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Audrey A. Vasauskas, PhD, serves as Director of Research & Grant Development and Associate Professor of Physiology. Dr. Vasauskas obtained her Bachelor of Science in biology from Mount Saint Mary鈥檚 University in Maryland. She earned her PhD and completed post-doctoral training from the University of South Alabama College of Medicine. Dr. Vasauskas has been the recipient of several extramural research grants from the National Institutes of Health and the American Heart Association. She has also served as a science policy and research advocate to the United States Congress. Dr. Vasauskas has been teaching cell and system physiology for over a decade and has mentored many undergraduate, graduate and medical students both in academia and industry. Prior to her career in academia, she spent several years in the biotechnology industry as project leader for oncology diagnostic development. During her time at ACOM, she has served as Research Committee chair and principal investigator. Dr. Vasauskas鈥檚 current research includes the molecular changes that occur within endothelial cells in the pathology known as pulmonary arterial hypertension. Specifically, her NIH-funded research investigates potential players in endothelial to mesenchymal transition, or the process by which endothelial cells transition to a smooth muscle, constrictive phenotype.

Kim Henige received her B.A. in Physical Education (emphasis in Exercise Science) and her M.A. in Physical Education (emphasis Exercise Physiology) from CSU Northridge and her Ed.D. in Education (emphasis Learning & Instruction/Exercise Physiology) from the University of Southern California. 

Dr. Henige is a Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist (National Strength and Conditioning Association) and a Certified Exercise Physiologist (American College of Sports Medicine). Dr. Henige is an active member of the American Physiological Society (APS) and regular reviewer for Advances in Physiology Education. She is also an active member of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM).

At CSUN, Dr. Henige supervises the Peer Learning Facilitator Program for exercise physiology courses within the department. In addition, she supervises Commit to be Fit, a fitness program on campus for staff, faculty, students, and the local CSUN community.

Her research interests are in the area of science education, specifically improving the cognitive and affective domains of the learning experience for students in exercise physiology.