Moh H. Malek, PhD, has received notification that one of his articles has been selected and evaluated to be placed in the prestigious Faculty of 1000 (IF100) library as among the top two percent of published articles in biology and medicine. Malek is an associate professor in Physical Therapy and director of the Integrative Physiology of Exercise Laboratory, Department of Health Care Sciences in the Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences.

His article cited for the honor is "(-)-Epicatechin enhances fatigue resistance and oxidative capacity in mouse muscle," which was published in the Sept. 14, 2011 edition of the Journal of Physiology (pp. 4615-463). Click here to read the article.

As described on its website, "Faculty of 1000 (F1000) identifies and evaluates the most important articles in biology and medical research publications. Articles are selected by a peer-nominated global 'Faculty' of the world's leading scientists and clinicians who then rate them and explain their importance. Launched in 2002, F1000 was conceived as a collaboration of 1000 international Faculty Members. . . . The remit of the service continues to grow and the Faculty now numbers more than 10,000 experts worldwide. Their evaluations form a fully searchable database containing more than 100,000 records and identifying the best research available."

Malek joined the college's Physical Therapy program in fall 2010. He earned his PhD in exercise physiology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Malek completed postdoctoral training in angiogenesis and held a faculty position in the Division of Physiology, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego (UCSD). His lines of research include assessment of neuromuscular response using noninvasive mythology, skeletal muscle capillarity, gas exchange parameters in healthy and clinical populations as well as issues related to research methodology and statistical analyses. He is a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA). Malek has more than 50 peer-reviewed papers published. In 2010, he was awarded the Terry J. Housh Young Investigator of the Year by the NSCA.

The Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, one of the founding colleges of Wayne State University, is committed to advancing the health and well-being of society through the preparation of highly skilled health care practitioners, and through research to improve health care practices and treatment from urban to global levels.

Wayne State University is a premier urban research institution offering more than 400 academic programs through 13 schools and colleges to nearly 32,000 students.

Contact: Kathleen J. Karas, APR
Phone: 313-577-2312
Email: kkaras@wayne.edu