Gretchen Meyer, PhD

Gretchen Meyer, PhD

Primary Academic Title

Associate Professor, Department of Physical Therapy, Washu Medicine

Clinical Expertise

Cachexia and Rehabilitation

Research Interest

My lab focuses on how local and systemic features of disease impact skeletal muscle contractile function. In the area of cancer, we are beginning exploration of tumor and chemotherapeutic effects on muscle contraction (in combination with or independent of muscle wasting).

Education

  • 2004: BS, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
  • 2004: MS, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
  • 2011: PhD, University of California, San Diego, CA

Training

  • 2011 - 2014: Postdoctoral Fellowship, Stem Cell Bioengineering , University of California, San Diego, CA