Ronald Terjung, Ph.D., Dr.h.c.

Professor of Physiology and Biomedical Sciences

Associate Dean for Research,College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri

 

BS. Wheaton College; MA. San Jose State College; Ph.D. University of Iowa; (1970) Posdoc. Washington University School of Medicine. (1972) Asst. Prof. Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; (1977) Assc/(1984) Full. Prof. SUNY Health Science Center-Syracuse; (1997) Prof/(2004) Assoc. Dean. Univ. of Missouri.

 

National Academy of Sciences Foreign Exchange Awardee, Forgarty Int’l Fellow, NIH RCDA, NIH MERIT Awardee, Cybulsky Medal, ACSM Citation Award, Honorary Doctorates: Bialystok Medical Academy.

 

Services in NIH Study Sections; Editor, Exer. Sport Sci. Rev.; Assoc. Editor, J. Appl. Physiol.; Am College Sports Med: Vice President, Program Committee, Research Advisory Committee; Am Physiol Society: Program Committee; Publications Committee; Chair, Environ Exercise Physiol. Section; Organizing Committee: Integrative Biology of Exercise Conference

 

Physical Activity and Vascular Adaptations in Health and Disease. 

  Exercise-induced vascular adaptations include an enhanced capillarity in and an increased flow capacity to active muscle.  The improved muscle oxygen exchange capacity and the increased oxygen delivery are important in health and disease.  The mechanisms controlling this structural remodeling likely include mechanical, ischemic, and metabolic signals operating on the vessel(s).  Endothelial-dependent signals, cell activation, proliferation, migration, and stabilization, coupled with remodeling of the extracellular matrix, are a complex sequence of events that must be orchestrated by relevant cytokines, enzymes, inhibitors, and growth factors.  These are well coordinated by exercise to effect beneficial adaptations that improve performance, as well as morbidity and quality of life of patients with peripheral arterial insufficiency.