Gary J. Farkas, PHD

Postdoctoral fellow
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Miami, Florida, United States

Gary J. Farkas, Ph.D. is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Dr. Farkas received a B.S. in kinesiology from the University of Illinois at Chicago and a Ph.D. in anatomy from Penn State College of Medicine. His research has primarily studied causes for and dietary and exercise interventions on neurogenic obesity and cardiometabolic disease after longstanding spinal cord injury. Dr. Farkas has published over 3 dozen scholarly papers in peer-reviewed journals and presented at national and international conferences. He is an award-winning researcher and educator with accolades from several local and national organizations. Dr. Farkas has received research funding from the UCSF School of Medicine in San Francisco, CA, the American Association for Anatomy, and the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation.

I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Presentation(s):

• Nutrition and physical activity approaches to improve health in spinal cord injury

  Wednesday, November 9, 2022
  10:45 AM – 12:00 PM