Dr. Douglas Oberlin

Degrees and Sources of Degrees

• PhD in Exercise Physiology from the University of North Carolina, Greensboro (2016)
• MS in Exercise Physiology from the University of Missouri (2011)
• BS in Nutrition and Exercise Physiology from the University of Missouri (2011)

Profile

DJ Oberlin is an Assistant Professor in the Exercise Science program in the Department of Exercise Sciences and Recreation at Lehman College CUNY. He earned his BS in Nutrition and Exercise Physiology as well as MS in Exercise Physiology with a concentration in nutrition from the University of Missouri, and his PhD in Exercise Physiology from UNC Greensboro. He had post-doctoral experiences at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine: Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism Institute, and at NYU's center for neuroscience. He began teaching at Lehman College as an adjunct in 2018 before becoming a full-time faculty member in 2020.

Selected Publications

• Hugo Zambrano, Xavier Torres, Max Coleman, Martino V. Franchi, James P. Fisher, Douglas Oberlin, Bas Van Hooren, Paul A. Swinton & Brad J. Schoenfeld (2023) Myoelectric activity during electromagnetic resistance alone and in combination with variable resistance or eccentric overload. Sci Rep 13, 8212 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-35424-w (Role: Worked with graduate students. Percent time: 5%).
  
  
• Plotkin D, Coleman M, Van Every D, Maldonado J, Oberlin D, Israetel M, Feather J, Alto A, Vigotsky AD, Schoenfeld BJ. 2022. Progressive overload without progressing load? The effects of load or repetition progression on muscular adaptations. PeerJ 10:e14142 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14142 (Role: Assisted in performing the study, oversaw graduate students. Percent time: 5%)
  
  
• Van Every DW, Coleman M, Rosa A, Zambrano H, Plotkin D, Torres X, Mercado M, De Souza EO, Alto A, Oberlin DJ, Vigotsky AD. Loaded inter-set stretch may selectively enhance muscular adaptations of the plantar flexors. Plos one. 2022 Sep 1;17(9):e0273451. (Role: Assisted in performing the study, oversaw graduate students. Percent time: 10%)
  
  
• Basso Julia C., Oberlin Douglas J., Satyal Medha K., O’Brien Catherine E., Crosta Christen, Psaras Zach, Metpally Anvitha, Suzuki Wendy A. (2022) Examining the Effect of Increased Aerobic Exercise in Moderately Fit Adults on Psychological State and Cognitive Function. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience Vol. 16. DOI=10.3389/fnhum.2022.833149 (Role: Performed exercise testing and data analysis. Wrote portions of the manuscript. Percent time: 30%)
  
  
• Eubank JM, Oberlin DJ, Alto A, Sahyoun NR, Asongwed E, Monroe-Lord L and Harrison EA (2022) Effects of Lifestyle Factors on Cognition in Minority Population of Older Adults: A Review. Front. Nutr. 9:841070. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2022.841070 (Role: helped to conceive review idea, and wrote part of the manuscript. Percent time: 20%)
  
  
• Lemke, Michael K., Oberlin, Douglas J., Apostolopoulos, Yorghosa, Hege, Adam,| Sönmez, Sevile, Wideman, Laurie. (2021) Work, physical activity, and metabolic health: Understanding insulin sensitivity of long-haul truck drivers. Work, vol. 69, no. 1, pp. 225-233. DOI: 10.3233/WOR-213472(Role: helped develop project, collected data, and wrote a rough draft for the manuscript. Percent Time: 5%)
  
  
• Sai P. Pydi, Zhenzhong Cui, Zhenyan He, Luiz F. Barella, Jonathan Pham, Yinghong Cui, Douglas J. Oberlin, Hale Ergin Egritag, Nikhil Urs, Oksana Gavrilova, Gary J. Schwartz, Christoph Buettner, Kevin W. Williams, Jürgen Wess (2020) Beneficial metabolic role of β-arrestin-1 expressed by AgRP neurons. Science Advances Vol. 6, No.23, eaaz 1341. PMID: 32537493 PMCID: PMC7269658 (Role: Worked with mice, and ran western blots. Percent time: 10%)
  
