Derek Madden  PhD

Professional licenses:

Phlebotomy (CPT-!)

Emergency Medical Technician (NREMT)

Recent Activities:

Speaker: National Aging Society of America (presenting research on movement and arthritis).

Smithsonian institute scientist (research on movement and monkey arthritis).

International Instructor of Biology (CCIE International Education Award).

Rain-forest canopy-connections.... and a small primate. J of Tropical Ecol (Cambridge Univ Press).

Symbiotic ants...defense against giraffe. Oecologia, Springer-Verlag.

Sea turtle nesting... sandy beach ecosystem. Biotropica.

Large African browsers and thorny acacia in Kenya. African J of Ecol.

Our research addresses the question: Why is arthritis rare in wild monkeys?

We examine the possible effects of movement on the stimulation of cartilage. One application of this research is to understand how wide ranging movements (such as done in stretching, yoga, long strides, etc.) may stimulate articular cartilage in joints.