Profiles

Kathleen Matt, Ph.D.
Associate Vice President for Biomedical Affairs and Clinical Partnerships
Franca G. Oreffice Dean’s Distinguished Professor of Kinesiology
Address:

Office of Vice President for Research & Economic Affairs

ASU Fulton Center, Suite 310 – Mail Code 7205

Tempe, AZ 85287-7205
Phone: (480) 965-7906

Fax: (480) 965-8293

Email: kmatt@asu.edu
Office of Clinical Partnerships

About:

Dr. Kathleen S. Matt is the Associate Vice President for Biomedical Affairs and Clinical Partnerships at Arizona State University. In this capacity serves as a liaison between ASU and various community partners in facilitating clinical collaboration and innovation. In addition, Dr. Matt is the Franca G. Oreffice Dean’s Distinguished Professor of Kinesiology and a founding faculty member at the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix, in partnership with Arizona State University.

Dr. Matt received her Ph.D. in endocrine physiology from the University of Washington, Seattle, and did a NIH post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio. Her research involves both animal and human studies focused on the effects of stress, diet, aging, and exercise on the neuroendocrine system. Research topics investigated in her laboratory include: the effects of aging on neuroendocrine systems and linkages to risk for disease, the impact of stress and exercise on disease activity in individuals with rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis, and the effects of chronic separation stress on the neuroendocrine system in an animal model. Her research has been funded by NIH, National Arthritis Foundation, NASA and the Arizona Center for Disease Control. She served for one year as an Endocrine Society Health Policy Fellow for the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, in the office of the committee chair, Senator James Jeffords (1998-1999). In that position she was instrumental in the writing and introduction of the “Medicare Wellness Act” and the “Patch Act”, a home health bill.

Research:

Dr. Matt studies the complex interactions between the mind and body at the Neuroendocrine Clinical Research Center. Through both animal and human studies, she researches the effects of stress, diet, aging, and exercise on the neuroendocrine system. Research topics investigated in her laboratory include:

the effects of aging on neuroendocrine systems and linkages to risk for disease;
the impact of stress and exercise on disease activity in individuals with rheumatooid arthritis and osteoarthritis; and
the effects of chronic separation stress on the neuroendocrine system in an animal model.

Her research has been funded by NIH, National Arthritis Foundtion, NASA, and the Arizona Center for Disease Control. She has over 50 publications and has lectured extensively on topics of health and aging, stress and aging and interdisciplinary research.

Selected
Publications:

Matt, K.S. and Stetson, M.H.: Hypothalamic‑pituitary‑gonadal interactions during spontaneous testicular recrudescence in the golden hamster (Mesocricetus auratus). Biol. Reprod. 20:739‑746, 1979.

Matt, K.S. and Stetson, M.H.: A comparison of serum hormone titers in golden hamsters during testicular growth induced by pinealectomy and photoperiodic stimulation. Biol. Reprod. 23:893‑898, 1980.

Matt, K.S.: Sensitivity of the hypothalamic pituitary axis to negative feedback in a photoperiodic species. IN: Functional Correlates of Hormone Receptors in Reproduction. V. Mahesh, T.G. Muldoon, B.B. Saxena and W.A. Sadler (eds.), Elsevier North Holland, New York, 1980, pp. 499 501.

Matt, K.S., Michael C. Moore, Rosemary Knapp and Ignacio T. Moore. Sympathetic mediation of stress and aggression: plasma catecholamines in free-living male tree lizards. Physiology and Behavior 61 (5): 639-647, 1997.

Kopp-Woodroffe, S.A., Manore, M.M., Dueck, C.A., Skinner, J.S., and Matt, K.S. Energy and nutrient status of amenorrheic athletes participating in a diet and exercise training intervention program. International Journal of Sports Nutrition 9: 70-88, 1999.

Sandoval, D.A, and Matt, K.S. Gender Differences In The Endocrine And Metabolic Responses to Hypoxic Exercise, JAP 92: 504-512, 2002.

Traustadottir, T., Bosch, P. and Matt, K. S. Gender Differences in Cardiovascular and Hypothalamic- Pituitary-Adrenal Axis Responses to Psychological stress in Healthy Older Adults, Stress, 6: 133- 140, 2003.

Traustadóttir, T., Bosch, P., Cantu, T. and Matt, K.S. HPA Axis Response and Recovery from High Intensity Exercise in Women: Effects of Aging and Fitness. JCEM, 89:3248–3254, 2004.

Traustadottir, T., Bosch, P. and Matt, K. S. The HPA Axis Response to Psychological Stress in Women: Effects of Aging and Fitness, Psychoneuroendocrinology, 30:392-402, 2005.

K. Matt, M. Irving, G. Hook, I. Yusen, F. Eagar, K. Kirschner, R. Crea and M. Bitler, Olive Vegetation Water Supplement Decreases Disease Activity in Patients with Osteoarthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis. Nutrition Research. Volume 27, Issue 8, August 2007, Pages 470-477.