I am originally from Ellwood City, Pa. (a little town about 40 minutes north of Pittsburgh), but have lived in Hershey for so long I feel like a native. I am in my 29th year teaching at LVC (I was VERY young when I started—wink). I finished my undergraduate degree in Biology at Westminster College before getting my doctorate in Cellular and Molecular Physiology at The Pennsylvania State University. I with my husband Bob (an Anesthesiologist and recently retired Hockey Linesman for the American Hockey League), two sons (Cole and Carson), and dog Teddy (a mini-goldendoodle). I like reading/watching murder mysteries, playing board games, and watching my sons’ sport matches (just to name a few hobbies).
My LVC research has largely focused on animal behavior in rodents, particularly spatial learning in rats and sucrose taste preferences in mice. I have also studied the effects of omega-3 deficiency on anxiety in rats.
Note: Dr. Goodman received the Lebanon Valley College Student Government Educator Award in 2001 and 2014.
Publications (at LVC)
Vary, T.C., S. Goodman, L.E. Kilpatrick, and C.J. Lynch. 2005. Nutrient regulation of PKCis mediated by leucine, not insulin in skeletal muscle. American Journal of Physiology (Endocrinology and Metabolism). 289 (4): E684-694.
Vary, T.C., G. Deiter, and S.A. Goodman. 2005. Acute alcohol intoxication enhances myocardial eIF4G phosphorylation despite reducing mTOR signaling. American Journal of Physiology (Heart and Circulatory Physiology). 288 (1): H121-H128.
Lynch, C.J., B. Patson, S.A. Goodman, D. Trapolsi, and S.R. Kimball. 2001. Zinc stimulates the activity of the insulin- and nutrient-regulated protein kinase mTOR. American Journal of Physiology (Endocrinology and Metabolism). 281 (1): E25-E34.
Vary, T.C. and S. Hazen*. 1999. Sepsis alters pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase activity in skeletal muscle. Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry. 198: 113-118.
Vary, T.C., S. A. Hazen*, G. Maish, III, and R. N. Cooney. 1998. TNF binding protein prevents hyperlacatemia and inactivation of PDH complex in skeletal muscle during sepsis. Journal of Surgical Research. 80: 44-51.
Brown, L. M., H. L. Fox, S. A. Hazen*, K. F. LaNoue, S. R. Rannels, and C. J. Lynch. 1997. Role of the matrixin MMP-2 in multicellular organization of adipocytes cultured in basement membrane components. American Journal of Physiology. 272 (3): C937-C949.
Hazen*, S. A., A. Waheed, W.S. Sly, K. F. LaNoue and C. J. Lynch. 1997. Effect of carbonic anhydrase inhibition and acetoacetate on anaplerotic pyruvate carboxylase activity in cultured rat astrocytes. Developmental Neuroscience. 19: 162-171.
Hazen*, S.A., A. Waheed, W.S. Sly, K. F. LaNoue, and C.J. Lynch. 1996. Differentiation dependent expression of CA V and the role of carbonic anhydrase isozymes in pyruvate carboxylation in adipocytes. FASEB Journal. 10: 481-490.
*maiden name Hazen
