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Jon Williamson, Ph.D.

Jon Williamson, Ph.D.

Dean UTSW School of Health Professions

Professor

Endowed Title
Arnold N. and Carol S. Ablon Professorship in Biomedical Science; Distinguished Teaching Professor
School
School of Health Professions
Department
Office of the Dean - School of Health Professions | Health Care Sciences
  • 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

    Star Featured 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