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Virginia G. Content
Exercise Physiology
M.S./Ph.D. Student (Advisor: Lacy Alexander)
Summary Statement

Virginia G Content’s research focuses on women's cardiovascular health and utilizes the human cutaneous circulation to understand cardiovascular and autonomic adjustments to exercise in racial populations.

Department
  • Graduate Student
Education
  • 2022, Post baccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP) and Regenerative Sciences Training Program (RSTP), Mayo Clinic
  • B.S., 2020, Applied Physiology and Kinesiology/Exercise Physiology, University of Florida
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Office Address
228 Noll Laboratory
University Park, PA 16802
Publications
  • Content, V. G., Abraham, H. M., Kaihoi, B. H., Olson, T. P., & Brewer, L. C. (2022). Novel Virtual World-Based Cardiac Rehabilitation Program to Broaden Access to Underserved Populations: A Patient Perspective. JACC: Case Reports, 4(14), 911–914. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2022.05.027 
  • Booker, S. Q., & Content, V. G. (2020). Chronic pain, cardiovascular health and related medication use in ageing African Americans with osteoarthritis. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 29(13–14), 2675–2690. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.15292 
Additional Information
  • Outstanding Poster Presentation Award, Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS), 2019
  • Student Travel Award, Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS), 2019
  • Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program, 2019