Donna H. Korzick, Ph.D.

Professor of Physiology and Kinesiology
Director of Graduate Training Initiatives, Huck Institutes of Life Sciences

Summary Statement

Donna Korzick's research focuses on aging and cardiovascular disease risk using animal models; effects of estrogen deficiency on mitochondrial regulation of cell survival during myocardial infarction; PKC-dependent mechanism and oxidant stres

Department

Kinesiology - KINES
Graduate Faculty

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Education

Ph.D., 1994, Physiology, The Pennsylvania State University
M.S., 1986, Exercise and Sport Science, The Pennsylvania State University
B.S. (Hon), 1984, Physical Education, Southern Connecticut State University

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Phone

814-865-5679

dhk102@psu.edu

Office Address

106 Noll Laboratory
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802

Fax

814-865-4602

Additional Websites

https://www.huck.psu.edu/people/donna-korzick

Affiliations

Integrative and Biomedical Physiology

Specializations

Aging, post-menopausal women, cardiovascular disease risk, and mitochondrial dynamics
Animal models include rodent aging, estrogen deficiency, ischemia-reperfusion injury, chronic ethanol ingestion, and exercise
Estrogen receptor and PKC-dependent protective signaling in relation to oxidant stress

Grants and Research Projects

Post-menopausal women, aging and cardiovascular disease risk; animal models of estrogen deficiency, ischemia-reperfusion injury and cardioprotection with a particular emphasis on estrogen receptors, PKC-dependent signaling and exercise.

Publications

Penn State Research Database (Pure)

ResearchGate