Kathleen Light

Kathleen C. Light, PhD is a Research Professor of in the department of Anesthesiology in University of Utah School of Medicine. Professor Light (and her husband, Alan Light) are known for their work on post-exertional gene expression after exercise.

Education
NIH/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Post-doctoral Fellowship - Cardiovascular Psychophysiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Ph.D. - Life-span Developmental Psychology, Syracuse University M.A. - Life-span Developmental Psychology, Syracuse University A.B. - Psychology, Vassar College

Publications related to ME/CFS

 * 2016, Iacob, E., Light, A.R., Donaldson, G.W., Okifuji, A., Hughen, R.W., White, A.T., and Light, K.C. (2016) Gene expression factor analysis to differentiate pathways linked to fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, and depression in a diverse patient sample. Arthritis Care and Research (Hoboken), Jan;68(1):132-40. doi: 10.1002/acr.22639. PMID: 26097208
 * 2013, Light, K.C., Agarwal, N., Iacob, E., White, A.T., Kinney, A.Y., Vanhaitsma, T.A., Aizad, H., Hughen, R.W., Bateman, L., and Light, A.R. (2013) Differing leukocyte gene expression profiles associated with fatigue in patients with prostate cancer versus chronic fatigue syndrome. Psychoneuroendocrinology, Sep 6. doi:pii: S0306-4530(13)00297-7. 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2013.08.008 [Epub ahead of print
 * 2012, Light AR, Bateman L, Jo D, Hughen RW, Vanhaitsma TA, White AT, Light KC.(2012) Gene expression alterations at baseline and following moderate exercise in patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia Syndrome. Journal of Internal Medicine. 2012 Jan;271(1):64-81. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2796.2011.02405.x. Epub 2011 Jul 13.
 * 2012, White AT, Light AR, Hughen RW, Vanhaitsma TA, Light KC (2012) Differences in metabolite-detecting, adrenergic, and immune gene expression after moderate exercise in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome, patients with multiple sclerosis, and healthy controls. Psychosomatic Medicine.74(1):46-54. doi: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e31824152ed. Epub 2011 Dec 30.
 * 2012, Light KC, White AT, Tadler S, Iacob E, Light AR. Genetics and Gene Expression Involving Stress and Distress Pathways in Fibromyalgia with and without Comorbid Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Pain Research and Treatment. 2012:427869. doi: 10.1155/2012/427869
 * 2011, Shin CH, Bateman L, Schlaberg R, Bunker AM, Leonard CJ, Hughen RW, Light AR, Light KC, Singh IR. (2011) Absence of XMRV retrovirus and other murine leukemia virus-related viruses in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome. Journal of Virology. 2011 Jul;85(14):7195-202. doi: 10.1128/JVI.00693-11.
 * 2011, Albright F, Light K, Light A, Bateman L, Cannon-Albright LA. (2011) Evidence for a heritable predisposition to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. BMC Neurology, 2011 May 27;11:62. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-11-62.
 * 2010, Light, A.R. Vierck, C.J., and Light, K.C. (2010) Chapter 11: Myalgia and Fatigue—Translation from Mouse Sensory Neurons to Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndromes In: Translational Pain Research – From Mouse to Man, Lawrence Kruger and Alan Light, editors; Taylor and Francis.
 * 2010, White, A.T., Light, A.R., Hughen, R.W., Bateman, L., Martins, T.B., Hill, H.R., and Light, K.C. (2010) Severity of symptom flare after moderate exercise is linked to cytokine activity in chronic fatigue syndrome. Psychophysiology, 47(4):615-24. doi: 10.1111./j.1469-8986.2010.00978.x
 * 2009, Light, A.R., White, A.T., Hughen, R.W., and Light, K.C. (2009) Moderate Exercise Increases Expression for Sensory, Adrenergic, and Immune Genes in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Patients But Not in Normal Subjects. The Journal of Pain, 10:1099-1112.

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 * 2014, Sufferers of chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia have hope in new diagnostic tool