Director, Pediatric Exercise and Genomics Research Center (PERC)
UC Irvine School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics
Shlomit Aizik is the director of UC Irvine Health Pediatric Exercise and Genomics Research Center (PERC) working to advance pediatric exercise medicine through clinical and laboratory research using genomic and epigenetic approaches, and to promote and foster community partnerships to encourage physical activity in children. She completed her PhD dissertation in the Functional Genomics Unit at Sheba Medical Center, Tel Aviv University and received her PhD degree in Physiology and Pharmacology from Tel Aviv University, Israel. Her research focus on the intersection of functional genomics, exercise physiology, and exercise immunology with the goal to uncover the molecular mechanisms of both acute and long-term health effects of exercise and training during childhood and adolescence on healthy children, and on children with chronic diseases and special needs.
