Dr. Klingerman earns tenure and promotion to associate professor


Dr. Candice Klingerman
Dr. Candice Klingerman was granted tenure and promotion to associate professor. Dr. Klingerman earned her Ph.D. from Lehigh University and conducted a post-doctoral fellowship at Penn State College of Medicine.  At Bloomsburg University, she teaches  Introduction to Nutrition, Anatomy and Physiology I and II laboratories,  Internship in Biology, Current Topics: Hormones and Obesity, and Current Topics: Animal Behavior. She has attended workshops sponsored by the Teaching and Learning Enhancement program, the PASSHE Learning Academy, and the Council of Undergraduate Research.  Dr. Klingerman’s research focuses on the neuroendocrine control of nutrition and reproduction. Her laboratory examines the mechanisms underlying diseases of energy dysregulation, such as obesity, from an evolutionary standpoint. She has published five peer-reviewed manuscripts and a letter to the editor of a scientific journal in the past five years. These manuscripts were published in peer-reviewed journals such as Integrative Comparative Biology and Toxicological Sciences.  Her most recent publication, appearing in the journal Hormones and Behavior, is involved s a collaboration with graduate student Shanda Burroughs, 2018 BAHS alumni Taylor Trautwein and Arjun Dalsania, and faculty members Dr. Jennifer Venditti, and Dr. William Schwindinger. This study was the first to show that a protein called prokineticin-2 simultaneously enhances reproductive behavior and decreases feeding behaviors in female hamsters, while ghrelin, a hormone secreted by the stomach and hypothalamus, had opposite effects. While further investigation is required, these novel findings suggest a potential use of prokineticin-2 as a treatment for obesity and sexual dysfunction.  Dr. Klingerman and her student researchers have given eight oral presentations at local and regional meetings. Her students have regularly presented their work at the College of Science and Technology Research Day. Since coming to Bloomsburg University she has garnered two Research and Scholarship grants amounting to $20,000 to support her work. In the department Dr. Klinger has served on several key committees, namely the Ad-hoc Animal Facility Committee, the Classroom Observation Subcommittee of our Department Evaluation Committee, the Search and Screen Committee, the Curriculum Committee, the Sabbatical Committee, and the Equipment and Facilities Committee. She was elected to the University-wide Sabbatical Committee. She shares her experience in animal research by serving on the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee. Congratulations Dr. Klingerman!

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