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Ceren Yarar-Fisher, PT, PhD

Associate Professor/ Vice Chair of Research
Ohio State University/ Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Homewood, Alabama, United States

Dr. Yarar-Fisher is an Associate Professor and Vice Chair of Research at the Ohio State University Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Director of Clinical Research at the Belford Center for Spinal Cord Injury. Her translational research program focuses on understanding the pathophysiology of traumatic spinal cord injury in the acute and chronic stages with the purpose of developing novel dietary and rehabilitation strategies to improve neuro-recovery, metabolism, and bowel function. Thus, her laboratory is currently developing and testing therapeutic diets and electrical stimulation programs to evaluate new ways to prevent neuronal death, promote recovery and function in the acute stages and improve body composition, gut microbiome composition, and skeletal muscle and metabolic health in the chronic stages of SCI. She has received several NIH and NIDILRR funding to support her investigations in SCI. She was selected as one of the 10 Outstanding Young Persons of Turkey by Junior Chamber International for her work in Academic leadership and accomplishment. She served two years as Treasurer, Chair-Elect, and Chair in American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM) SCI-Special Interest Group, and is a member of ACRM, Academy of Spinal Cord Injury Professionals, American College of Sports Medicine and American Physiological Society. Dr. Yarar-Fisher’s goal in mentoring is to have trainees leave her laboratory with the training and integrity to become leaders in their chosen field. Her mentoring style is empowerment- oriented, culturally sensitive, and excellence-driven. Dr. Yarar-Fisher intentionally created a space within her laboratory that harnesses her team’s collective interests to build a strong team with a common goal of contributing discoveries in SCI research and medicine and improving the quality of life for those impacted by the injury while recognizing and celebrating her team’s diverse backgrounds and identities. She believes science works best to produce novel insights when influenced by diverse ideas from individuals working together. She has had the privilege of mentoring a wide variety of students and trainees, including 3 high school students, 6 medical students, 4 Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation residents, 12 physical therapy students, 2 doctoral students, and 1 post-doctoral trainee. She has also mentored 4 international visiting doctoral students and 2 visiting faculty from Hacettepe University/Turkey via Erasmus International Credit Mobility Program. Throughout her career, Dr. Yarar-Fisher has devoted time to support the critical peer-review process, serving as an editorial board member of a prestigious SCI journal, an active manuscript reviewer for several peer-reviewed journals, abstract reviewer for prestigious organizations including the ACRM, and ad-hoc reviewer for the various NIH, DOD, NIDILRR study sections.

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