Ramona Weber

I completed my PhD at Kansas State University under the mentorship of Dr(s). David C. Poole and Timothy I. Musch, where my research focused on skeletal muscle oxygen transport dysfunction in cardiovascular disease and cancer and therapeutic modalities to improve cardiovascular health, exercise tolerance, muscle oxygen delivery, and microvascular function. As a Post Doctoral Fellow in the Precision Exercise Research Laboratory, my research explores how exercise influences the immune system after sepsis—a condition where long-term immune suppression accelerates hospital readmissions. Specifically, I investigate how post-sepsis exercise training affects myeloid cell function, including sex-specific immune responses, using both preclinical and clinical approaches. The overarching goal of this research is to improve patient outcomes and reduce the risk for hospital readmission for sepsis survivors.