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Education

B.S., Exercise Physiology, Aristotelian University (Greece);  M.S., Clinical Exercise Physiology, Queens College, CUNY

Dissertation Research

The Role of Mitochondrial DNA Mutations in Sarcopenia:  Implications for the Mitochondrial 'Vicious cycle' Theory and Apoptosis

Publications

Sanz A, Hiona A, Kujoth GC, Seo AY, Hofer T, Kouwenhoven E, Kalani R, Prolla TA, Barja G, Leeuwenburgh C.  Evaluation of sex differences on mitochondrial bioenergetics and apoptosis in mice. Exp Gerontol. 2007 Mar;42(3):173-82.  abstract

Kujoth GC, Hiona A, Pugh TD, Someya S, Panzer K, Wohlgemuth SE, Hofer T, Seo AY, Sullivan R, Jobling WA, Morrow JD, Van Remmen H, Sedivy JM, Yamasoba T, Tanokura M, Weindruch R, Leeuwenburgh C, Prolla TA.  Mitochondrial DNA mutations, oxidative stress, and apoptosis in mammalian aging. Science. 2005 Jul 15;309(5733):481-4.  abstract

Hiona A, Leeuwenburgh C.  Effects of age and caloric restriction on brain neuronal cell death/survival. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2004 Jun;1019:96-105.  abstract

Abstracts Presented at Meetings

Hiona A, Leeuwenburgh C. Life Long Caloric Restriction Counteracts Apoptotic Effects of Aging in the Brain and Bolsters the Action of Apoptosis Inhibitors. FASEB J 19(5): A1666, 2005 .  Experimental Biology Conference, San Diego, April, 2005.

R. Puttagunta, A. Hiona, T. Pugh, A. Chaudhuria, C. Leeuwenburgh and T. Prolla. Does mthsp70 Overexpression inhibit p53-dependent Apoptosis in Mice? AGE Meeting, Oakland, June, 2005.

Fardy, P. S., FACSM, A. Azzollini, J.R. Magel, FACSM, S. Kohn, L. Tekverk, E. Correa, A. Hiona.  Differences in Health Behaviors Between Smokers and Non-smokers in Urban v. Rural Teenagers: The Path Program.  Med Sci Sports Exerc 32:S147, 2000.

Fardy, P. S., A. Azzollini, J.R. Magel, S. Kohn, L. Tekverk, E. Correa, A. Hiona.  Comparing Health Behaviors and Risk Factors Between Rural Teenage Smokers and Non-smokers: The Path Program. J Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation 19:302, 1999.

Honors & Awards

American Heart Association Pre-Doctoral Fellowship, Florida/Puerto Rico Affiliate.  July 2004-July 2006.  “The use of p66Shc knockout mice to investigate the mechanisms responsible for cardiomyocyte apoptosis with age”.

Leighton E. Cluff Award for Aging Research, University of Florida, April 2005.