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Meredith completed her undergraduate degree in Exercise Science at Carson-Newman University in Jefferson City, TN in 2007. In 2009, she completed her MS in Exercise Physiology at Texas A&M University under the direction of Dr. Demetra Christou. During this time, she participated in research projects examining the role of mineralocorticoid receptors on vascular function with aging and the metabolic syndrome in human subjects. She completed her PhD in Exercise Physiology in 2013, also at Texas A&M University, under the direction of Dr. Chris Woodman. Her doctoral research focused on identifying the physiological mechanisms accounting for the age-related decline in vascular endothelial function in rodent models. Additionally, she also focused on identifying the physiological signals associated exercise training that mediate the negative effects of aging on vascular function.  Currently, she is working as a post-doc at the University of Oregon in the Exercise and Environmental Physiology Lab, under the direction of Dr. John Halliwill. Here, her research focus is on determining the role of the histaminergic system in sustained post-exercise blood flow, this signals associated with this system, and the effect of aging on the histaminergic system.