  
• Julia C. Basso, Alexandra McHale, Victoria Ende, Douglas J. Oberlin, Wendy A. Suzuki (2019) Brief, daily meditation enhances attention, memory, mood, and emotional regulation in non-experienced meditators. Behavioural Brain Research 356 (2019) 208–220 (Role: helped with design, data processing, and analysis. Percent time: 5%)
  
  
• Andrew C. Shin, Nika Filatova, Claudia Lindtner, Seta Degann, Tiffany Chi, Douglas Oberlin and Christoph Buettner (2017) Insulin receptor signaling in POMC, but not AgRP, neurons controls adipose tissue insulin action Diabetes Volume 66, 1560-1571 PMID: 28385803 (Role: worked with animals, processed tissues, ran western blots. Percent time: 50%)
  
  
• Fischer K, Ruiz HH, Jhun K, Finan B, Oberlin DJ, van der Heide V, Kalinovich AV, Petrovic N, Wolf Y, Clemmensen C, Shin AC, Divanovic S, Brombacher F, Glasmacher E, Keipert S, Jastroch M, Nagler J, Schramm KW, Medrikova D, Collden G, Woods SC, Herzig S, Homann D, Jung S, Nedergaard J, Cannon B, Tschöp MH, Müller TD, Buettner C. (2017) Alternatively activated macrophages are unable to synthesize catecholamines and do not contribute to adipose tissue adaptive thermogenesis. Nat Med Volume 23, Number 5, 623-630 PMID: 28414329 (Role: Worked with animals running experiments. Processed tissues and ran western blots. Precent time: 50%)
  
  
• Liu P1, Ji Y, Yuen T, Rendina-Ruedy E, DeMambro VE, Dhawan S, Abu-Amer W, Izadmehr S, Zhou B, Shin AC, Latif R, Thangeswaran P1, Gupta A1, Li J, Shnayder V, Robinson ST, Yu YE, Zhang X, Yang F, Lu P, Zhou Y, Zhu LL, Oberlin DJ, Davies TF, Reagan MR, Brown A, Kumar TR, Epstein S, Iqbal J, Avadhani NG7, New MI1, Molina H, van Klinken JB, Guo EX, Buettner C, Haider S10, Bian Z, Sun L1, Rosen CJ, Zaidi M. (2017) Blocking FSH induces thermogenic adipose tissue and reduces body fat. Nature PMID: 2853873 (Role: Worked with animals running experiments. Processed tissues and ran western blots. Precent time: 50%)
  
  
• Oberlin, D., Buettner, C. (2017) How does Leptin Restore Euglycemia in Insulin-Deficient Diabetes? Journal of Clinical Investigation Volume 127, issue 2pgs 450-453. PMCID; 5272168 (Role: wrote the manuscript. Percent time: 95%)
  
  
• Paul F. Mellick, Bryan J. Feger, Douglas J. Oberlin, Paul G. Davis, Laurie Wideman (2017) High-Intensity Exercise and Carbohydrate Supplementation do not Alter Plasma Visfatin. Journal of Sports Science and Medicine Volume 16, 69-76. ISSN: 1303 – 2968. (Role: Helped run the experiments. Worked on blood assays, and helped analyze data. Percent time: 50%)
  
  
• Yorghos Apostolopoulos, Michael K. Lemke, Adam Hege, Sevil Sonmez, Huiyan Sang, Douglas J. Oberlin, Laurie Wideman (2016) Comparison of Cardiometabolic Risk Markers Between Truck Drivers and the General US Population. JOEM Volume 58, Number 11, pgs 1098-1105. PMID: 27820759 (Role: collected data and processed blood samples. Ran blood assays and assisted with analysis. Percent time: 50%)
  
  
• Wideman L, Apostolopoulos Y, Labban J, Oberlin DJ, Sonmez S. (2016) Obesity Indices are Predictive of Elevated C-Reactive Protein in Long-Haul Truck Drivers. American Journal of Industrial Medicine Volume 59, issue 8 pgs 665-675. PMCID; 27400443 (Role: collected data and processed blood samples. Ran blood assays and assisted with analysis. Percent time: 50%)
  
