Heath G. Gasier, LCDR
Heath G. Gasier, LCDR
Name: Heath G. Gasier, LCDR
Department of Primary Appointment: Military & Emergency Medicine
Position: USU Faculty
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Since our first graduating class in 1980, the USU's MDs. Nurses and graduates in biomedical sciences provide exceptional service through service in the U.S. Military and civilian careers of distinction. Today, America's Medical School has 691 enrolled students and 5,043 graduates. Over 1,300 graduates in Biomedical Sciences lead aggressive research in medical research. Today's 663 graduates of the School of Nursing blend science, research and field training in advanced practice and PhD degrees. The USU's Postgraduate Dental College provides advanced degree's to the military's dental community, graduating 72 students since establishment.
The University's research program covers a range of clinical and other topics important to both the military and public health. Infectious diseases, trauma medicine, health maintenance, and cancer are areas of particular strength. Researchers are also making important new efforts in state-of-the-art fields that cut across disciplines, such as genomics, proteomics, and drug-delivery mechanisms.
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AFRRI mission is to preserve the health and performance of U.S. military personnel and to protect humankind through research that advances understanding of the effects of ionizing radiation.
To these ends, the institute collaboratively researches the biological effects of ionizing radiation and provides medical training and emergency response to manage incidents related to radiation exposure.
Name: Heath G. Gasier, LCDR
Department of Primary Appointment: Military & Emergency Medicine
Position: USU Faculty
Title:
Heath G. Gasier, LCDR, MSC, USN is a Research Physiologist assigned to the Department of Military and Emergency Medicine as an Assistant Professor. He enlisted in the U. S. Navy in 1991 and served onboard the USS Denver (LPD-9) as an Operations Specialist, deploying to Mogadishu, Somalia in support of Operation Restore Hope. Upon leaving active duty, he earned a B.S. in Nutrition from Youngstown State University (2000), completed a Dietetic Internship from University Hospitals of Cleveland (2001), and earned a M.S. in Nutrition from Case Western Reserve University (2002) while serving in the Ohio U. S. Army National Guard as a Construction Equipment Repairer. Following graduate school, he was commissioned as a 2nd Lt. in the U. S. Air Force and assigned to Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, TX as a Registered Dietitian (2002). In 2005 he left active duty to pursue his Ph.D. in Exercise Physiology, earning his degree in 2009 from Texas A&M University prior to receiving a commission as a LT in the U. S. Navy. His was first assigned to the Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory, Groton, CT where he examined the effects of prolonged submergence on skeletal health and obesity, and the role of nitric oxide in regulation of physiological responses to diving and performing work at high altitude. In 2013, he was reassigned to Duke University Medical Center, Center for Hyperbaric Medicine and Environmental Physiology as a Research Scholar, completing a fellowship in Environmental Physiology (2015) under Dr. Claude Piantadosi and Dr. Ivan Demchenko. His research was aimed at understanding the physiological and biochemical effects of metabolic gasses on the central nervous system under hyperbaric hyperoxic conditions.
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