University of Texas at Arlington

NIH awards $1.7 million to UTA professor to fight chronic kidney disease

Fri, Apr 01, 2016 21:38 CET

A University of Texas at Arlington kinesiology professor has received a $1.7 million National Institutes of Health grant to find a solution for thwarting cardiovascular disease and high blood pressure in patients with chronic kidney disease. Paul Fadel, director of clinical translational science for the College of Nursing and Health Innovation , will use the four-year grant to try to develop a treatment to lower sympathetic nerve activity and blood pressure in patients with chronic kidney disease. High sympathetic nerve activity contributes to

UT Arlington researcher finds differences in blood pressure regulation for African Americans

Mon, Nov 21, 2011 22:19 CET

A UT Arlington researcher’s recent work may hold clues as to why hypertension is more severe and strikes earlier in the African-American population. David Keller, an assistant professor of kinesiology and associate director of UT Arlington’s Center for Health Living and Longevity , has found differences in the way that African Americans and Caucasians respond to simulated hypertension. When tested, African-American men in his study showed a blunted ability to reflexively adjust their heart rates in response to short-term hypertension

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NIH awards $1.7 million to UTA professor to fight chronic kidney disease

UT Arlington researcher finds differences in blood pressure regulation for African Americans

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