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 an integrative (multi tissue) and translational (cells, rodents, humans) approach to better understand the underlying mechanisms by which nutrition and physical activity alter the risk for metabolic diseases such as cancer, obesity, type 2 diabetes, and brain diseases. His lab is also interested in developing nutritional, exercise, or genetic therapies that can be used to treat inherited metabolic diseases including glycogen storage diseases and lysosomal storage 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.
