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Marni Shoemaker

Shoemaker, Marni

Title

Assistant Professor

Office Building

Wagner Hall

Office

413

Mailing Address

Wagner Hall 413
School of Health & Consumer Sci-Box 2275A
University Station
Brookings, SD 57007

Biography

Dr. Shoemaker is an Assistant Professor in the School of Health and Consumer Sciences and a Registered Dietitian. Her research involves both nutrition and exercise physiology by focusing on how nutrition and exercise impact skeletal muscle health across the lifespan to improve performance and health outcomes. She has performed research looking at nutrition and performance in youth and college-age athletes and nutritional deficiencies with aging. She has also examined metabolic and muscle oxygenation characteristics of sarcopenic older adults. Overall, her research aims on improving skeletal muscle health as a whole throughout different populations to best promote productivity, longevity, and quality of life. She teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in nutrition and sports nutrition. She is also a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) and certified as a USA-weightlifting coach, aiming to bring both nutritional and exercise instruction together in both research and applied settings.

Education

The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX
Doctor of Philosophy, Interdisciplinary Health Sciences (2022)
Dissertation: Inflammaging: Inflammatory biomarkers associated with nutrition, metabolism, and muscle tissue oxygenation relative to sarcopenic status in older adults

University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
Nutrition and Health Sciences Dietetic Internship (2017)

University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
Master of Science, Nutrition and Health Sciences: Specialization in Exercise Physiology and Nutrition (2015)

Augustana College, Sioux Falls
Bachelor of Arts in Biology and Exercise Science (2013)

Awards and Honors

NSCA Foundation Women’s Scholarship, National Strength and Conditioning Association
SCAN Graduate Student Poster Presentation Award, Sports Cardiovascular and Wellness Nutrition
Dr. Marie E. Knickrehm Memorial Scholarship, Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Foundation
Arnold E. Schaefer Memorial Scholarship, Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Foundation
Dean’s Fellowship for 2018-2019 Academic Year, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Charlotte Kern Scholarship, Nebraska Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

Professional Memberships

Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND)
National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA)
American Society of Nutrition (ASN)
United States of America Weightlifting
American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM)
Sports, Cardiovascular, and Wellness Nutrition (SCAN)

Work Experience

2022- Present Assistant Professor of Nutrition, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD

Area(s) of Research

Peer Reviewed Publications:
Gillen ZM, Housh TJ, Schmidt RJ, Herda TJ, De Ayala RJ, Shoemaker ME, Cramer JT. (Accepted September 2022). Differences in neuromuscular responses during isometric muscle actions before and after pubescence. Journal of Science in Sport and Exercise.

Gillen ZM, Shoemaker ME, Cramer, JT. (Accepted Aug 2022). Electromyographic and mechanomyographic responses during isokinetic leg extensions in children versus adolescents. Journal of Science in Sport and Exercise.

Shoemaker ME, Salmon OF, Smith CM, Duarte-Gardea MO, Cramer JT. (2022). Influences of vitamin D and iron Status on skeletal muscle health: A narrative review. Nutrients. Jun 29;14(13):2717. doi: 10.3390/nu14132717.

Pereira, SL, Shoemaker, ME, Gawel, S, Davis, GJ, Luo M, Mustad VA, Cramer, JT. (2022). Biomarker changes in response to a 12-week supplementation of an oral nutritional supplement enriched with protein, vitamin D and HMB in malnourished community dwelling older adults with sarcopenia. Nutrients, 14(6), 1196; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14061196

Shoemaker, ME, Pereira, SL, Mustad VA, Gillen, ZM, McKay BD, Lopez-Pedrosa, JM, Rueda, R, Cramer, JT. (2022). Differences in muscle energy metabolism and metabolic flexibility between non-sarcopenic and sarcopenic older adults. Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia, and Muscle, Feb 2022. Epub ahead of print. doi: 10.1002/jcsm.1293

Shoemaker ME, Huynh, LM, Smith, CM, Mustad, VA, Duarte, MO, Cramer, JT. (2022). Immunomodulatory effects of vitamin D and prevention of respiratory tract infections and COVID-19. Topics in Clinical Nutrition, 37(3):203-217. doi: 10.1097/TIN.0000000000000284

Gillen ZM, Mustad VA, Shoemaker ME, Mckay, BD, Leutzinger TJ, Lopez-Pedrosa JM, Rueda R, Cramer JT. (2021). Impact of slow- versus rapidly-digesting carbohydrates on substrate oxidation in pre-pubertal children. Clinical Nutrition, 40(6): 3718-3728, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnu.2021.05.004

Gillen ZM, Housh TJ, Schmidt RJ, Herda TJ, De Ayala RJ, Shoemaker ME, Cramer JT. (2021). Comparisons of muscle strength, size, and activation in pre- and post-pubescent males and females. European Journal of Applied Physiology, Epub ahead of print, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00421-021-04717-1

Shoemaker ME, Gillen ZM, Cramer JT. (Accepted April 2021). Impacts of meat intake on growth, body composition, and performance in children and adolescents: A review. Integrative Food, Nutrition and Metabolism.

