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Tyler Churchward-Venne
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Research
Latest funding
- $952,425
Assessing the therapeutic potential of urolithin A in countering the negative health impact of bed rest in older adults
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
- $100,000
Assessing the therapeutic potential of urolithin A in countering the negative health impact of bed rest in older adults.
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
- $120,000
The effects of ketone monoester intake on daily skeletal muscle protein synthesis rates in older adults undergoing resistance exercise.
CIHR · 2024 · Supervisor
Assessing the therapeutic potential of urolithin A in countering the negative health impact of bed rest in older adults
Principal investigators: Gouspillou, Gilles; Morais, José A
Keywords: Aging; Bed Rest; Cardiovascular Fitness; Mitochondrial Biology; Physical Performance; Skeletal Muscle
Assessing the therapeutic potential of urolithin A in countering the negative health impact of bed rest in older adults.
Principal investigators: Gouspillou, Gilles; Morais, José A
Keywords: Aging; Bed Rest; Cardiovascular Fitness; Mitochondrial Biology; Physical Performance; Skeletal Muscle
The effects of ketone monoester intake on daily skeletal muscle protein synthesis rates in older adults undergoing resistance exercise.
Principal investigators: Alhamwi, Alyasamin
Keywords: Aging And Nutrition Science; Aging Population Health; Healthy Aging, Muscle Metabolism.; Ketone Bodies, Ketone Supplements, Resistance Exercise; Kinesiology, Exercise Science; Muscle Metabolic Health, Muscle Protein Synthesis; Nutrition And Metabolism; Sarcopenia, Muscle Loss, Nutritional Intervention.; Stable-Isotope Tracer Methodology, Mtor Signaling
Improving cardiovascular disease risk factors in individuals with PCOS using exogenous ketone monoester ingestion
Principal investigators: Usselman, Charlotte W
Keywords: Blood Pressure; Cold Pressor Test; Endothelial Function; Flow Mediated Dilation; Handgrip Exercise; Insulin Resistance; Ketone Monoester Ingestion; Neurovascular Transduction; Oral Glucose Tolerance Test; Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Ketone bodies as therapeutic agents to reduce the harmful effects of bed rest on muscle mass and metabolic health in older adults
Principal investigators: Churchward-Venne, Tyler A
Keywords: Aging; Bed Rest; Cell Signaling; Disuse Muscle Atrophy; Exogenous Ketones; Insulin Sensitivity; Mitochondrial Function; Muscle Function; Muscle Protein Synthesis; Skeletal Muscle Mass
Mechanisms of human skeletal muscle disuse atrophy
Principal investigators: ChurchwardVenne, Tyler
Unraveling the mechanisms underlying of bed rest-induced muscle atrophy and of an exercise countermeasure
Principal investigators: Morais, José A
Keywords: Autophagy; Bed Rest; Deuterated Water Method Of Protein Kinetics; Inactivity; Mitochondrial Function; Mtor Signaling Pathway; Muscle Fiber Typing; Musculoskeletal Unloading; Osteocalcin; Ubiquitin-Proteosome Pathway
Mechanisms of human skeletal muscle disuse atrophy
Principal investigators: ChurchwardVenne, Tyler
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
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