Carson, James Professor

James Carson, Ph.D., is a Professor in the Department of Kinesiology & Sports Management at Texas A&M University. He also serves as the Director of the Huffines Institute for Sports Medicine and Human Performance Director. Before moving to Texas A&M, he served as Senior Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies in the College of Health Professions at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis (UTHSC). He also served as Executive Director of the Tennessee Institute for Regenerative Medicine. He has been a tenured Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy at UTHSC and the Department of Exercise Science at the Arnold School of Public Health at the University of South Carolina (USC). While on the faculty at USC, he served as Department Chair and the Associate Director for the Center for Colon Cancer Research at USC. Dr. Carson is a physiologist who incorporates preclinical disease modeling with analysis using molecular biology, cell biology, physiology, and genetics techniques. He is the author of over 127 peer-reviewed muscle biology/physiology and exercise publications that have over 11,700 citations. The NIH and other federal agencies have funded his research through several mechanisms. He has been a regular grant review panel member for several federal funding agencies, including the NIH and Veterans Affairs. He is an Associate Editor for two journals. In his various administrative roles, he has been heavily involved in academic program growth, program restructuring, faculty recruitment, faculty mentorship, and student mentorship in research.