Education

• Postdoctoral Fellow, Metabolism, University of Minnesota, 2020
• PhD, Exercise Physiology, University of Missouri, 2014
• MS, Exercise Physiology, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, 2009
• BS, Kinesiology, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, 2007

Research Interests

Dr. Heden is director of the Molecular Metabolism Lab. His lab utilizes a translational approach from genetically modified cells and mice to human samples to understand the underlying basis of various metabolic diseases such as cancer, obesity, and type 2 diabetes. Moreover, his lab uses this information to identify and test novel molecular targets to treat these diseases.

Lab: Molecular Metabolism 

Selected Publications

Heden TD, Chow LS, Hughey CC, Mashek DG. Regulation and role of glycophagy in skeletal muscle energy metabolism. Autophagy. 2022; 18(5): 1078-1089.