Nathaniel Thom

Hometown: Stevens Point, WI Undergraduate: B.S. in Biology - Univ. of Wisconsin, 2001 Graduate Program: M.S. in Exercise Science - UGA                              Ph.D. (in progress): UGA Dept. of                              Kinesiology

Current research interests: I am interested in the effect of exercise on anger. Currently I am using event-related potential indices of emotion processing to develop a set of pictures to elicit anger, and in the future I plan to evaluate the effects of exercise on anger and aggression in youth with aggressive behavior as well as individuals with cardiovascular disease. I am also conducting research in the UGA Exercise Psychology Laboratory.

Publications:
Thom, N.J., Holmes, P.V., and Dishman, R.K. (2008).  Effects of wheel running on male copulatory behavior and galanin mRNA in the medial preoptic area after β-adrenoreceptor blockade.  Submitted to Neuroscience Letters. 

Dishman, R.K., Thom, N.J., Smith, J.C.  (2008).  Effects of acute exercise on Hoffman reflex during affective picture viewing.  In preparation (all data collected, analysis 1/3 completed); to be submitted to Psychophysiology. 

Dishman, R.K., Thom, N.J., Puetz T.W., O’Connor, P.O., and Clementz, B.A. (2008).  Spontaneous EEG activity after acute and chronic aerobic exercise.  In preparation (all data collected, analysis 3/4 finished); to be submitted to Psychophysiology. 

Imboden, M., Shi, F., Pugh, T.D., Freud, A.G., Thom, N.J., Hank, J.A., Hao, Z., Staelin, S.T., Sondel, P.M., & Mahvi, D.M. (2003). Safety of IL-12 gene therapy against cancer: A murine biodistribution and toxicity study. Human Gene Therapy, 14(11), 1037-48.

Presentation:
Dissertation proposal presented to the scientists at the National Institute of Mental Health Center for the Study of Emotion and Affect.  Spring, 2008.  Gainesville, FL. 

Honors:
Clifford Gray Lewis Graduate Assistantship (1/3 time graduate stipend, tuition waver) from the Department of Kinesiology, The University of Georgia, 2008. 

Louise E. Kindig Research Award ($1000) from the Department of Kinesiology, The University of Georgia, Athens Georgia, for best doctoral proposal, 2008. 

Travel funding ($300) from the College of Education at The University of Georgia to present at the national American College of Sports Medicine meeting, 2006, Denver, CO.]

Graduate Student Association Ambassador for the Department of Kinesiology at The University of Georgia.

Invited to be the graduate representative for The University of Georgia's College of Education Dean's Student Advisory Committee.