Masaki Mizuno

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   Masaki Mizuno, Ph.D. - Faculty Profile - UT Southwestern

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   Biographical context: A cardiovascular physiologist, he studies autonomic control of circulation and the mechanisms behind elevated sympathetic nerve activity in type 1 and type 2 diabetes.

   Biography Download Curriculum Vitae Dr. Mizuno earned his doctoral degree in 2005 from Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship at UT Southwestern in 2011 and then joined the faculty. He is currently an active member of the American Physiological Society, the American Heart Association, and Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine. Dr. Mizuno's laboratory has been studying autonomic control of the cardiovascular system. Current research focuses on examining the mechanisms underlying alterations in circulatory control in type1 or type2 diabetes. More specifically, the lab is actively investigating the central and peripheral mechanisms underpinning the abnormal elevations in sympathetic nerve activity that accompany the pathogenesis of these diseases.

   Biographical context: His laboratory studies central and peripheral mechanisms of altered circulatory control in diabetes, especially abnormal elevations in sympathetic nerve activity during disease development.

   Biography Download Curriculum Vitae Dr. Mizuno earned his doctoral degree in 2005 from Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship at UT Southwestern in 2011 and then joined the faculty. He is currently an active member of the American Physiological Society, the American Heart Association, and Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine. Dr. Mizuno's laboratory has been studying autonomic control of the cardiovascular system. Current research focuses on examining the mechanisms underlying alterations in circulatory control in type1 or type2 diabetes. More specifically, the lab is actively investigating the central and peripheral mechanisms underpinning the abnormal elevations in sympathetic nerve activity that accompany the pathogenesis of these diseases.

   Biographical context: Mizuno earned his doctorate at Waseda University and completed postdoctoral training at UT Southwestern before joining its faculty.

   Biography Download Curriculum Vitae Dr. Mizuno earned his doctoral degree in 2005 from Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship at UT Southwestern in 2011 and then joined the faculty. He is currently an active member of the American Physiological Society, the American Heart Association, and Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine. Dr. Mizuno's laboratory has been studying autonomic control of the cardiovascular system. Current research focuses on examining the mechanisms underlying alterations in circulatory control in type1 or type2 diabetes. More specifically, the lab is actively investigating the central and peripheral mechanisms underpinning the abnormal elevations in sympathetic nerve activity that accompany the pathogenesis of these diseases.

   Graduate education: Waseda University

   Through 2002

   Education Undergraduate Waseda University (2000) Graduate School Waseda University (2002) Graduate School Waseda University (2005)

   Graduate education: Waseda University

   Through 2005

   Education Undergraduate Waseda University (2000) Graduate School Waseda University (2002) Graduate School Waseda University (2005)

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   Biography Download Curriculum Vitae Dr. Mizuno earned his doctoral degree in 2005 from Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship at UT Southwestern in 2011 and then joined the faculty. He is currently an active member of the American Physiological Society, the American Heart Association, and Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine. Dr. Mizuno's laboratory has been studying autonomic control of the cardiovascular system. Current research focuses on examining the mechanisms underlying alterations in circulatory control in type1 or type2 diabetes. More specifically, the lab is actively investigating the central and peripheral mechanisms underpinning the abnormal elevations in sympathetic nerve activity that accompany the pathogenesis of these diseases.

   Research interests: autonomic cardiovascular control

   Dr. Mizuno earned his doctoral degree in 2005 from Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship at UT Southwestern in 2011 and then joined the faculty. He is currently an active member of the American Physiological Society, the American Heart Association, and Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine.

   Research interests: circulatory control

   Dr. Mizuno's laboratory has been studying autonomic control of the cardiovascular system. Current research focuses on examining the mechanisms underlying alterations in circulatory control in type1 or type2 diabetes. More specifically, the lab is actively investigating the central and peripheral mechanisms underpinning the abnormal elevations in sympathetic nerve activity that accompany the pathogenesis of these diseases.

   Research interests: sympathetic nerve activity

   Dr. Mizuno's laboratory has been studying autonomic control of the cardiovascular system. Current research focuses on examining the mechanisms underlying alterations in circulatory control in type1 or type2 diabetes. More specifically, the lab is actively investigating the central and peripheral mechanisms underpinning the abnormal elevations in sympathetic nerve activity that accompany the pathogenesis of these diseases.

   Research interests: type 1 diabetes

   Dr. Mizuno earned his doctoral degree in 2005 from Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship at UT Southwestern in 2011 and then joined the faculty. He is currently an active member of the American Physiological Society, the American Heart Association, and Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine.

   Research interests: type 2 diabetes

   Dr. Mizuno earned his doctoral degree in 2005 from Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship at UT Southwestern in 2011 and then joined the faculty. He is currently an active member of the American Physiological Society, the American Heart Association, and Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine.

   Resource: Curriculum Vitae

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   Resource: Mizuno Lab

   <a href="https://utsouthwestern.edu/labs/mizuno/">Mizuno Lab</a>

   Undergraduate education: Waseda University

   Through 2000

   Education Undergraduate Waseda University (2000) Graduate School Waseda University (2002) Graduate School Waseda University (2005)

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   UT Southwestern Division of Cardiology faculty directory

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   Professional role: Professor

   Masaki Mizuno, Ph.D. Professor Applied Clinical Research and Internal Medicine