Ceren Yarar-Fisher, PhD

Associate Professor

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Ceren Yarar-Fisher

Academic contact

480 Medical Center Dr
Columbus, OH 43210-1229

Ceren.Yarar-Fisher@osumc.edu

Academic information

  • Department: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Leadership titles

  • Vice Chair of Research, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
  • Director of Clinical Research, Belford Center for Spinal Cord Injury

Research interests

  • Spinal Cord Injury
  • Rehabilitation

About

Biography

My translational research laboratory studies the pathophysiology of traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) in the acute and chronic stages, with the purpose of developing novel nutritional and rehabilitation strategies to improve neurorecovery, metabolic and bowel function and microbiome composition.

My laboratory is developing and testing therapeutic diets and electrical stimulation programs to evaluate new ways to prevent neuronal death, promote recovery and function in the acute stages and improve body composition, gut microbiome composition and skeletal muscle, metabolic and bowel health in the chronic stages of SCI. 

Credentials

Education

PhD
Auburn University, Auburn, AL, United States
PT
Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey

Research

Research interests

  • Spinal Cord Injury
  • Rehabilitation

Active Funding

State of Ohio Frontier Research Incentive

  • Role of Microbiome on Bowel Health After Spinal Cord Injury: Principal Investigator. Project design, oversight, data collection and analysis, dissemination.
National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Nursing Research

  • R01 Research Project Grant: Principal investigator. This project will evaluate a ketogenic diet for improvement of neurological recovery in individuals with acute SCI.
Niche Biomedical Inc. dba ANEUVO

  • Effectiveness Trial for an Investigational Device: Site-principal investigator. This project will evaluate the effectiveness of the ExaStim device relative to Sham Stimulation in restoring upper extremity motor function in individuals with chronic SCI.

Editorial Activities

  • Editorial board member, Spinal Cord Series and Cases
  • Guest editor, Topics in Spinal Cord Rehabilitation

Society and Membership

  • Member, American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine
  • Member, Academy of Spinal Cord Injury Professionals
  • Member, American Spinal Injury Association
  • Member, American Physiological Society

Honors and Awards

  • Junior Chamber International 2020 Ten Young Outstanding People of Turkey award, 2020
  • Pittman Scholar Award, University of Alabama School of Medicine, 2020
  • Creativity is a Decision Award, Nutrition and Obesity Research Center, University of Alabama, 2015

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