Bio - Robert Coker

B.S. in Physical Education, North Georgia College, Dahlonega, GA, 1982-1986
M.Ed. in Physical Education, North Georgia College, Dahlonega, GA, 1988-1989
Ph.D. in Exercise Physiology, University of Mississippi, University, MS, 1991-1995
Postdoctoral Fellow in Physiology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 1995-1998
Visiting Fellow in Physiology, Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1998-1999

Experience

Exercise Physiologist, Methodist Hospitals of Memphis, Memphis, TN, 1995-1999.
Assistant Professor, Department of Exercise Science, University of Mississippi, University, MS, 1999-2001.
Assistant Professor, Department of Geriatrics, UAMS, Little Rock, AR, 2001-2007.
Consultant, Pfizer Global Research and Development, New London, CT, 2004-2010.
Associate Professor (tenured), Department of Geriatrics, UAMS, Little Rock, AR, 2007-2013
Consultant, Healthspan Solutions, LLC, Little Rock, AR 2007-2011
Research Health Scientist, Veterans Healthcare System, Little Rock, AR, 2008-2010
Co-Owner and Lead Scientist, Essential Blends, LLC, Sterling, AK 2013-present
Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Geriatrics, UAMS, Little Rock, AR, 2013-present
Principal Investigator, Center for Alaska Native Health Research, Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2013-present
Associate Professor, Department of Biology and Wildlife, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 2013-present