  
• Oberlin, DJ, Smith J, Ritsche K, Wideman L. (2015) High Intensity interval Training in Healthy Males Does Not Improve Markers of Insulin Sensitivity. Journal of Sports Science Volume 3 Number 2, pgs 49-56. doi: 10.17265/2332-7839/2015.02.001 (Role: ran blood assays, performed data analysis, and wrote manuscript. Percent Time: 90%)
  
  
• Jun Jiang, Leryn J. Boyle, Catherine R. Mikus, Douglas J. Oberlin, Justin A. Fletcher, John P. Thyfault, Pamela S. Hinton (2014) The effects of improved metabolic risk factors on bone turnover markers after 12 weeks of simvastatin treatment with or without exercise. METABOLISM CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL. Volume 63, Issue11, pgs 1398-1408.PMCID; 25151031
  
  
• Eifert EK, Wideman L, Oberlin DJ, Labban J. (2014) The Relationship Between Physical Activity and Perceived Health Status in Older Women: Findings from the Woman’s College Alumni Study. Journal of Women and Aging Volume 26, issue 4 pgs 305-318. PMCID; 25133943
  
  
• Oberlin DJ, Mikus CR, Hinton, PS, Kanaley JA, Rector RS, Thyfault JP. (2014) One Bout of Exercise Alters Free-Living Postprandial Glycemia in Type 2 Diabetes. MSSE Volume 46, No 2, pgs 232-238. PMCID; 23872939
  
  
• Mikus CR, Boyle LJ, Borengasser SJ, Oberlin DJ, Naples SP, Fletcher J, Meers GM, Ruebel M, Laughlin MH, Dellsperger KC, Thomas TR, Fadel PJ, Thyfault JP. (2013) Simvastatin Impairs Exercise-Mediated Improvements in Cardiorespiratory Fitness; Journal of the American College of Cardiology Volume 62, Number 8, pgs 709-714. PMCID; 23583255
  
  
• Mikus CR, Roseguini BT, Uptergrove GM, Morris ME, Rector RS, Libla JL, Oberlin DJ, Borengasser SJ, Taylor AM, Ibdah JA, Laughlin HM, Thyfault JP. (2012) Voluntary wheel running selectively augments insulin-stimulated vasodilation in arterioles from white skeletal muscle of insulin resistant rats. Microcirculation. 2012 Jul 16. doi: 10.1111/j.1549-8719.2012.00210 PMCID; 22804760
  
  
• Mikus CR, Oberlin DJ, Libla JL, Taylor AM, Booth FW, Thyfault JP (2012) Lowering Physical Activity Impairs Glycemic Control in Healthy Volunteers. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, Vol 44, 2 PMCID; 21716152
  
  
• Mikus CR, Oberlin DJ, Libla JL, Boyle LJ, and Thyfault JP, (2012) Glycemic control is improved by 7 days of aerobic exercise training in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes. Diabetologia, Vol. 55, 5 PMCID; 22311420
  
  
• Mikus CR, Fairfax ST, Libla JL, Boyle LJ, Vianna LC, Oberlin DJ, Uptergrove GM, Deo SH, Kim A, Kanaley JA, Fadel PJ, and Thyfault JP. (2011) Seven days of aerobic exercise training improves conduit artery blood flow following glucose ingestion in patients with type 2 diabetes. J Appl Physiol September 2011 111:(3) 657-664; published ahead of print July 7, 2011, PMCID; 21737826
  
  
• Mikus CR, Fairfax ST, Boyle LJ, Vianna LC, Oberlin DJ, Deo SH, Kim A, Kanaley JA, Fadel PJ, Thyfault JP, (2010). Seven Days of Aerobic Exercise Improves Hyperemic Responses to Glucose Ingestion in Patients with T2DM. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, Vol. 42, 3 doi: 10.1249/01.MSS.0000389556.14659.56
  
  
• Boyle LJ, Mikus CR, Libla JL, Oberlin DJ, Fadel PJ, Thyfault JP, (2010). GIP and GLP Responses to a Glucose Challenge after Seven Days of Exercise Training. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, Vol. 42, 87 doi: 10.1249/01.MSS.0000389431.31761.3b