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Ceren Yarar-Fisher, PT, PhD

Associate Professor/ Vice Chair of Research
Ohio State University
Columbus, OH, United States

Dr. Ceren Yarar-Fisher is Vice Chair of Research in the Dept. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Director of Clinical Research at the Belford Center for Spinal Cord Injury, and Associate Professor of Neuroscience and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the Ohio State University. Her translational research laboratory focuses on understanding the pathophysiology of traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) in the acute and chronic stages, aiming at developing novel dietary and rehabilitation strategies to improve neuro-recovery, metabolism, and microbiome composition. As such, Dr. Yarar-Fisher’s lab is currently developing and testing therapeutic diets and electrical stimulation programs to evaluate new strategies to prevent neuronal death, promote recovery and function in acute SCI stages, improve body composition, gut microbiome composition and skeletal muscle, metabolic and bowel health in SCI chronic stages. She has led and collaborated on many projects resulting in numerous peer-reviewed articles and book chapters. She has received several NIH and NIDILRR funding to support her research in SCI, nutrition, and microbiome. Her contribution to high-quality, well-funded research has been recognized both institutionally and internationally. Junior Chamber International selected her as one of the 10 Outstanding Young Persons of Turkey for her work in Academic leadership and/or accomplishment. She served two years as Treasurer, Chair-Elect, and Chair in the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM) in the SCI-Special Interest Group. She has had the privilege of mentoring various students and trainees, including high school students, medical students, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation residents, physical therapy students, doctoral students, and post-doctoral trainees. The students she has mentored are recognized for their research achievements via prestigious SCI research funding and academic scholarships.

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