
Qi Fu, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Department Internal Medicine
Graduate Programs Clinical Psychology
Biography
EDUCATION/TRAINING:
1989, Suzhou University School of Medicine, China: MD
1995, Suzhou University School of Medicine, China: MSc (Neurology)
2001, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Japan: PhD (Autonomic Neuroscience)
2001 - 2004, IEEM, Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas: Post-Doc (Autonomic Neural Control)
POSITIONS AND EMPLOYMENT:
1989 - 1995, Resident, Physician, Department of Neurology, the 2nd Affiliated Hospital
of Suzhou University, China
1995 - 1997, Neurologist, Department of Neurology, the 2nd Affiliated Hospital
of Suzhou University, China
2000 - 2001, Research Assistant, Department of Autonomic Neuroscience,
Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Nagoya University, Japan
2001 - 2001, Research Resident, Department of Autonomic Neuroscience,
Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Nagoya University, Japan
2001 - 2004, Research Associate Fellow, Institute for Exercise & Environmental Medicine, Dallas
2004 - 2006, Instructor, Cardiology Division, Internal Medicine, UT Southwestern
2006 - 2012, Assistant Professor, Cardiology Division, Internal Medicine, UT Southwestern
2012 - 2020, Associate Professor, Cardiology Division, Internal Medicine, UT Southwestern
2020 - present, Professor, Cardiology Division, Internal Medicine, UT Southwestern
Education
- Medical School
- Suzhou University (1989), Medicine
- Graduate School
- Unlisted - International Colle (1995)
- Graduate School
- Nagoya University - Japan (2001)
Research Interest
- Autonomic circulatory control in normotensive and hypertensive pregnancies
- Cardiovascular health in women
- Sex differences in blood pressure regulation in humans
Publications
Featured Publications
- Broader adaptive range of sympathetic burst size in response to blood pressure change in older women with greater arterial stiffness
- Yoshiyuki Okada, M Melyn Galbreath, Sara S Jarvis, Shigeki Shibata, Wanpen Vongpatanasin, Benjamin D Levine, Qi Fu J Physiol 2020 Aug 16 598 3331-3341
- Impact of sex and age on metabolism, sympathetic activity, and hypertension
- Jeung-Ki Yoo, Qi Fu FASEB J 2020 Aug Aug 10. doi: 10.1096/fj.202001006RR. Online ahead of print.
- Neural control of blood pressure during pregnancy in humans
- Sarah L Hissen, Qi Fu Clin Auton Res 2020 Jun doi: 10.1007/s10286-020-00703-3. Online ahead of print.
- Sex differences in the sympathetic neural recruitment and hemodynamic response to head-up tilt in older hypertensives
- Mark B Badrov, Yoshiyuki Okada, Jeung-Ki Yoo, Wanpen Vongpatanasin, J Kevin Shoemaker, Benjamin D Levine, Qi Fu Hypertension 2020 Feb 2 75 458-467
- Impact of prolonged spaceflight on orthostatic tolerance during ambulation and blood pressure profiles in astronauts
- Qi Fu, Shigeki Shibata, Jeffrey L Hastings, Steven H Platts, Douglas M Hamilton, Michael W Bungo, Michael B Stenger, Christine Ribeiro, Beverley Adams-Huet, Benjamin D Levine Circulation 2019 Aug 9 140 729-738
- Role of corin in blood pressure regulation in normotensive and hypertensive pregnancy
- Mark B Badrov, Sun Young Park, Jeung-Ki Yoo, Michinari Hieda, Yoshiyuki Okada, Sara S Jarvis, Abigail S Stickford, Stuart A Best, David B Nelson, Qi Fu Hypertension 2019 Feb 2 73 432-439
- Sympathetic neural and hemodynamic responses during cold pressor test in elderly blacks and whites
- Yoshiyuki Okada, Sara S Jarvis, Stuart A Best, Jeffrey G Edwards, Joseph M Hendrix, Beverley Adams-Huet, Wanpen Vongpatanasin, Benjamin D Levine, Qi Fu Hypertension 2016 May 5 67 951-958
- Age and sex differences in muscle sympathetic nerve activity in relation to haemodynamics, blood volume and left ventricular size
- Stuart A Best, Yoshiyuki Okada, M Melyn Galbreath, Sara S Jarvis, Tiffany B Bivens, Beverley Adams-Huet, Qi Fu Exp Physiol 2014 Jun 6 99
- Sympathetic activation during early pregnancy in humans
- Sara S Jarvis, Shigeki Shibata, Tiffany B Bivens, Yoshiyuki Okada, Brian M Casey, Benjamin D Levine, Qi Fu J Physiol 2012 Aug 15 590 3535-3543
- Cardiac origins of the postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome
- Qi Fu, Tiffany B Vangundy, M Melyn Galbreath, Shigeki Shibata, Manish Jain, Jeffrey L Hastings, Paul S Bhella, Benjamin D Levine J Am Coll Cardiol 2010 Jun 25 55 2858-2868
Honors & Awards
- APS-select Award for Distinction in Scholarship in the AJP-R Paper Entitled Reduced Left Ventricular Diastolic Function in Women with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
(2019) - NASA JSC Group Achievement Award to Sex and Gender Report Team for Outstanding Contributions to the "Impact of Sex and Gender on Adaptation to Spaceflight" Report
NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center (2015) - The American Physiology Society Shih-Chun Wang Young Investigator Award
(2012) - DAVID H. P. STREETEN American Autonomic Society Award
(2004) - The Japanese Foundation for Aging and Health
(2001) - The Japanese Government Scholarship
(1997)
Professional Associations/Affiliations
- American Heart Association and American Stroke Association (2012)
- American Physiology Society (2008)
- American Autonomic Society (2003)
- American College of Sports Medicine Society (2001-2010)