Micah Battson

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Micah Battson

Associate Professor of Nutrition

Nutrition

Office Hours

Fall 2025:
- Tuesday 1-2 PM and 3:30-4:30 PM (in-person or virtual)
- Wednesday 3-5 PM (virtual)
- Thursday 2-3 PM (in-person or virtual)

Research Interests

    My research interests include the impact of diet on obesity and cardiometabolic diseases, such as type 2 diabetes and heart disease. I am also interested in the role of the gut microbiota as a mediating factor between dietary patterns and human health and disease.

Teaching Interests

    I love blending my passions for biochemistry, metabolism, integrative physiology and nutrition science to help others appreciate the extraordinary ways that diet and other lifestyle factors can maintain and promote optimal health.

Education

PhD in Food Science and Human Nutrition

Colorado State University

MS in Integrative Physiology

University of Colorado Boulder

Other in Liberal Arts and Sciences with Emphasis in Science and Mathematics

Santa Barbara City College

Other in Liberal Arts with Emphasis in Biomedical Sciences

Santa Barbara City College

BS in Biochemistry

University of California Los Angeles

Other in Biological Sciences

Santa Barbara City College

Other in Chemistry

Santa Barbara City College

Published Works

    Heiss, J. C., Lilly, L., Battson, M., Karl, H. . Effect of nut butters on blood glycemic control, satiety, and weight: A structured review. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, Heiss, J. C., Lilly, N. L., Isom, K., Murray, E., Battson, L. M., Karl, H. . Adding Nuts or Nut Butters Can Improve Glycemic Response to a High Glycemic Load Meal. [Manuscript submitted for publication]. British Journal of Nutrition. Trikha, S. S., Lee, M. D., Ecton, E. K., Wrigley, D. S., Vazquez, R. A., Litwin, S. N., Thomas, N. K., Wei, Y., Battson, L. M., Johnson, A. S., Kuhn, A. K., Colgan, P. S., Gentile, L. C., Weir, L. T. (2021). Transplantation of an obesity-associated human gut microbiota to mice induces vascular dysfunction and glucose intolerance. Gut Microbes, 13(1), e1940791 (16 pages). https://doi.org/10.1080/19490976.2021.1940791. Gioscia-Ryan, R., Clayton, Z., Connell, M., Richey, J., Cuevas, L., Rossman, M., Battson, L. M., Ziemba, B., Hutton, D., VanDongen, N., Seals, R. D. (2021). Lifelong voluntary aerobic exercise prevents age- and Western diet- induced vascular dysfunction, mitochondrial oxidative stress, and inflammation. The Journal of Physiology, 599(3), 911-925. https://doi.org/10.1113/JP280607. Lee, M. D., Ecton, E. K., Trikha, J. S., Wrigley, D. S., Thomas, N. K., Battson, L. M., Wei, Y., Johnson, A. S., Weir, L. T., Gentile, L. C. (2020). Microbial metabolite indole-3-propionic acid supplementation does not protect mice from the cardiometabolic consequences of a Western diet.. American Journal of Physiology. Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, 319(1), G51-G62. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpgi.00375.2019. Ryan, P. S., Newman, A. A., Wilburn, R. J., Rhoades, D. L., Trikha, J. S., Godwin, C. E., Schoenberg, M. H., Battson, L. M., Ewell, R. T., Luckasen, J. G., Biela, M. L., Melby, L. C., Bell, C. (2020). Sodium Glucose Co-Transporter 2 Inhibition Does Not Favorably Modify the Physiological Responses to Dietary Counselling in Diabetes-Free, Sedentary Overweight and Obese Adult Humans.. Nutrients, 12(2). https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12020510. Lee, M. D., Sevits, J. K., Battson, L. M., Wei, Y., Cox-York, A. K., Gentile, L. C. (2019). Monounsaturated fatty acids protect against palmitate-induced lipoapoptosis in human umbilical vein endothelial cells.. PloS One, 14(12), e0226940. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0226940. Battson, L. M., Lee, M. D., Li Puma, C. L., Ecton, E. K., Thomas, N. K., Febvre, P. H., Chicco, J. A., Weir, L. T., Gentile, L. C. (2019). Gut microbiota regulates cardiac ischemic tolerance and aortic stiffness in obesity.. American Journal of Physiology. Heart and Circulatory Physiology, 317(6), H1210-H1220. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpheart.00346.2019. Brunt, E. V., Gioscia-Ryan, A. R., Richey, J. J., Zigler, C. M., Cuevas, M. L., Gonzalez, A., Vázquez-Baeza, Y., Battson, L. M., Smithson, T. A., Gilley, D. A., Ackermann, G., Neilson, P. A., Weir, L. T., Davy, P. K., Knight, R., Seals, R. D. (2019). Suppression of the gut microbiome ameliorates age-related arterial dysfunction and oxidative stress in mice.. The Journal of Physiology, 597(9), 2361-2378. https://doi.org/10.1113/JP277336. Battson, L. M., Lee, M. D., Weir, L. T., Gentile, L. C. (2018). The gut microbiota as a novel regulator of cardiovascular function and disease.. The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry, 56-15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnutbio.2017.12.010. Gioscia-Ryan, A. R., Battson, L. M., Cuevas, M. L., Eng, S. J., Murphy, P. M., Seals, R. D. (2018). Mitochondria-targeted antioxidant therapy with MitoQ ameliorates aortic stiffening in old mice.. Journal of Applied Physiology, 124(5), 1194-1202. https://doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.00670.2017. Battson, L. M., Lee, M. D., Jarrell, K. D., Hou, S., Ecton, E. K., Weir, L. T., Gentile, L. C. (2018). Suppression of gut dysbiosis reverses Western diet-induced vascular dysfunction.. American Journal of Physiology. Endocrinology and Metabolism, 314(5), E468-E477. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpendo.00187.2017. Lee, M. D., Battson, L. M., Jarrell, K. D., Hou, S., Ecton, E. K., Weir, L. T., Gentile, L. C. (2018). SGLT2 inhibition via dapagliflozin improves generalized vascular dysfunction and alters the gut microbiota in type 2 diabetic mice.. Cardiovascular Diabetology, 17(1), 62. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12933-018-0708-x. Battson, L. M., Lee, M. D., Gentile, L. C. (2017). Endoplasmic reticulum stress and the development of endothelial dysfunction.. American Journal of Physiology. Heart and Circulatory Physiology, 312(3), H355-H367. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpheart.00437.2016. Lee, M. D., Battson, L. M., Jarrell, K. D., Cox-York, K., Foster, T. M., Weir, L. T., Gentile, L. C. (2017). Fuzhuan tea reverses arterial stiffening after modest weight gain in mice.. Nutrition, 3366-270. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nut.2016.07.010. Battson, L. M., Lee, M. D., Jarrell, K. D., Hou, S., Ecton, E. K., Phan, B. A., Gentile, L. C. (2017). Tauroursodeoxycholic Acid Reduces Arterial Stiffness and Improves Endothelial Dysfunction in Type 2 Diabetic Mice.. Journal of Vascular Research, 54(5), 280-287. https://doi.org/10.1159/000479967. Gioscia-Ryan, A. R., Battson, L. M., Cuevas, M. L., Zigler, C. M., Sindler, L. A., Seals, R. D. (2016). Voluntary aerobic exercise increases arterial resilience and mitochondrial health with aging in mice.. Aging, 8(11), 2897-2914. https://doi.org/10.18632/aging.101099. Justice, N. J., Gioscia-Ryan, A. R., Johnson, C. L., Battson, L. M., de Picciotto, E. N., Beck, J. H., Jiang, H., Sindler, L. A., Bryan, S. N., Enoka, M. R., Seals, R. D. (2015). Sodium nitrite supplementation improves motor function and skeletal muscle inflammatory profile in old male mice.. Journal of Applied Physiology, 118(2), 163-9. https://doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.00608.2014. Strong, V., Uribe-Romo, J. F., Battson, L. M., Kaner, R. (2012). Oriented polythiophene nanofibers grown from CdTe quantum dot surfaces.. Small, 8(8), 1191-6, 1125. https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.201101983.