Craig Porter

High Impact

Professor

Last publication 2026 Last refreshed 2026-05-16

faculty

Peds Pediatrics, College of Medicine

cporter@uams.edu

36 h-index 204 pubs 5,641 cited

Biography and Research Information

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Craig Porter, a Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine, investigates skeletal muscle function, metabolism, and recovery following injury and physical inactivity. His research group focuses on understanding the impact of various factors, including exercise, nutrition, and inflammation, on muscle health. Porter has published extensively on topics related to burn injury rehabilitation, exercise physiology in older adults, and the role of specific nutrients like leucine in muscle recovery.

His work also examines energy expenditure and thermogenic capacity in adipose tissue, exploring how environmental factors like housing temperature can influence metabolic processes. Porter has received funding for research related to muscle damage and recovery, with a focus on nutritional strategies to mitigate negative effects. He has a significant publication record, evidenced by his h-index of 35 and over 5,500 citations, and is recognized as a highly cited researcher. His collaborations include work with D Sadler, James D. Sikes, Shannon Rose, and Elisabet Børsheim, all from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.

Metrics

  • h-index: 36
  • Publications: 204
  • Citations: 5,641

Selected Publications

  • Muscle glycogen metabolism is rapidly dysregulated in critical illness, which may have implications for muscle ATP resynthesis and ICU acquired weakness. (2026)
  • Carnitine deficiency alters fuel metabolism and voluntary wheel running in mice (2026)
  • Characterizing Human Milk RNA Degradation Over Time to Optimize Storage of Human Milk for RNA Quality (2026)
  • Novel murine partial tracheal occlusion model with altered respiratory dynamics (2025)
  • Mitochondrial respiratory function in human platelets: Influence of sample preparation, assay buffer, and instrumental platform (2025)
  • Shared and distinct adaptations to early‐life exercise training based on inborn fitness (2025)
    2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Determination of Burn Size in Mouse Models of Burn Injury: A Scoping Review of Studies Leveraging Scald and Contact Burns (2025)
  • Impact of the metabolic disease status in obesity and surgical weight loss on human adipose tissue bioenergetics (2025)
    6 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Shared and distinct adaptations to early-life exercise training based on inborn fitness (2024)
  • HOUSING TEMPERATURE ALTERS BURN-INDUCED HYPERMETABOLISM IN MICE (2024)
  • Maternal hemoglobin A1c and left ventricular hypertrophy in infants of mothers with pre-gestational diabetes (2024)
    1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Protonophore treatment augments energy expenditure in mice housed at thermoneutrality (2024)
    2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Parental cardiorespiratory fitness influences early life energetics and metabolic health (2023)
    4 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Muscle glycogen metabolism is rapidly dysregulated in critical illness and associates with ICU acquired weakness (2023)
  • Skeletal Muscle Bioenergetics in Critical Limb Ischemia and Diabetes (2023)
    1 citation DOI OpenAlex

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Grants & Funding

  • No FP attached UAMS ACHRI Flow Through Principal Investigator
  • No FP attached UAMS ACHRI Flow Through Principal Investigator
  • ACRI GF034110 Porter The Role of the Mitochondrion in the Metabolic Stress Response to Burn Trauma NIH/Nat. Inst. of General Medical Sciences Principal Investigator
  • No FP attached UAMS ACHRI Flow Through Principal Investigator
  • No FP attached UAMS ACHRI Flow Through Principal Investigator

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185 Collaborators 35 Institutions 7 Countries

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