Shlomit Aizik

Shlomit Aizik, PhD, serves as Executive Director of the Research Center for Exercise Medicine and Sleep (RCEMS) and Division Chief of Exercise Medicine at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) School of Medicine. She holds the rank of Professor in the Department of Pediatrics. Her work focuses on neonatal hypoxia’s impact on growth, inflammation, and cardiovascular systems.

Research interests include mechanisms of hypoxia-induced chronic inflammation in preterm infants, with emphasis on cytokines (TNF-α, IL-6), growth factors (IGF-I, VEGF), and microRNA regulation (miR-206) in cardiac and skeletal muscle adaptation. Key areas involve identifying biomarkers for early interventions against hypoxia’s long-term effects.

No articles beyond the highlighted study were explicitly attributed to her in the provided text. Grants supporting her work include NIH grants P01 HD048721 and UL1 TR000153.