Appointment

Assistant Professor, Department of Integrative Medical Sciences
Course Director, Cardiovascular, Pulmonary & Renal (CPR) Curriculum

Educational Background

Ph.D., Physiology and Pharmacology, West Virginia University, 2011
B.S., Molecular Biology/Biotechnology, Clarion University of Pennsylvania, 2003
B.S., Biology, Clarion University of Pennsylvania, 2003

Biography

I earned my Ph.D. in Cellular & Integrative Physiology at West Virginia University in the laboratory of Dr. Jefferson Frisbee, studying microvascular dysfunction in obesity and metabolic disease. I completed postdoctoral training with Dr. Johnathan Tune at the Indiana University School of Medicine, where I later served as Assistant Clinical Professor of Anatomy, Cell Biology and Physiology and Director of the Pre-Professional M.S. Program.

In 2021, I joined Northeast Ohio Medical University, where I direct the first year Cardiovascular, Pulmonary and Renal (CPR) curriculum, contributed to the Gastrointestinal-Reproductive-Endocrine (GRE) systems block, and support cardiovascular physiology content in the new Bitonte College of Dentistry.

I am committed to mentoring students and trainees at all levels and encourage learners to reach out with questions about cardiovascular research, physiology, or medical education.

Research interests

Research in the Goodwill Laboratory focuses on the interplay between myocardial contractile function and delivery of oxygen/nutrients via coronary bloodflow.

Overall, the Goodwill Laboratory has a goal of improving our understanding of the key regulators that link oxygen demand with delivery while also exploring how this delicate balance can become disrupted. Our laboratory employs a top-down approach beginning at the level of dysfunction and investigating which dysregulated mediators may be responsible for the imbalances associated with cardiac pathologies.

Studies routinely begin with in vivo and progress to the molecular with the goal therapeutic targets for the treatment of cardiovascular disease.

Courses

Cardiovascular, Pulmonary and Renal (CPR)
Gastrointestinal-Reproductive-Endocrine Systems (GRE)

Awards

American Physiological Society – Teaching Section Research Recognition Award
American Physiological Society – Cardiovascular Section Research Recognition Award
Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine – Burton E. Sobel Award for Excellence in Cardiovascular Research
NEOMED Junior Faculty Award
Indiana University Trustee Teaching Award

Academic and professional activities

Editorial Boards: Frontiers in Cardiovascular Therapeutics, Review Editor (2021-current); Scientific Reports (2018-21)

Featured Presentations

Coronary Vascular Dysfunction in Obesity. AG Goodwill. Experimental Biology, Philadelphia, PA. United States, 2022-04
The Importance of PV Loops. A.G. Goodwill. The 43rd Scientific Conference of the Korean Society of Heart Failure. Seoul South Korea 2021-09
Mechanisms of Coronary Flow Control in Swine Models of Health and Disease A.G. Goodwill Experimental Biology, San Diego, CA, United States, 2018-04
Dysfunctional Adipose Tissue in Disease Pathogenesis A.G. Goodwill. American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, Anaheim CA, United States, 2017-11
Tumor necrosis factor alpha contributes to vascular dysfunction and skeletal muscle microvascular rarefaction in the obese Zucker rat. A.G. Goodwill, J.T. Butcher, J.C. Frisbee. Microcirculatory Society President’s Symposium II, Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States, 2011-04;

Distinction

American Physiological Society – Cardiovascular Section Fellow

Adam Goodwill, Ph.D., FCVS