Dietary Modulation of Circadian Physiology: Mechanisms Linking Nutrient Timing to Brain and Organ Function

Presented by:

Karen Gamble, PhD, Professor

F. Cleveland Kinney Endowed Chair in Geriatric Psychiatry 
Vice Chair of Basic Research 
Heersink School of Medicine 
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Neurobiology 
University of Alabama at Birmingham

About Karen Gample, PhD

Dr. Karen Gamble is the F. Cleveland Kinney Endowed Chair in Geriatric Psychiatry and Vice Chair of Basic Research in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Neurobiology in the Heersink School of Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham in Birmingham, AL. Dr. Gamble’s research program is funded largely by NIH and includes both basic and translational research. Basic research interests include how circadian rhythms in physiology, behavior, metabolism, and sleep-wake cycles are affected by specific brain circuits, nutrition (high salt/fat diets, meal timing), disease (obesity, neurodegeneration, addiction), and the environment. Translational projects address the impact of environmental circadian misalignment (e.g., shift work) or addiction (e.g., smoking and opioid use) on circadian rhythmicity of behavior and physiology. Dr. Gamble is a member of the Sleep Research Society (SRS) and the Society Research in Biological Rhythms (SRBR). She served as the 2014 and 2016 SRBR Professional Development Day director and currently serves as Treasurer of SRBR. Dr. Gamble currently chairs the Society for Neuroscience “Sleep and Circadian Biology” annual DataBlitz, which is sponsored by the NHLBI National Center on Sleep Disorders Research.