Sarah Wherry, PhD
Assistant Professor, Medicine-Geriatrics
Graduate Schools
- MS, Marywood University
- PhD, Arizona State University
Undergraduate School
- BS, Pennsylvania State University (PA)
Languages
EnglishDepartment
Medicine-GeriatricsProfessional Titles
- Director of Exercise Program Quality and Delivery, VA Denver Gerofit
Publications
- Wherry SJ. Calcium balance: considerations for the bone response to exercise. J Bone Miner Res. 2024 Apr 19;39(3):191-192. PubMed PMID: 38484138
- Beavers KM, Wolle BR, Ard JD, Beavers DP, Biehl O, Brubaker PH, Burghardt AJ, Calderone CT, Carballido-Gamio J, Fanning J, Kohrt WM, Love M, MacLean CM, Nicklas BJ, Stapleton J, Swanson CM, Weaver AA, Worden M, Wherry SJ. The Bone, Exercise, Alendronate, and Caloric Restriction (BEACON) trial design and methods. Contemp Clin Trials. 2024 Nov;146:107692. PubMed PMID: 39293778
- Abbate LM, Jordan SR, Ho PM, Matlock DD, Allen KD, Wherry S, Wellington T, Buxo ZJ, Richardson V, McGuire C, Pearson M, Hall KS, Nearing KA. Older Veterans' perspectives on participation in a clinical exercise program: A qualitative study of the VA Gerofit exercise program. SAGE Open Med. 2024;12:20503121241271759. PubMed PMID: 39206229
- Robbins R, Porter Starr KN, Addison O, Parker EA, Wherry SJ, Ikpe S, Serra MC. Prevalence and socio-economic determinates of food insecurity in Veterans: findings from National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Public Health Nutr. 2023 Jul;26(7):1478-1487. PubMed PMID: 36912105
- Wherry SJ, Swanson CM, Kohrt WM. Acute catabolic bone metabolism response to exercise in young and older adults: A narrative review. Exp Gerontol. 2022 Jan;157:111633. PubMed PMID: 34826573
- Beavers KM, Beavers DP, Fernandez AZ, Greene KA, Swafford AA, Weaver AA, Wherry SJ, Ard JD. Risedronate use to attenuate bone loss following sleeve gastrectomy: Results from a pilot randomized controlled trial. Clin Obes. 2021 Dec;11(6):e12487. PubMed PMID: 34569167
- Wherry SJ, Blatchford PJ, Swanson CM, Wellington T, Boxer RS, Kohrt WM. Maintaining serum ionized calcium during brisk walking attenuates the increase in bone resorption in older adults. Bone. 2021 Dec;153:116108. PubMed PMID: 34252605
- Wherry SJ, Wolfe P, Schwartz RS, Kohrt WM, Jankowski CM. Ibuprofen taken before exercise blunts the IL-6 response in older adults but does not alter bone alkaline phosphatase or c-telopeptide. Eur J Appl Physiol. 2021 Aug;121(8):2187-2192. PubMed PMID: 33876259
- Wherry SJ, Miller RM, Jeong SH, Beavers KM. The Ability of Exercise to Mitigate Caloric Restriction-Induced Bone Loss in Older Adults: A Structured Review of RCTs and Narrative Review of Exercise-Induced Changes in Bone Biomarkers. Nutrients. 2021 Apr 10;13(4). PubMed PMID: 33920153
- Harper SA, Baptista LC, Roberts LM, Wherry SJ, Boxer RS, Hildreth KL, Seay RS, Allman PH, Carter CS, Aban I, Kohrt WM, Buford TW. Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitors Combined with Exercise for Hypertensive Seniors (The ACES Trial): Study Protocol of a Randomized Controlled Trial. Front Med (Lausanne). 2019;6:327. PubMed PMID: 32039215
- Wherry SJ, Ananian C, Swan PD. Feasibility of a Home-Based Balance Intervention in Middle-Aged Women Using Wii Fit Plus®. J Phys Act Health. 2019 Sep 1;16(9):736-744. PubMed PMID: 31310993
- Kohrt WM, Wolfe P, Sherk VD, Wherry SJ, Wellington T, Melanson EL, Swanson CM, Weaver CM, Boxer RS. Dermal Calcium Loss Is Not the Primary Determinant of Parathyroid Hormone Secretion during Exercise. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2019 Oct;51(10):2117-2124. PubMed PMID: 31009423
- Wherry SJ, Swanson CM, Wolfe P, Wellington T, Boxer RS, Schwartz RS, Kohrt WM. Bone Biomarker Response to Walking under Different Thermal Conditions in Older Adults. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2019 Aug;51(8):1599-1605. PubMed PMID: 31083027
- Kohrt WM, Wherry SJ, Wolfe P, Sherk VD, Wellington T, Swanson CM, Weaver CM, Boxer RS. Maintenance of Serum Ionized Calcium During Exercise Attenuates Parathyroid Hormone and Bone Resorption Responses. J Bone Miner Res. 2018 Jul;33(7):1326-1334. PubMed PMID: 29572961
- Sherk VD, Wherry SJ, Barry DW, Shea KL, Wolfe P, Kohrt WM. Calcium Supplementation Attenuates Disruptions in Calcium Homeostasis during Exercise. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2017 Jul;49(7):1437-1442. PubMed PMID: 28248693
- Smith LL, Wherry SJ, Larkey LK, Ainsworth BE, Swan PD. Energy expenditure and cardiovascular responses to Tai Chi Easy. Complement Ther Med. 2015 Dec;23(6):802-5. PubMed PMID: 26645519
- Knurick JR, Johnston CS, Wherry SJ, Aguayo I. Comparison of correlates of bone mineral density in individuals adhering to lacto-ovo, vegan, or omnivore diets: a cross-sectional investigation. Nutrients. 2015 May 11;7(5):3416-26. PubMed PMID: 25970147
- Agarwal B, Campen MJ, Channell MM, Wherry SJ, Varamini B, Davis JG, Baur JA, Smoliga JM. Resveratrol for primary prevention of atherosclerosis: clinical trial evidence for improved gene expression in vascular endothelium. Int J Cardiol. 2013 Jun 5;166(1):246-8. PubMed PMID: 23098852
Professional Memberships
- American College of Sports Medicine, Member
- American Society for Bone and Mineral Research, Member
- American Physiological Society, Member
Public Speaking
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