Effects on Muscle and Physical Activity. FASEB J. 15 (6): 958-969, 2001.
