D.C. Nieman

D.C. Nieman is a High Senior Professor at Appalachian State University. His research focuses on exercise immunology, specifically how exercise workload modulates immune health, and the role of the gut microbiome, including Prevotella copri, in post-exercise inflammation. His recent work also explores multi-omics signatures of lifestyle, sports nutrition interventions such as betaine and pemmican supplementation, and the long-term cardiovascular effects of marathon running. He has published extensively in leading journals, including JAMA Cardiology and Frontiers in Immunology, and his research integrates applied physiology, kinesiology, and public health perspectives.