Matt Cooke, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Exercise Physiology and Nutrition

Baylor University
School of Education, HHPR
One Bear Place #97313
Waco, TX 76798
Phone: 254-710-4025
Email: Matt_Cooke@Baylor.edu

Degrees:
2006 – 2007, Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Baylor University, Waco, TX
2002 – 2005, Doctor of Philosophy, Victoria University, Victoria, Australia
1998 – 2001, Bachelor of Science (Biomedical Science) (Honors), Victoria University, Victoria, Australia

Publications
Williams, A.D, Cribb, P.J., Cooke, M.B. and Hayes, A.(2008). “The Effect of Ephedra and Caffeine on Maximal Strength and Power in Resistance Trained Athletes” Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research


Awards
2004:Applied Research in Sport and Recreation Science Award. Awarded by the Sport and Recreation Department of Victoria
2002:Recipient of Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) scholarship
2001:Best Honors Year Student in Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Science Award

Research interests
Resistance training and nutritional interventions on the physiological adaptations and biochemical mechanisms regulating skeletal muscle atrophy associated with aging.

Nutritional supplementation and/or varied training regimes to manipulate normal and abnormal molecular signaling mechanisms and gene expression in athletes and disease/injury states.

Exercise training and nutritional interventions on weight loss, weight maintenance, and metabolism.

Courses Taught
HP 1134 Fitness Theory and Concepts
HP 1194 Beginning Weight Training
HP 1421 Introduction to Human Physiology
HP 3320 Fundamentals of Exercise Biochemistry
HP 4352 Exercise and Sport Nutrition
HP 4371 Clinical Exercise Physiology
HP 5328 Advanced Exercise Physiology 1: Neuromuscular Aspects
HP 5328 Exercise Testing and Prescription