Floyd School of Medicine
Faculty and Staff
Kim Huey, PhD
| Title: | Clinical Professor |
| Department: | Pharmacology, Physiology & Neurology Floyd School of Medicine |
| Email: | Kim.Huey@uscmed.sc.edu |
| Phone: | 803-216-3516 |
| Office: | Basic Science Bldg 1, Rm D-33 |
Education
- Postdoc: University of California, Irvine
- PhD: University of California, San Diego
- M.S.: University of Arizona
- B.S.: Seattle Pacific University
Biography
Dr. Kim Huey received a Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences with a Physiology emphasis from the University of California, San Diego, where her dissertation investigated the role of dopamine receptors in acclimatization to chronic hypoxia. She completed postdoctoral training in skeletal muscle physiology at the University of California, Irvine. Prior, she earned a Master of Science from the University of Arizona in Exercise Physiology, focusing on neuromuscular fatigue. She is a Fellow in the American Physiological Society and the American College of Sports Medicine. Her research focuses on contractile and cellular adaptations in skeletal muscle in response to exercise, disuse, injury and/or aging and recent studies investigated the effects of high intensity interval training on muscular and cardiorespiratory adaptations in young and older mice.
Her teaching philosophy is based on four guiding principles: fostering an effective learning environment, promoting active learning through the application of knowledge, delivering organized and innovative course content, and extending learning beyond the classroom. She strives to create an inclusive and supportive classroom where students feel comfortable engaging with both the material and their instructor. She seeks to help students apply what they learn to real-world situations and has received several curriculum grants to bring hands-on learning to the classroom. Mastering course concepts is not simply about succeeding on exams, but about developing the knowledge and critical thinking skills needed for future careers and lifelong learning.
Recent Publications
Meador, B.M. and K.A. Huey (2009) Glutamine Preserves Skeletal Muscle Force during an Inflammatory Insult, Muscle Nerve, 40 (6): 1000-1007.
Wilkinson K.A., K.A. Huey, B. Dinger, L. He, S.J. Fidone, and F.L. Powell. (2010) Chronic Hypoxia Increases the Gain of the Hypoxic Ventilatory Response by a Mechanism in the Central Nervous System. J. Appl. Physiol, 109(2):424-30.
Meador, B. M. and K. A. Huey (2010) Statin-Associated Myopathy and its Exacerbation with Exercise. Muscle Nerve, 42:469-479.
Parvaresh, K.C., A.M. Huber, R.L. Brochin, P.L. Bacon, G.E. McCall, K. Huey, and J.P.K Hyatt (2010) Acute VEGF expression during hypertrophy is muscle-specific and localizes as a striated pattern within fibers, Exp. Physiol, 95:1098-1106.
Huey KA, Burdette S, Zhong H & Roy R (2010) Early response of heat shock proteins to functional overload of the soleus and plantaris in rats and mice. Exp. Physiol, 95:1145-1155.
Lueders, T, Zou, K, Huntsman, HD, Meador, BM, Abel, M, Valero, MC, Huey, KA and MD Boppart (2011) The a7b1 Integrin Accelerates Exercise-Induced Skeletal Muscle Hypertrophy. Am. J. Physiol: Cell, 301:C938-46.
Meador, B. M. and K. A. Huey (2011). Statin-Associated Alterations In Skeletal Muscle Force Production and Stress Response Following Novel or Accustomed Exercise, Muscle Nerve, 44:882-889.
Chamney, C., Godar, M., Garrigan, E., and K.A. Huey (2013). Effects of Glutamine Supplementation on Muscle Function and Stress Response in a Mouse Model of Spinal Cord Injury, Experimental Physiology, 98:796-806.
Huey, K.A., C. A. Hilliard, and C.R. Hunt (2013). Effect of HSP25 Loss on Muscle Contractile Function and Running Wheel Activity in Young and Old Mice, Frontiers in Physiology, 4: article 398.
Huey, K.A., S.A. Smith, A. Sulaeman, and E.C. Breen (2016). Skeletal myofiber VEGF is necessary for myogenic and contractile adaptations to functional overload of the plantaris in adult mice. J. Appl. Physiol, 120:188-195.
Huey, K.A. (2018). Potential roles of vascular endothelial growth factor during skeletal muscle hypertrophy. Exer. Sport Sci. Rev. 46:195-202.