Kevin Short, PhD

Biography

Dr. Short's training and experience in exercise physiology, endocrinology, and metabolism have directed his research interests toward identifying the most effective approaches to identify, prevent, and reverse cardiometabolic disease risk in children and young adults, thereby limiting a potential lifetime of pathology and medical burden. The studies use tests of exercise capacity, body composition, vascular function, and stable isotope tracers, and biochemical and molecular sample analyses. Dr. Short and his colleagues have experience with several tools to conduct detailed clinical and metabolic assessments of human subjects. Recent studies have examined how cardiometabolic risk factors are affected by obesity, type 1 and type 2 diabetes, and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in adolescents. NAFLD is a current area of emphasis. They are pursuing several gaps in our understanding about the disordered metabolism driving the pathophysiology of pediatric NAFLD in collaboration with Dr. Sirish Palle, who directs the pediatric NAFLD clinic. The number of patients in the pediatric NAFLD clinic are rapidly increasing, signifying the critical need to understand the pathology and treatment options for this disease in young people.

Email

kevin-short@ouhsc.edu

Additional Websites

• Publications
• OUHSC Profile

Research Interests:

• Exercise physiology
• Metabolism
• Endocrinology
• Obesity
• Diabetes
• Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
• Pediatrics

Notable Work

Grant Funding

• Reducing sedentary time in favor of physical activity in adolescents HHDC Team Science grant. Co-PI with Darla Kendzor, PhD
• Evaluating microRNA-122 as a biomarker for non-invasive detection of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in children, OSCTR pilot