Gillen ZM, McHugh MP, Shoemaker ME, Cramer JT. (2021). Comparisons of countermovement jump force profiles in youth athletes. Translational Sports Medicine, Epub ahead of print, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1002/tsm2.257

Gillen ZM, Shoemaker ME, Bohannon NA, Gibson SM, Cramer JT. (2021). Effects of eccentric preloading on concentric vertical jump performance in young female athletes. Journal of Science in Sport and Exercise. 3, 98-106. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42978-020-00098-7

Gillen ZM, Shoemaker ME, Bohannon NA, Gibson SM, Cramer JT. (2020). Comparing the torque- and power-velocity relationships between children and adolescents during isokinetic leg extension muscle actions. Human Movement Science, 74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.humov.2020.102678

Shoemaker ME, Gillen ZM, McKay BD, Leutzinger TJ, Mustad VA, Cramer JT. (2020). Endogenous versus exogenous carbohydrate oxidation measured by stable isotopes in pre-pubescent children plus 13C abundances in foods consumed three days prior. Metabolism Open, 15(7):100041. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.metop.2020.100041

Gillen, ZM, Shoemaker ME, McKay BD, Bohannon NA, Gibson SM, Cramer JT. (2020). Peak torque explains more unique variability in growth measurements than rate of torque development in young males and females. JSCR. 34(9):2507-214. https://doi.org/10.1519/JSC.0000000000003728

Gillen ZM, Shoemaker ME, McKay BD, Bohannon NA, Gibson SM, Cramer JT. (2020). Leg extension strength, explosive strength, muscle activation, and growth as predictors of vertical jump height and peak power in youth athletes. Journal of Science in Sport and Exercise, 2(4). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42978-020-00067-0

Bohannon NA, Gillen ZM, Shoemaker ME, Gibson SM, Cramer JT. (2020). Test-retest reliability of static and counter-movement power push-ups tests in 6-16-year-old male athletes. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 34(9):2456-2464. https://doi.org/10.1519/JSC.0000000000003684

Gillen ZM, Shoemaker ME, McKay BD, Bohannon NA, Gibson SM, Cramer JT. (2020). Influences of the stretch-shortening cycle and arm swing on vertical jump performance in children and adolescents. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, Epub ahead of print. https://doi.org/10.1519/JSC.0000000000003647

Shoemaker ME, Gillen ZM, McKay BD, Koehler K, Cramer JT. (2020). High prevalence of poor iron status among 8 to 16-year-old youth athletes: Interactions among biomarkers of iron, dietary intakes, and biological maturity. Journal of the American College of Nutrition, 39(2):155-162. https://doi.org/10.1080/07315724.2019.1621229

Shoemaker ME, Gillen ZM, McKay BD, Fisher JA, Hansen C, Bohannon NA, Gibson SM, Koehler K, Cramer JT. (2019). Effects of sports nutrition education on athletic performance and iron status in high school-aged youth athletes. Journal of Clinical Nutrition and Food Science, 2(2): 010-018.

Gillen ZM, Jahn LE, Shoemaker ME, McKay BD, Mendez AI, Bohannon NA, Cramer JT. (2019). Effects of eccentric pre-loading on concentric vertical jump performance in youth athletes. Journal of Applied Biomechanics, 35(5): 327-335, 35(5):327-335. https://doi.org/10.1123/jab.2018-0340

Shoemaker ME, Gillen ZM, McKay BD, Bohannon NA, Gibson SM, Cramer JT. (2019). Sex-specific relationships among iron status biomarkers, athletic performance, maturity, and dietary intakes in pre-adolescent and adolescent athletes. Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition, 16(1): 42, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12970-019-0306-7

Gillen ZM, Shoemaker ME, McKay BD, Bohannon NA, Gibson SM, Cramer JT. (2019). Muscle strength, size, and neuromuscular function before and during adolescence. European Journal of Applied Physiology, 119(7): 1619-1632. . https://doi.org/10.1007/s00421-019-04151-4

Gillen ZM, Shoemaker ME, McKay BD, Cramer JT. (2019). Performance differences between National Football League and high school American football combine participants. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 90(20):227-233. https://doi.org/10.1080/02701367.2019.1571679

Gillen ZM, Shoemaker ME, McKay BD, Cramer JT. (2019). State population influences athletic performance combine test scores in high school-aged American football players. International Journal of Exercise Science, 12(6): 256-262, eCollection. PMID: 30761209

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