Rate My Professor Matt Heesch

Heesch teaches a range of courses in exercise and sport sciences, including Physiology of Exercise, Current Topics in Exercise Science, Motor Development, and Nutrition. His research specializes in elucidating the body's responses to exercise stimuli at the cellular and molecular levels, investigating how exercise improves athletic performance and functions as a therapeutic modality for chronic pathologies. Additionally, he explores innovative strategies to enhance anti-doping efforts for fair athletic competition. Heesch has contributed to the academic literature with publications such as 'Transcriptional control, but not sub-cellular location, of PGC-1α is altered following exercise in a hot environment' (2016), 'Effects of post-exercise recovery in a cold environment on muscle glycogen, PGC-1α, and downstream transcription factors' (2013), 'Human Skeletal Muscle mRNA Response to a Single Hypoxic Exercise Bout' (2014), 'Running Performance, Pace Strategy, and Thermoregulation Differ Between a Treadmill and Indoor Track' (2014), and 'Exercise-Induced Interleukin-6 and Metabolic Responses in Hot, Temperate, and Cold Conditions' (2017). His scholarly output includes 26 publications with over 340 citations.