Symposium Speaker

Michael B. Reid

Michael B. Reid, PhD is the Shih-Chun Wang Professor, Chair of the Department of Physiology, and Vice Dean for Academic Affairs at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine. For over two decades, Dr. Reid has directed an NIH-funded research program on the biological importance of redox-active signaling molecules – reactive oxygen species (ROS) and nitric oxide (NO) derivatives – as regulators of respiratory and limb skeletal muscle function. Dr. Reid’s research focuses on the cellular and molecular mechanisms that underlie weakness and fatigue in chronic inflammatory conditions. His research team was the first to demonstrate that skeletal muscle produces ROS, the first to identify NO as an endogenous modulator of muscle contraction, and the first to demonstrate that oxidative stress plays a causal role in human muscle fatigue. These and other contributions are published in over 100 original reports and invited review articles in peer-reviewed journals. Beyond the laboratory, Dr. Reid directs an NIH-sponsored graduate training program on the muscle biology of cardiopulmonary disease. He has chaired two standing NIH study sections, was a founding investigator in NASA’s National Space Biomedical Research Institute, was associate editor of Physiological Reviews, and served on the board of directors of the American Thoracic Society. He currently is a consulting editor for Journal of Applied Physiology and sits on the editorial boards of Antioxidants and Redox Signaling and Skeletal Muscle.

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