Maryam Safdar

Maryam Safdar

Maryam Safdar

Position Title

 Ph.D. Candidate

Joint Appointments

 MD/PhD program

Areas of Interest

Endurance exercise as a rescue for negative health outcomes resulting from circadian rhythm disturbances in Drosophila 

Narrative Bio

 https://gradprograms.med.wayne.edu/profile/fo3573

Publications

  1. Ahmed S, Safdar M, Morton C, Soave N, Patel R, Castillo K, Lalande S, Jimenez L, Mateika JH, Wessells R. Effect of virtual reality-simulated exercise on sympathovagal balance. PLoS One. 2020 Jul 16;15(7):e0235792. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0235792. PMID: 32673347
  2. Sujkowski A, Spierer AN, Rajagopalan T, Bazzell B, Safdar M, Imsirovic D, Arking R, Rand DM, Wessells R. Mito-nuclear interactions modify Drosophila exercise performance. Mitochondrion. 2019 Jul;47:188-205. doi: 10.1016/j.mito.2018.11.005. PMID: 30408593

Education

 BS in Biology, Wayne State University

Advisor

Robert Wessells, Ph.D.

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