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Megan Rosa-Caldwell, Ph.D., graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science and Chemistry from Baker University in 2014. Dr. Rosa-Caldwell then attended the University of Arkansas, graduating with a master’s in Kinesiology in 2016 and a Ph.D. in Kinesiology in 2020. Dr. Rosa-Caldwell then completed a post-doctoral fellowship at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School. Currently, Dr. Rosa-Caldwell is an assistant professor of Exercise Science in the Department of Human Health, Performance and Recreation. Dr. Rosa-Caldwell’s research investigates musculoskeletal alterations across muscle pathologies and potential sex differences in response to muscle pathologies. Using pre-clinical models of bedrest, Dr. Rosa-Caldwell has found females tend to experience disuse-associated muscle loss more compared to males. Recent research projects have investigated musculoskeletal alterations during anorexia nervosa. Dr. Rosa-Caldwell’s team has developed a rodent model of anorexia nervosa that simulates the prolonged duration of anorexia and is using model to investigate how anorexia-induced muscle loss may influence acute and long-term health. Dr. Rosa-Caldwell has over 40 publications in the field of muscle biology and is an active member of the American College of Sports Medicine and the American Physiological Society.