Education

• M.S. in Health and Movement Science, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2017
• B.S. in Health, Physical Education and Exercise Science, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2014
• B.S. in General Science, US Naval Academy, 1990

Select Publications

• Weggen JB, Darling AM, Autler AS, Hogwood AC, Decker KP, Imthurn B, Tuzzolo GM, Garten RS. Impact of acute antioxidant supplementation on vascular function and autonomic nervous system modulation in young adults with PTSD. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2021 Jul 1;321(1):R49-R61. 
• Decker KP, Feliciano PG, Kimmel MT, Hogwood AC, Weggen JB, Darling AM, Richardson JW, Garten RS. Examining sex differences in sitting-induced microvascular dysfunction: Insight from acute vitamin C supplementation. Microvasc Res. 2021 May;135:104147. 
• Garten RS, Scott MC, Zúñiga TM, Hogwood AC, Fralin RC, Weggen J. A Prior High-Intensity Exercise Bout Attenuates the Vascular Dysfunction Resulting from a Prolonged Sedentary Bout. J Phys Act Health. 2019 Oct 1;16(10):916-924.  
• Garten RS, Hogwood AC, Weggen JB, Fralin RC, LaRosa K, Lee D, Michael A, Scott M. Aerobic training status does not attenuate prolonged sitting-induced lower limb vascular dysfunction. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab. 2019 Apr;44(4):425-433. 
• Hogwood A, Weggen J, Franklin RC, Lee D, Scott M, and Garten RS. Oxidant-Antioxidant Balance and Peripheral Vascular Function: The impact of Chronic Antioxidant Supplementation. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 2018 April. 50(5S):541

Affiliations

• American Physiological Society (APS) 
• American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM)

Courses

• Psychology of Physical Activity
• Coping and Adaptation