Hirofumi Tanaka, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Kinesiology & Health Education
Director, Cardiovascular Aging Research Laboratory

Bellmont Hall 822B
The University of Texas
Austin, TX 78712-1204

Phone: (512) 232-4801; Fax: (512) 471-0946
E-mail: htanaka@mail.utexas.edu
Mail Code: D-3700
Laboratory: Cardiovascular Aging Research Laboratory

Education

• B.A. 1989 International Martial Arts University, Chiba, Japan (Physical Education)
• M.S. 1992 Ball State University, Muncie, IN (Bioenergetics)
• Ph.D. 1995 University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (Applied/Exercise Physiology)
• Postdoc, 1998 University of Colorado, Boulder, CO (Cardiovascular Physiology)

Honors and Awards

• Teaching Career Enhancement Award, American Physiological Society (2004)
• Young Investigator Award, American Physiological Society (2000)
• New Investigator Award, American College of Sports Medicine (2000)
• Research Career Enhancement Award, American Physiological Society (1999)
• Research Scientist Development Award, National Institutes of Health (1998-2003)
• National Research Service Award, National Institutes of Health (1996-1998)

 Research Interest

• Influence of age and lifestyle modifications (particularly physical activity) on cardiovascular function and disease risk
• Masters athletes and athletic performance
• Physiology of swimming 

Recent Publications

• Sugawara, J., H. Komine, K. Hayashi, M. Yoshizawa, T. Yokoi, T. Otsuki, N. Shimojo, T. Miyauchi, S. Maeda, and H. Tanaka. Effect of systemic nitric oxide synthase inhibition on arterial stiffness in humans. Hypertension Research. 30(5): 411-416, 2007. 
• Tanaka, H., J. Wienke, and C. Scherr. The fountain of youth in baseball sluggers?  Journal of the American Geriatric Society. 55(11): 1887-18888, 2007.
• Sugawara, J., H. Komine, K. Hayashi, M. Yoshizawa, T. Otsuki, N. Shimojo, T. Miyauchi, Y. Yokoi, S. Maeda, and H. Tanaka. Systemic α-adrenergic and nitric oxide inhibition on basal limb blood flow before and after endurance training in middle-aged and older adults.  American Journal of Physiology: Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 293: H1466-H1472, 2007. 
• DeVan, A.E., and H. Tanaka. Declines in ten-pin bowling performance with advancing age. Age and Aging. 36(6): 693-694, 2007.
• Tanaka, H., and M.Y. Cortez-Cooper. Exercise, hypertension, and cognition. In Exercise and Its Mediating Effects on Cognition. W.W. Spirduso, L.W. Poon, and W.J. Chodzko-Zajko (eds.) Human Kinetics, Champaign, IL. pp169-181, 2008.
• Mourad, J.J., N. Danchin, J. Puel, H. Gallois, J. Msihid, M.E. Safar, and H. Tanaka. Cardiovascular impact of exercise and drug therapy in older hypertensive with coronary heart disease: PREHACOR study. Heart and Vessels. 23: 20-25, 2008.
• Tanaka, H. and D.R. Seals. Endurance exercise performance in Masters athletes: age-associated changes and underlying physiological mechanisms. Journal of Physiology (London). 586(1): 55-63, 2008. 
• Dhindsa, M., J.N. Barnes, A.E. DeVan, N. Nualnim, and H. Tanaka. Innovative exercise device that simulates horseback riding: Cardiovascular and metabolic responses. Equine and Comparative Exercise Physiology. 5(1): 1-5, 2008.
• Sugawara, J., H. Komine, K. Hayashi, M. Yoshizawa, T. Yokoi, S. Maeda, and H. Tanaka. Agreement between carotid and radial augmentation index: does medication status affect the relation? Artery Research. 2: 74-76, 2008. 
• Cortez-Cooper, M.Y., M.M. Anton, A.E. DeVan, D.B. Neidre, J.N. Cook, and H. Tanaka. The effects of strength training on central arterial compliance in middle-aged and older adults. European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation. 15(2): 149-155, 2008.
• Dhindsa, M., S.M. Sommerlad, A.E. DeVan, J.N. Barnes, J. Sugawara, O. Ley, and H. Tanaka. Inter-relationships among noninvasive measures of postischemic macro- and microvascular reactivity. Journal of Applied Physiology. 105: 427-432, 2008.

Current Funding

• National Institutes of Health AG20966 "Resistance Training and Age-Related Arterial Stiffening"