Biography

  • NIH Predoctoral Fellow (1990-1992) - UNT Health Science Center, Department of Integrative Physiology, Peter B. Raven
  • NIH Postdoctoral Fellow (1992-1993) UT Southwestern Medical Center, Division of Cardiology, Jere H. Mitchell
  • NHBLI-NRSA (1993-1995) UT Southwestern Medical Center, Division of Cardiology
  • AHA funded research (1996-2006)
  • NIH-NHLBI R01 funded research (1999-2004)
  • Administrative duties (2001-present)

Education

Undergraduate
University of Texas-Austin (1985), Zoology
Graduate School
Uni of North Tx Health Science (1992), Physiology

Research Interest

  • Exercise / Physical Activity
  • Human Brain Mapping
  • Neural Control of the Circulation

Publications

Featured Publications LegendFeatured Publications

Development, implementation, and short-term effectiveness of an interprofessional education course in a school of health professions.
Klocko DJ, Hoggatt Krumwiede K, Olivares-Urueta M, Williamson JW J Allied Health 2012 41 1 14-20
The relevance of central command for the neural cardiovascular control of exercise.
Williamson JW Exp. Physiol. 2010 Nov 95 11 1043-8
Are decreases in insular regional cerebral blood flow sustained during postexercise hypotension?
Williamson JW, Querry R, McColl R, Mathews D Med Sci Sports Exerc 2009 Mar 41 3 574-80
Exercise-induced decrease in insular activity during post-exercise hypotension
Lamb, K., R. McColl, D. Mathews, R. Querry, and J.W. Williamson Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 2007 39(4) 672-679
New insights into central cardiovascular control during exercise in humans: a central command update.
Williamson JW, Fadel PJ, Mitchell JH Exp. Physiol. 2006 Jan 91 1 51-8
A 30-year follow-up of the Dallas Bedrest and Training Study: II. Effect of age on cardiovascular adaptation to exercise training.
McGuire DK, Levine BD, Williamson JW, Snell PG, Blomqvist CG, Saltin B, Mitchell JH Circulation 2001 Sep 104 12 1358-66
A 30-year follow-up of the Dallas Bedrest and Training Study: I. Effect of age on the cardiovascular response to exercise.
McGuire DK, Levine BD, Williamson JW, Snell PG, Blomqvist CG, Saltin B, Mitchell JH Circulation 2001 Sep 104 12 1350-7
Hypnotic manipulation of effort sense during dynamic exercise: cardiovascular responses and brain activation.
Williamson JW, McColl R, Mathews D, Mitchell JH, Raven PB, Morgan WP J. Appl. Physiol. 2001 Apr 90 4 1392-9

Honors & Awards

  • Alpha Eta
    (2002)
  • Fellow
    American College of Sports Medicine (2000)
  • Visiting Scholar Award, UW Madison
    American College of Sports Medicine (1998)
  • National Research Service Award
    NHLBI (1993)
  • Forskerakademeit Research Award
    Danish Research Council, Copenhagen, Denmark (1992)

Professional Associations/Affiliations

  • American College of Sports Medicine
  • American Physiological Society
  • Organization for Human Brain Mapping