Colin Carriker, PhD, ACSM-EP, FACSM, FAHA

Colin Carriker, PhD, ACSM-EP, FACSM, FAHA is an Associate Professor in the Department of Health and Human Performance at High Point University and Co-director of the Health Science Fellows Program. He earned his PhD in Exercise Physiology from the University of New Mexico and is a Certified Exercise Physiologist through the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM-EP), a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine (FACSM), and a Fellow of the American Heart Association (FAHA).

Dr. Carriker brings a practical perspective to teaching and mentorship, informed by prior work as a personal trainer, group fitness instructor, and Emergency Medical Technician. His research program examines how dietary supplements, including beetroot juice, antioxidants, and caffeine, influence exercise performance and cardiovascular health. His work evaluates physiologic outcomes such as oxygen consumption, arterial stiffness, and oxidative stress across environmental stressors, including high altitude, heat, and cold exposure.

Dr. Carriker has authored and co-authored peer-reviewed publications, including co-authoring an American Heart Association scientific statement on cardiovascular health and cannabis use. His scholarly and professional service also includes serving as an Associate Editor for ACSM’s Certification Review (7th edition) and authoring a textbook chapter for The Professional’s Guide to Strength and Conditioning: Safe and Effective Principles for Maximizing Athletic Performance (2nd edition). He has served on national committees, including ACSM’s Exercise is Medicine – On Campus Committee, ACSM’s Summit Program Committee, ACSM’s Professional Education Committee, and the AHA’s Lifestyle Leadership Committee and previously served as an Advocacy Ambassador for the American Heart Association’s Council on Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health. He regularly presents at professional conferences, including the American College of Sports Medicine’s Health and Fitness Summit, the American Heart Association’s Epidemiology and Prevention | Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health Conference, the National Strength and Conditioning Association’s Annual Conference, IDEA Personal Training Institute, the International Society of Sports Nutrition’s Annual Conference and Expo, and IDEA World Fitness Convention.

Select Publications:
ǂReflects a student author

Page RL 2nd, Allen LA, Kloner RA, Carriker CR, Martel C, Morris AA, Piano MR, Rana JS, Saucedo JF; on behalf of the American Heart Association Clinical Pharmacology Committee and Heart Failure and Transplantation Committee of the Council on Clinical Cardiology; Council on Basic Cardiovascular Sciences; Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing; Council on Epidemiology and Prevention; Council on Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health; and Council on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research. Medical marijuana, recreational cannabis, and cardiovascular health: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2020;142:e131–e152. doi:10.1161/CIR.0000000000000883

Carriker CR, Harrison CDǂ, Bockover Eǂ, Ratcliffe Bǂ, Crow Sǂ, Acuna FM, Gurovich AN. Acute Dietary Nitrate Does Not Reduce Resting Metabolic Rate or Oxidative Stress Marker 8-isoprostane in Healthy Males and Females. International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition. 70(7):887-893. 2019. doi:10.1080/09637486.2019.1580683.

Bruggeman BKǂ, Storo KEǂ, Fair HMǂ, Wommack AJ, Carriker CR, Smoliga JM. The absorptive effects of orobuccal non-liposomal nano-sized glutathione on blood glutathione parameters in healthy individuals: a pilot study. PLoS ONE. 14(4): e0215815. 2019. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0215815

Carriker CR, Rombach Pǂ, Stevens BMǂ, Vaughan RA, Gibson AL. Acute Dietary Nitrate Supplementation Does Not Attenuate Oxidative Stress or the Hemodynamic Response During Submaximal Exercise in Hypobaric Hypoxia. Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism. 43(12): 1268-1274. 2018. doi: 10.1139/apnm-2017-0813

Carriker CR, Components of Fatigue: Mind and Body. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. 31(11): 3170-3176. Nov 2017. doi:10.1519/JSC.0000000000002088.