Benjamin Young

Assistant Professor

University of North Texas

Department of Kinesiology, Health Promotion and Recreation

Email: benjamin.young@unt.edu

PhD, University of Texas at Arlington, 2020

Major: Kinesiology
Dissertation: Novel Mechanisms of Peripheral Vascular Dysfunction in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

Teaching

KINE 3080 - Physiological Bases of Exercise and Sport, 3 courses.
KINE 4050 - Quantitative Analysis in Kinesiology, 1 course.
KINE 5290 - Current Topics in Exercise Physiology, 1 course.
PHED 1000 - Scientific Principles and Practices of Health Related Fitness, 1 course.

Darling, A.M., Young, B.E., Skow, R.J., Dominguez, C.M., Saunders, E.F., Fadel, P.J., Greaney, J.L. (2024). Sympathetic and blood pressure reactivity in young adults with major depressive disorder.. Journal of Affective Disorders.
Young, B.E., Kissell, C.E., Vranish, J.R., Stephens, B.Y., Holwerda, S.W., Fadel, P.J. (2024). Sex differences in sympathetic transduction in black and white adults: implications for racial disparities in hypertension and cardiovascular disease risk.. American Journal of Physiology.
Plunkett, M.J., Holwerda, S.W., Young, B.E., Fadel, P.J., Fisher, J.P. (2024). Respiratory modulation of sympathetic transduction to blood pressure in health and type 2 diabetes. Journal of Physiology.
Giacona, J.M., Petric, U.B., Kositanurit, W., Wang, J., Saldanha, S., Young, B.E., Khan, G., Connelly, M.A., Smith, S.A., Rohatgi, A., Vongpatanasin, W. (2024). HDL-C and apolipoprotein A-I are independently associated with skeletal muscle mitochondrial function in healthy humans.. American Journal of Physiology.
Kissell, C.E., Young, B.E., Jarrard, C.P., Huang, M., Allen, D.R., Okuda, D.T., Smith, S.A., Fadel, P.J., Davis, S.L. (2024). Reduced resting beat-to-beat blood pressure variability in females with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis.
Bigalke, J.A., Young, B.E., Cleveland, E.L., Fadel, P.J., Carter, J.R. (2024). Aging and sympathetic transduction to blood pressure in humans: methodological and physiological considerations. American Journal of Physiology.

Young, B.E. (Author & Presenter), Annual Assembly of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (2024), Measurement of Autonomic Function in Humans: Update and Physiological Considerations, American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, San Diego, United States of America. (2024 - 2024).
Young, B.E. (Author & Presenter), Robert J. Hardin Translational Cardiovascular Research Symposium, Sex Differences in Sympathetic Vascular Transduction in Black Adults: Implications for Racial Disparities in Hypertension, UNT Health Sciences Center, Fort Worth, United States of America. (2024 - 2024).

Young, B.E. (Principal), "Sympathetic Activation and Cerebrovascular Pressure Reactivity after Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)," sponsored by National Institutes of Health, Federal, $92610 Funded. (2024).

Editorial Review Board Member, American Journal of Physiology- Heart and Circulatory Physiology. (January 1, 2024 - Present).