August 2025

ENDOCRINOLOGY

CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS PLAY A ROLE IN MUSCLE REPAIR

Featuring: ​Clara B. Peek, PhD
Episode Summary​
Circadian rhythms play a role in how quickly damaged muscles heal, according to a Northwestern Medicine study published in Science Advances. Clara Peek, PhD, assistant professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics and Medicine in the Division of Endocrinology, who was senior author of the study, discusses how the findings could have implications for shift workers and may also prove useful in understanding the effects of aging and obesity.

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Clara B. Peek, PhD, is an assistant professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, and assistant professor of Endocrinology.

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