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Gale B. Carey

Gale B. Carey, Ph.D.

Professor

Kendall Hall, Room 403A
(603) 862-4628
Email: gale.carey@unh.edu

 

Educational Background:

Ph.D., University of California Davis, 1981
M.S., University of Wisconsin at Madison, 1976
B.S., University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 1974

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Courses Taught:

Introduction to Research (ANSC 901); Sports Nutrition (NUTR 646); Metabolic Adaptations to Exercise II (NUTR 725/825); Nutritional Biochemistry (NUTR 750/850)

General Area of Interest and/or Specialty:

Adipose tissue metabolism; obesity, diabetes, and environmental chemicals; lactation

Description of current research and/or professional activities:

Our research focus is on obesity and diabetes. We want to understand how our diet, exercise, and exposure to environmental chemicals negatively impact adipose tissue metabolism, which, in turn, can increase the risk of developing obesity and diabetes. Animals and humans are subjects for our work. Our animal work has used the miniature Yucatan swine, and most recently the Sprague-Dawley rat to examine the metabolic and biochemical alterations in adipose tissue metabolism after exposure to lipid-soluble flame retardants chemicals. Our human work documents the appearance of these same flame retardants in breast milk, while also demonstrating the rapid transfer of conjugated linoleic acid, a "healthy fat" in milk of cow's fed on pasture, from the mother's diet to her breast milk. Our current working hypothesis is that environmental chemicals may be a third component (after diet and exercise) that contribute to the obesity/diabetes epidemic.

My professional activities reflect my research interests. I'm a member of the American Society for Nutritional Sciences, the American Physiological Society, the American College of Sports Medicine, and the North American Association for the Study of Obesity.

Representative Publications:

Moutsiolis, Athena A., Rule, Daniel C., Murrieta, Charles M., Bauman, Dale E., Lock, Adam L., Barbano, David M., and Carey, Gale B. (2008) Human breast milk enrichment in conjugated linoleic acid after consumption of a conjugated linoleic acid-rich food product: a pilot study. Nutrition Research 28:437-442.

Hoppe, Andrea A. and Carey, Gale B. (2007) Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) as endocrine disruptors of adipocyte metabolism. Obesity 15:2942-2950.

Strouch, Marci B., Jackson, Edwin K., Mi, Zaichuan, Metes, Nicole A., and Carey, Gale B. (2005) Extracellular cyclic AMP-adenosine pathway in isolated adipocytes and adipose tissue. Obesity Research, 13:974-981.

Carey, Gale B., Wojtukiewicz, Lindsay J., Goodman, Jessie M., Reineck, Kevin E. and Overman, Kristen C. (2004) Extracellular cyclic AMP and adenosine appearance in adipose tissue of Yucatan miniature swine (Sus scrofa): Effects of exercise. Exp. Biol. Med. 229:1026-1032.

Moher, H. E. and Carey, Gale B. (2002) Adipose tissue blood flow (ATBF) in miniature swine using the 133xenon washout technique. J. Anim. Sci., 80:1294-1298.

Wright, K. C., Carey, Gale B. and Quinn, Timothy J. (2002) Infant acceptance of breast milk after maternal exercise. Pediatrics, 109:585-589.

Carey, Gale B. and Quinn, Timothy J. (2001) Exercise and lactation: Are they compatible? Can. J. Appl. Physiol., 26 (1):55-74.

Carey, Gale B. (2000) Cellular adaptations in fat tissue of exercise-trained miniature swine: role of excess energy intake. J Appl Physiol 88:881-887.

Quinn, Timothy J. and Carey, Gale B. (1999) Does exercise intensity or diet influence lactic acid accumulation in breast milk? Med Sci Sports Exerc 31:105-110.

Carey, Gale B. (1998) Mechanisms regulating adipocyte lipolysis. In: Skeletal Muscle Metabolism, Exercise and Diabetes, E.A. Richter, H. Galbo, B. Kiens and B. Saltin, eds. E.A. Richter, B. Kiens, H. Galbo and B. Saltin, eds. Plenum Press, NY. Adv Exp Med Biol 441:157-170.

Finnegan, Richard B. and Carey, Gale B. (1998) Characterization of cyclic AMP efflux from swine adipocytes in vitro. Obes Res 6:292-298.

Additional Information:

In 2005, Dr. Carey received the UNH Jean A. Brierley Teaching Excellence Award, and in 1995, Dr. Carey was honored with the distinguished COLSA Outstanding Advisor Award.