Dr. Overton received his B.S. degree in Biological Sciences from FSU and his Ph.D. degree in Exercise Sciences from the University of Iowa. He obtained postdoctoral training in pharmacology at the University of Arizona and came to FSU as an assistant profesor in 1992. He served as the Betty Watts Professor and as chair of the Department of Nutrition, Food and Exercise Science before joining the College of Medicine in 2005

Overton, J. M., Maloney SK, Fuller A, Mitchell D, & Gordon C. (2014). Translating Animal Model Research: Does it Matter That Our Rodents are Cold? Physiology (Besthesda), Review, 413-420. Dweck D, Sanchess-Gonzalez MA, Chang AN, Dulce RA, Badger CD, Koutnick AP, Ruiz EL, Griffin B, Liang J, Kabbaj M, Fincham FD, Hare JM, Overton, JM, & Pinto JR. (2014). Long term ablation of protein kinase A (PKA)-mediated cardiac troponin I phosphorylation leads to excitation-contraction uncoupling and diastolic dysfunction in a knock-in mouse model of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. J Biol Chem, 8/15/2014, 289(33): 23097-111. doi:10.1074 Overton, J. M., Tucker K, & Fadool DA. (2014). Diet-Induced obesity resistance of KV1, 3-/-mice is olfactory bulb dependent. J Neuroendocrinol, 1365-2826. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2826.2014.02314.x. Tucker, K., Cavallin, M. A., Jean-Baptiste, P., Biju, K. C., Overton, J. M., Pedarazani, P., & Fadool, D. A. (2012). Diet-induced obesity resistance of Kv1.3-/- mice is olfactory bulb dependent. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 24, 1087-95. Knight, W. D., Witte, M. M., Parsons, A. D., Gierach, M., & Overton, J. M. (2011). Long-term caloric restriction reduces metabolic rate and heart rate under cool and thermoneutral conditions in FBNF1 rats. Mech Ageing Dev, 132(5), 220-9. Overton, J. M. (2010). Phenotyping small animals as models for the human metabolic syndrome: thermoneutrality matters. Int J Obes (Lond), 34 Suppl 2, S53-8. Seth, R., Knight, W. D., & Overton, J. M. (2010). Combined amylin-leptin treatment lowers blood pressure and adiposity in lean and obese rats. Int J Obes (Lond), 35: 1183-92.