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Michaela Devries-Aboud is an Associate Professor in the Kinesiology Health Sciences department at the University of Waterloo. Her research focuses on intramyocellular lipids (IMCL) and their relation to insulin sensitivity in obese individuals and athletes. She is particularly interested in the localization of IMCL within muscle fibers and its co-location with mitochondria, aiming to understand their roles in fat metabolism and differences in insulin sensitivity. Additionally, her clinical research program explores the impacts of exercise and nutrition strategies on muscle metabolism, insulin sensitivity, and muscle mass in pre-diabetic older adults to mitigate the development of type II diabetes and sarcopenia. Michaela supervises graduate and undergraduate students and offers opportunities for thesis work and research internships. Her expertise encompasses skeletal muscle metabolism, sex-based differences in metabolism, exercise physiology, human nutrition, aging, and insulin sensitivity.
Includes fields like Clinical, Cognitive, Developmental, and Industrial/Organizational Psychology.