Prof. Chia-Hua Kuo received his interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Kinesiology, Biochemistry, and Molecular Biology from the University of Texas at Austin. His research focuses on Sports Nutrition and Human Metabolism, particularly on how exercise-induced cellular damage in human skeletal muscle is transformed into long-term health benefits such as enhanced physical performance, improved body composition, and healthy aging. A central theme of his work is the role of nutritional factors in modulating the reparative mechanisms that drive muscle regeneration.

Prof. Kuo has been at the forefront of research on the role of bone marrow-derived cells in human skeletal muscle adaptation to exercise. In 2018, his team was the first to demonstrate the senolytic effect of high-intensity exercise in human skeletal muscle, mediated through immune activation. His research group is currently characterizing the specific cell types involved in exercise-induced muscle rejuvenation. In parallel, they are investigating in vivo mitochondrial transfer through cell trafficking and fusion to myofibers within human skeletal muscle. Prof. Kuo also identified steroidal components from ginseng and notoginseng that enhance the senolytic effect of exercise (US patent). Elucidating these mechanisms will pave the way for developing integrated exercise and nutraceutical strategies to promote muscle rejuvenation in humans.

Professor Kuo has been elected President of the Asian Nutrition Society for Sports and Health, President of the Taiwan Society for Sports Nutrition, and is a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine. He has also been recognized with appointments as Distinguished Professor at the University of Taipei, Chair Professor at Soochow University, and Honorary Professor at the University of Jordan.

Professor Kuo has published over 300 peer-reviewed journal articles (Scopus ID: 26660722900). Several of his recent studies have gained international media attention, with features on Quirks and Quarks (CBC Radio), Longevity.Technology, The Shakeout Podcast (Canadian Running Magazine), and Fight Aging. His invited theoretical paper in the Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology on the fat-loss effects of exercise contributed to a paradigm shift in the conventional understanding of how exercise reduces body fat.

Exercise Physiology and Sports Nutrition

Visiting Professor, University of Taipei Institute of Sports Science

Visting Professor, University of Parma Department of Medicine and Surgery.

Visiting Professor, University of Malaya

Chair Professor, Soochow University

Honorary Professor, University of Jordan