Vanessa Yingling, Ph.D., FACSM

121 Pearson Hall

215-204-4471

yingling@temple.edu

Biography

The failure to accrue peak bone mass during the adolescent years represents a missed opportunity to optimize bone mass during one's life. As a result the primary goal of my laboratory, the Skeletal Adaptation and Development Laboratory, is to identify the role of endocrine status, nutrition, and exercise in the development of peak bone strength. Specifically, we are currently testing the hypothesis that delayed puberty has a negative affect on the osteogenic response of bone to physical activity during bone strength development. A second project will detect the effect of delayed pubertal development on the mechanism of bone loss at maturity. We want to learn whether peak bone strength is diminished due to factors during growth and adolescence and if this deficit has long term consequences. Proposals for funding have been submitted to the National Institutes of Health and are pending approval.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING:

Post-doctoral Fellow (1997-1999)

Washington University, School of Medicine

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

Advisor: Matthew Silva, Ph.D.

Ph.D. Biomechanics, October 1997

University of Waterloo

Department of Kinesiology

Advisor: Stuart M. McGill, Ph.D.

M.S. Exercise Science (Biomechanics), 1993

State University of New York at Buffalo (SUNY)

Department of Physical Therapy and Exercise Science

Advisors: Scott White, Ph.D. & H. John Yack, Ph.D.

B.S. Bioengineering, 1991

University of California; San Diego

(Revelle College)

Publications/Presentations

Yingling, V. R., Saine, M.E., Joshi, R. (2009). Hypothalamic suppression decreases bone strength pre and post puberty in a rat model. Calcified Tissue Int. 84: 485-493

{Also cited in Progress in Osteoporosis Vol. 10, Issue 4, 2009}

Yingling, V. R. (2009). A delay in pubertal onset affects the covariation of body weight, estradiol and bone size in female rats. Calcified Tissue Int., 84(4):286-296.

Yingling, V. R., Taylor, G., (2008). Delayed pubertal development by hypothalamic suppression causes an increase in periosteal modeling but a reduction in bone strength in growing female rats. Bone, 42(6), 1137-43.

Yingling, V. R., Y. Xiang, T. Raphan, M. Schaffler, K. Koser, R. Malique. (2007) The effect of a short-term delay of puberty on trabecular bone mass and structure in female rats: A texture-based and histomorphometric analysis. Bone, 40(2):419-424.

Y. Xiang, Yingling, V. R., T. Raphan, M.B. Schaffler, R. Malique. (2007) Comparative Assessment of Bone Mass and Structure Using Texture-Based and Histomorphometric Analyses., Bone, 40(2):544-552.

Yingling, VR , Khaneja, A. (2006) Short-term delay of puberty causes a transient reduction in bone strength in growing female rats. Bone. Jan;38(1):67-73

Wendy M. Kohrt, Ph.D., FACSM (chair), Susan A. Bloomfield, Ph.D., FACSM, Kathleen D. Little, Ph.D., Miriam E. Nelson, Ph.D., FACSM, and Vanessa R. Yingling, Ph.D., American College of Sports Medicine Position Stand: physical activity and bone health.
Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2004 Nov;36(11):1985-96.

Yingling, VR, Davies, S, Silva,MJ (2001) The effects of repetitive physiologic loading on bone turnover and mechanical properties in adult female and male rats. Calcif Tissue Int. 68(4):235-239

Additional Info

Structural changes due to environmental factors such as nutrition and exercise during growth.