Michael Toth
Professor of Medicine
Vice Chair for Research, Department of Medicine
Co-Director, Office of Research and Engagement
PRONUNCIATION T-oe-th (uses long ‘o’)
Larner College of Medicine
89 Beaumont Avenue
Firestone 260
Burlington, VT 05405
United States
- Ph.D., Physiology, University of Maryland at Baltimore
- B.S., Biological Sciences, University of Vermont
- Postdoctoral Training, Isotope Tracers, University of Vermont
Areas of expertise
skeletal muscle biology, physical disability, rehabilitation, muscle, physiology, aging, heart failure, cancer, knee osteoarthritis, sarcopenia, cachexia, atrophy, myofilaments.
BIO
Dr. Michael Toth is a Professor and Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology. He has run a laboratory studying skeletal muscle biology that has been funded for >25 years by NIH that includes studies in model systems and human patients. Clinical studies have been conducted in a range of populations, from young healthy volunteers to older adult patients with complex medical conditions or in the acute, post-surgical period. His laboratory assesses skeletal muscle structure and function in humans using a variety of clinical and basic science research techniques, from in-depth molecular and cellular phenotyping of human patients to randomized, controlled clinical trials. He is recognized as an expert in how aging and acute and chronic disease impact skeletal muscle biology and the use of rehabilitative interventions to mitigate the detrimental effects of these conditions, with over 130 peer-reviewed publications. He has served as a reviewer for NIH F, K, R, P, and U series grants as both a sitting and ad hoc member of numerous NIH study sections. More recently, he was named as the co-Director of the new LCOM Office of Research and Engagement.
Publications
Awards and Achievements
- 1993 Student Investigator of the Year: New England Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine
- 1994 Graduate Merit Award: University of Maryland at Baltimore
- 1995 American Federation for Aging Research Glenn Foundation Scholarship for Research in the Biology of Aging
- 2003 New Investigator Award from the Endocrinology and Metabolism Section of the American Physiological Society
- 2014 Silver Stethoscope Teaching Award, UVM College of Medicine
Bio
Dr. Michael Toth is a Professor and Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology. He has run a laboratory studying skeletal muscle biology that has been funded for >25 years by NIH that includes studies in model systems and human patients. Clinical studies have been conducted in a range of populations, from young healthy volunteers to older adult patients with complex medical conditions or in the acute, post-surgical period. His laboratory assesses skeletal muscle structure and function in humans using a variety of clinical and basic science research techniques, from in-depth molecular and cellular phenotyping of human patients to randomized, controlled clinical trials. He is recognized as an expert in how aging and acute and chronic disease impact skeletal muscle biology and the use of rehabilitative interventions to mitigate the detrimental effects of these conditions, with over 130 peer-reviewed publications. He has served as a reviewer for NIH F, K, R, P, and U series grants as both a sitting and ad hoc member of numerous NIH study sections. More recently, he was named as the co-Director of the new LCOM Office of Research and Engagement.
Publications
Awards and Achievements
- 1993 Student Investigator of the Year: New England Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine
- 1994 Graduate Merit Award: University of Maryland at Baltimore
- 1995 American Federation for Aging Research Glenn Foundation Scholarship for Research in the Biology of Aging
- 2003 New Investigator Award from the Endocrinology and Metabolism Section of the American Physiological Society
- 2014 Silver Stethoscope Teaching Award, UVM College of Medicine