Gretchen Meyer, PhD

Medical School Department Orthopedic Surgery
Research Program Breast Cancer Research
Gretchen Meyer

Researcher Background

Primary Academic Title

Associate Professor of Physical Therapy, Neurology, and Orthopedic Surgery, WashU Medicine

Training

  • 2011 - 2014: Postdoctoral Fellowship, Stem Cell Bioengineering , University of California, San Diego, CA

Education

  • 2004: BS, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
  • 2004: MS, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
  • 2011: PhD, University of California, San Diego, CA

Research & Selected Publications

Research Interest

My lab focuses on how local and systemic features of disease impact skeletal muscle contractile function. In the area of cancer, we are beginning exploration of tumor and chemotherapeutic effects on muscle contraction (in combination with or independent of muscle wasting).

Research Publications

A catecholamine-independent pathway controlling adaptive adipocyte lipolysis.
Authors:

Zhang X, Panicker SS, Bollinger JM, one or more additional authors omitted Meyer GA, one or more additional authors omitted Scheller EL

Journal & Year:

Nat Metab • 2026