Education

2018 - B.S. in Exercise Science, Virginia Commonwealth University, VA.

Teaching Assignments

HPEX 441 - Exercise Testing & Prescription, Lab Teaching Assistant

HPEX 310 - Fitness and Health, Lab Teaching Assistant

Select Presentations

D.J.A. Merritt, N.J. Bohmke, J. Via, R.L. Franco. Exercise in Cancer Survivors. Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students, Anaheim, CA, November 2019.

M. Thompson, N. Bohmke, J. Via, & RL. Franco. The Impact of Stress and Socioeconomic Status on Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Overweight/Obese Black Female Breast Cancer Survivors. Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students, Anaheim, CA, November 2019.

L.M. LaFratta, L.N. Pedersen, N.J. Bohmke, A.M. Blanks, V.L. Mihalick, M.B. Senter, R.L. Franco. Impact of fitness on Receptor Expression of Monocytes Cultured with Palmitate Following Acute Exercise. American College of Sports Medicine National Conference, Orlando, FL, May 2019.

A.M. Blanks, T.H. Wagamon, L.M. LaFratta, L.N. Pedersen, N.J. Bohmke, R.L. Franco. Impact of Fitness on Macrophage Polarization Following Acute Aerobic Exercise. Southeast American College of Sports Medicine Conference, Greenville, SC, February 2019. 

N.J. Bohmke, L.M. LaFratta, L.N. Pedersen, A.M. Blanks, V.L. Mihalick, M.B. Senter, R.L. Franco. Monocyte Adhesion Molecule Expression Following an Acute Bout of Moderate Intensity Cycling. Southeast American College of Sports Medicine Conference, Greenville, SC, February 2019.

L.M. LaFratta, A.M. Blanks, L.N. Pedersen, V.L. Mihalick, N.J. Bohmke, R. Lee Franco. The Effect of an Acute Bout of Cycling on Monocyte Adhesion Molecules: A Pilot Study. American College of Sports Medicine Conference on Integrative Physiology of Exercise, San Diego, CA, September 2018.

Awards

Atlantic-10 Conference All-Academic Team, 2017

Dean’s List, 2015 - 2018

NFHCA Division I National Academic Squad, 2015

Athletic Honor Roll, 2014 - 2018