Dr. Carson is an exercise physiologist with molecular and cell biology training. He received his B.S. in Business Administration and Ph.D. in Education with an emphasis in Exercise Physiology from The Ohio State University. At Ohio State, he was a 3-year Varsity letterman in football and a Graduate Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach with the Ohio State Athletic Department, where he worked with football, men’s and women’s basketball, and ice hockey teams. His training includes post-doctoral fellowships in physiology and cell biology at the University of Texas Health Science Center-Houston and Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. His research employs molecular biology techniques to examine skeletal muscle mass and metabolic regulation with cancer, regeneration from injury, and chronic inflammation conditions. Federal agencies have funded his research for over 20 years, and he has been an active collaborator on many funded projects with junior investigators. He has over 125 peer-reviewed publications related to muscle physiology, and his research has received over 11,000 citations. Dr. Carson has substantial experience mentoring trainees and junior faculty at the department, college, and research center levels. He has held academic leadership roles at the Associate Dean for Research and Department Chair levels. He also has considerable leadership experience in research centers and institutes related to colon cancer and tissue regeneration. Student mentorship in research has also been a cornerstone of Dr. Carson’s career. He served in leadership roles in doctoral education, including an NIH-funded T32 Training Grant. His substantial research mentorship involvement includes students from high school through the Ph.D. level.