Andrew Judge, Ph.D.
Contact Information: ajudge@hhp.ufl.edu

Research Interests:

Skeletal muscle damage and dysfunction associated with Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) and exercise claudication.
Molecular triggers of skeletal muscle disuse atrophy.

Awards, Honors and Achievements:

2005 Young Investigator Award, FASEB Summer Research Conference, Skeletal Muscle Satellite and Stem Cells, Tucson, AZ.
2005-2007 Coauthor American Heart Association-Florida affiliate, Grant-in-Aid award.
2004-2006 National Space Biomedical Research Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship
2002-2004 Coauthor American Heart Association-Florida affiliate, Grant-in-Aid award.
2000-2003 Acheivement of Outstanding Academic Excellence, University of Florida
2001 B.K. Stevens Awards, College of Health & Human Performance, University of Florida

Work Experience:

2006 – Present
Research Associate Scientist, Muscle Physiology Lab, Department of Applied Physiology & Kinesiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
2004 – 2006
Post-doctoral Fellow, Muscle Biology Lab, Department of Health Sciences, Boston University, Boston, MA
2003-2004
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Physiology & Kinesiology, University of Florida , Gainesville , FL
2001-2003
Graduate Research Assistant, Muscle Physiology Lab, Department of Applied Physiology & Kinesiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

Educational Background:

1999 – 2003 University of Florida , Gainesville , FL - Ph.D.
1997 - 1999 McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA - M.Ed.
1993 - 1996 Loughborough University, Leicestershire, ENGLAND - B.S.

Peer Reviewed Publications:

Judge, A.R., Koncarevic, A., Hunter, R.B., Liou, H.C., Jackman, R., and Kandarian, S.C. A role for I?B?, but not c-Rel, in skeletal muscle atrophy. Am J. Physiol. Cell Physiol. Aug 23, 2006. [Abstract]
Iraklis I. Pipinos, Andrew R. Judge , Zhen Zhu, Joshua T. Selsby, Stanley A. Swanson, Jason M. Johanning, Bernard T. Baxter, Thomas G. Lynch and Stephen L. Dodd. Mitochondrial Defects and Oxidative Damage in Patients with Peripheral Arterial Disease. Free Radic Biol Med. 22 April 2006 [Abstract]
S. L. Dodd, J. Selsby, T. Payne, A. Judge , and C. Dott. The effects of botulinum neurotoxin type A on skeletal muscle myosin heavy chain composition. Toxicon. 46(2): 196-203, 2005. [Abstract]
J. Selsby, A. Judge , T. Yimlamai, C. Leeuwenburgh, S. Dodd. Life long calorie restriction increases heat shock proteins and proteasome activity in soleus muscles of Fisher 344 rats. Experimental Gerontology. 40: 37-42, 2005. [Abstract]
S. Judge, A. Judge , T. Grune, and C. Leeuwenburgh. Short-term caloric restriction decreases cardiac mitochondrial oxidant production and antioxidant enzyme activities but increases protein carbonyl content. American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory Physiology. 286(2): R254-R259, 2004. [Abstract]
A.R. Judge and S.L. Dodd. Xanthine oxidase and activated neutrophils cause oxidative damage to skeletal muscle following contractile-induced claudication. American Journal of Physiology: Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 286(1): H252-256, 2003. [Abstract]
A.R. Judge and S.L. Dodd. Oxidative damage to skeletal muscle following an acute bout of contractile claudication. Atherosclerosis . 171(2): 219-224, 2003. [Abstract]

Published abstracts:

Inhibition of IkB alpha degradation prevents NF-kB activation and attenuates fiber atrophy and gene expression associated with unloading atrophy. A. Judge, A. Koncarevic, and S. Kandarian. FASEB Summer Research Conference, Skeletal Muscle and Stem Cells, Tucson, AZ. June 11-16, 2005.
Vitamins C and E attenuate oxidative damage and neutrophil infiltration into skeletal muscle following contractile-induced claudication . J.T. Selsby, A.R. Judge and S.L. Dodd. FASEB , San Diego, CA. April 2-6, 2005.
IL-1, IL-6, and TNF-a are not elevated in skeletal muscle following contractile claudication. A. Judge , J. Selsby and S. L. Dodd. FASEB , Washington D.C. April 17-21, 2004 .
Caloric restriction increases heat shock proteins in aging skeletal muscle. Joshua T. Selsby, Andrew R. Judge , Tossaporn Yimlamai, and Stephen L. Dodd. FASEB , Washington D.C. April 17-21, 2004 .
Effect of Calcium on Indices of Damage and Proteolysis in Rat Skeletal Muscle. Ira J. Smith, Tossaporn Yimlamai, Andrew Judge , Suma Kendaiah, and Stephen Dodd. FASEB, Washington D.C. April 17-21, 2004 .
Xanthine oxidase and activated neutrophils are elevated following a short bout of contractile-induced skeletal muscle ischemia. Andrew Judge, Sharon Phaneuf and Stephen Dodd. ACSM, San Francisco , CA. May 28-31, 2003 .
Xanthine oxidase and activated neutrophils cause oxidative damage to skeletal muscle following contractile claudication. Andrew Judge and Stephen Dodd. Diet & Optimum Health Conference. Linus Pauling Institute, Portland , OR . May 21-24, 2003 .
Myosin heavy chain distribution in Botulinum Neurotoxin-A-treated animals. J.T. Selsby, A.R. Judge , A.M. Payne, and S.L. Dodd. SEACSM, Atlanta , GA. Jan 30- Feb 1, 2003 .
Oxidative stress is associated with contractile-induced skeletal muscle ischemia. Andrew Judge and Stephen Dodd. ACSM, St Louis , MO. May 29- June 1, 2002 .
Validation of an in vivo rat model for determination of muscle function. Andrew Judge , Tony Payne, Stephen Dodd. SEACSM, Atlanta , GA. Jan 31- Feb 2, 2002 .
Contractile properties of Botulinum Neurotoxin A-treated skeletal muscle. Payne AM, Judge AR, Selsby JT, Smith IJ, and Dodd SL. SEACSM, Atlanta , Jan 31- Feb 2, 2002 .