Brian Clark, PhD is a Professor of Physiology and Neuroscience in the Department of Biomedical Sciences at Ohio University where he also serves as the Executive Director of the Ohio Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute (OMNI) and is the Harold E. Clybourne, DO Endowed Research Chair.
Brian was raised in Rutherfordton, NC where he graduated from R-S Central High School. He subsequently attended Western Carolina University and graduated with his bachelors degree in Biology. During high school and college he was a highly competitive cross-country and track athlete. His interests in biology and exercise led him to pursue a masters degree in exercise physiology at Syracuse University. Following the completion of his M.S. degree, he continued his graduate studies at Syracuse under the tutelage of Dr. Lori Ploutz-Snyder studying neuromuscular physiology. During his PhD training he also obtained a certificate of advanced study in gerontology. In 2006, he moved to Athens, Ohio to begin his independent research faculty position at Ohio University.
Dr. Clark has held continuous funding since he was a graduate student, and over the past two decades he has secured and managed ~$30M as principal investigator or project director from federal agencies (namely NIH), private foundations, and industry. He has published more than 170 peer-reviewed articles and chapters (total citations >12,000) in high-impact clinical journals (e.g., JAMA Network Open (Impact Factor (IF): 5.1), Geroscience (IF: 6.5), J Gerontology Medical Science (IF: 5.8), Am J Clinical Nutrition (IF: 6.8), Current Opinions in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care (IF: 4.5)) and basic/applied physiology and neuroscience journals (e.g., Aging Research Reviews (IF: 11.8), Acta Physiologica (IF: 4.4), J of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle (IF: 12.5), J Applied Physiology (IF: 3.1), J Neurophysiology (IF: 2.9), Neurobiology of Aging (IF: 5.2)). He has also been invited to write numerous prestigious review articles and books chapters, such as a chapter for 'Sarcopenia' (Wiley-Blackwell), the first book published specifically on sarcopenia, a chapter for the 7th edition of Hazzard’s Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology (McGraw-Hill), which is largely considered the most complete, authoritative guide available on the diagnosis and treatment of disorders affecting the elderly, and a chapter for the book Regenerative Rehabilitation: From Basic Science to Clinic (American Physiologic Society and Springer-Nature).
Brian Clark, PhD, has no disclosures.
