Kelly Gibas

Job Titles

Associate Professor of Human Kinetics and Applied Health Science
Biokinetics College of Arts and Sciences
Adjunct Professor
Physician Assistant (M.S.), Graduate School

Highlight

Professor Gibas' research includes the exploration of functional integrative treatments for metabolic pathologies, insulin resistance, diabetes and neurodegeneration, with a focus on the role of the CNS to modulate systemic fuel flux/nutrient partitioning under deranged insulin signaling.

Started at Bethel

2016

Education

Bethel College - B.A. in Communications, 1991
Bethel University - M.A. in Counseling Psychology, 2014
Arizona State University - Ph.D. in Behavioral Health , 2017
Southern California University - Functional Medicine Practitioner (CFMP), 2018

Courses Taught

August 2016 - Present

HAS445 Advanced Lab Practices

HAS379 Integrative Human Physiology

HAS399 Physiological Assessment

HAS398 Physiological Assessment Lab

HAS370 Functional Human Nutrition

BIOL610 Clinical Physiology - Bethel University Physician Assistant Program

Publications

M.K Gibas, K.J. Gibas, Induced and controlled dietary ketosis as a regulator of obesity and metabolic syndrome pathologies, Diab Met Syndr: Clin Res Rev (2017), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsx.2017.03.022 (RCT, March 2017) PMID: 28433617 https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03047447

Gibas, K.J (2017). The Starving Brain: Overfed meets undernourished in the pathology of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer's disease (AD). Neurochemistry International,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuint.2017.09.004. PMID: 28899812

Gibas, K.J. The Retrograde Signal: Glucose dependency marks the cancerous phenotype. Austin Diabetes Research, Austin Diabetes Res. 2017; 1(1): 1065.

Gibas K.J. The Retrograde Signal: Dependency on Glucose Marks the Cancerous Phenotype. Austin J Nutr Metab. 2017; 4(2): 1051.

Gibas K. Commentary: The Starving Brain: Overfed meets undernourished in the pathology of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer's disease (AD). J Immunological Sci.(2018); 2(2): 1-3.

Dahlgren K, Gibas KJ. Ketogenic diet, high intensity interval training (HIIT) and memory training in the treatment of mild cognitive impairment: A case study. Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research & Reviews. 2018. doi:10.1016/j.dsx.2018.04.031. PMID: 29678606

Brown D, Gibas KJ. Metabolic syndrome marks early risk for cognitive decline with APOE4 gene variation: A case study. Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research & Reviews. 2018. doi:10.1016/j.dsx.2018.04.030. PMID: 29706312

Gibas KJ, Halikas A. AMPK induced memory improvements in the diabetic population: A Case Study. Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research & Reviews. 2018. doi:10.1016/j.dsx.2018.04.033. PMID: 29748034

Morrill SJ, Gibas KJ. Ketogenic diet rescues cognition in ApoE4 patient with mild Alzheimers disease: A case study. Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research & Reviews. 2019;13(2):1187-1191. doi:10.1016/j.dsx.2019.01.035. PMID: 31336463

Cox N, Gibas S, Salisbury M, Gomer J, Gibas K. Ketogenic diets may reverse Type II diabetes and ameliorate clinical depression: A case study. Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research & Reviews. 2019. doi:10.1016/j.dsx.2019.01.055. PMID:31336509

Stoykovich S, Gibas K. APOE e4, the door to insulin-resistant dyslipidemia and brain fog? A case study. Alzheimers & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring. 2019;11:264-269. doi:10.1016/j.dadm.2019.01.009. PMID: 30923733

Gibas KJ.Dietary Ketosis a Metabolic Sister to Calorie Restriction (CR): Fatty acids activate AMPK energy circuits modulating global methylation via the SAM/SAH axis. Randomized clinical trial (2019): NCT0331917 https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03319173

Gibas, KJ. Photobiomodulation & ketogenic diet for treatment of mid-periphery retinal disorders (diabetic retinopathy, dry AMD and hard drusen formation) for Alzheimer's disease prevention. Randomized clinical trial (2019): NCT03859245. https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03859245

Presentations

Gibas, K. (November 2017). Dietary Ketosis a Metabolic Sister to Calorie Restriction (CR): Fatty acids activate AMPK energy circuits modulating global methylation via the SAM/SAH axis in mild cognitive impairment (MCI).Poster presentation at Cell Symposia: Big Ideas in Neuroscience Conference, 2017, Arlington, VA. http://www.cell-symposia.com/big-questions-in-neuroscience-2017/conference-program.asp

Gibas, K. (December 2018). Mouth breather? Enduring patterns of hypocapnia induce cerebral hypoxia and consequential cognitive impairments mediated by aberrant HIF-1 survival signals common to the cell danger response.Poster presentation at Cell Symposia: Metabolites as Signaling Molecules Conference, 2018, Seattle, WA. http://www.cell-symposia.com/metabolites-2018/conference-program.asp

Gibas, K. & Stoykovich, S. (April, 2019). ApoE4, the door to insulin-resistant dyslipidemia and brain fog? A case study. Poster presentation at American Diabetes Association/WCITD - 2019 New York, NY. https://cmoffice.kenes.com/cmsearchableprogrammeV15/conferencemanager/programme/personid/anonymous/WCITD19/normal/b833d15f547f3cf698a5e922754684fa334885ed#!abstractdetails/0000394330

Certificates and Licenses

Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, LPCC

Certified Functional Medicine Practitioner, CFMP

Professional Organizations, Committees, and Boards

Societies/Scholarships: Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, Arizona State University academic scholarships, 2015, 2016, & 2017