Krista Howarth

Krista Howarth serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Kinesiology within the Faculty of Science at McMaster University. Her academic career at McMaster spans from undergraduate studies through to her current faculty position, demonstrating deep institutional commitment and expertise in exercise physiology.

Her educational foundation includes:

• Ph.D. in Kinesiology from McMaster University (2007)
• MSc in Kinesiology from McMaster University (2002)
• Honours Bachelor of Kinesiology from McMaster University (2000)

Dr. Howarth's research program centers on exercise metabolism and human physiological adaptation, with particular expertise in skeletal muscle response to exercise stress, protein metabolism during recovery, and metabolic adaptations to different training modalities. Her laboratory investigations have significantly advanced understanding of how nutritional interventions affect muscle recovery and how various exercise protocols induce specific metabolic changes in human skeletal muscle. The research demonstrates rigorous methodology with controlled human trials examining substrate utilization, enzyme regulation, and metabolic pathways during exercise and recovery.

Her scholarly trajectory reveals consistent productivity across two decades, evolving from foundational metabolic studies to broader applications including recent work on diversity in clinical assessment. This demonstrates both depth in her core expertise and expansion into related areas addressing contemporary issues in health sciences.

As an educator, Dr. Howarth maintains an extensive teaching portfolio across McMaster's Kinesiology program, consistently instructing foundational courses including Human Anatomy and Physiology I & II, Cardiorespiratory and Metabolic Exercise Physiology, and Exercise Testing and Prescription since 2017. Her teaching responsibilities demonstrate commitment to both undergraduate education and specialized training in exercise physiology principles.