Biography: 

Brad Behnke, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the Department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology. After receiving his Ph.D. from Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine he was a post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Health & Kinesiology at Texas A&M University and in the Department of Exercise Physiology at West Virginia University School of Medicine before coming to the University of Florida.

Behnke has given several invited presentations at national and international symposia including the VIII World Congress in Moscow, Russia. Furthermore, he has published more than 50 scientific articles, reviews and book chapters in journals such as the Journal of Physiology and the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

Behnke was recently awarded a 5 year Research Scientist Development (KO1) grant from the National Institutes of Aging entitled “Vascular Function with Aging, Viral Gene Therapy and Exercise Training” to help fund his laboratory.

Research Interests:

• • The effects of aging on the delivery and utilization of oxygen at the microcirculatory level within skeletal muscle.
• • Elucidating mechanism leading to functional abnormalities in the control of blood flow in pathological diseases, e.g., chronic heart failure and type I and II diabetes.
• • The effects of increased activity (i.e., aerobic exercise training) on the control of blood flow within skeletal muscle and adipose tissue.