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Justin Sprick

Title: Assistant Professor

Department: Kinesiology, Health Promotion and Recreation

College: College of Education

Curriculum Vitae

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Education

  • PhD, University of North Texas Health Science Center, 2018
    Major: Integrative Physiology
    Dissertation: Potential Therapeutic Benefits of Cyclical Blood Flow Restriction Exercise: A Novel Adaptation of Remote Ischemic Preconditioning
  • MS, University of Texas Permian Basin, 2013
    Major: Kinesiology

Current Scheduled Teaching

KINE 4320.001Exercise Testing and PrescriptionSpring 2025
KINE 5400.001Clinical Application of Exercise Physiology.Fall 2024
KINE 3996.901Honors College Mentored Research ExperienceFall 2024
KINE 6910.705Independent ResearchFall 2024
KINE 5860.702Practicum, Field Problem or InternshipFall 2024

Previous Scheduled Teaching

KINE 6200.002Cardiovascular Physiology of ExerciseSpring 2024 SPOT
KINE 6910.703Independent ResearchSpring 2024
KINE 4320.001Exercise Testing and PrescriptionSpring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
KINE 4320.001Exercise Testing and PrescriptionFall 2022 Syllabus SPOT

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Journal Article

  • Yao, J., Sprick, J.D., Jeong, J., Park, J., Reiter, D.A. (2023). Differences in peripheral microcirculatory blood flow regulation in chronic kidney disease based on wavelet analysis of resting near-infrared spectroscopy.. Other. 151 104624.
  • Sabino-Carvalho, J.L., Jeong, J., Sprick, J., DaCosta, D., Nardone, M., Park, J. (2023). Augmented resting beat-to-beat blood pressure variability in patients with chronic kidney disease.. Other.
  • Sprick, J.D., Jeong, J., Sabino-Carvalho, J.L., Li , S., Park, J. (2023). Neurocirculatory regulation and adaptations to exercise in chronic kidney disease.. Other. 324 (6) H843-H855.
  • Jeong, J., Sprick, J., DaCosta, D.R., Mammino, K., Nocera, J.R., Park, J. (2023). Exercise modulates sympathetic and vascular function in chronic kidney disease.. Other. 8 (4)
  • Sprick, J.D., Jones, T., Jeong, J., DaCosta, D., Park, J. (2022). Dynamic cerebral autoregulation is intact in chronic kidney disease.. Physiological Reports. 10 (21) e15495.
  • Rosenberg, A.J., Kay, V.L., Anderson, G.K., Luu, M.L., Barnes, H.J., Sprick, J.D., Alvarado, H.B., Rickards, C.A. (2022). The reciprocal relationship between cardiac baroreceptor sensitivity and cerebral autoregulation during simulated hemorrhage in humans.. Other. 241 103007.
  • Sprick, J.D., Mammino, K., Jeong, J., DaCosta, D.R., Hu, Y., Morison, D.G., Nocera, J.R., Park, J. (2022). Aerobic exercise training improves endothelial function and attenuates blood pressure reactivity during maximal exercise in chronic kidney disease.. Other. 132 (3) 785-793.
  • Jeong, J.H., Sprick, J.D., DaCosta, D., Quyyumi, A.A., Park, J. (2022). Renin-Angiotensin System Blockade Is Associated with Exercise Capacity, Sympathetic Activity, and Endothelial Function in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease.. Other. 47 (2) 103-112.
  • Drapeau, A., Anderson, G.K., Sprick, J.D. (2021). Cerebrovascular control: What's so base-ic about it?. Other. 599 (11) 2787-2788.
  • Rosenberg, A.J., Kay, V.L., Anderson, G.K., Luu, M.L., Barnes, H.J., Sprick, J.D., Alvarado, H.B., Rickards, C.A. (2021). The impact of acute central hypovolemia on cerebral hemodynamics: does sex matter?. Other. 130 (6) 1786-1797.
  • Sprick, J.D., Serra, M.C., Ryan, A.S., Li , Y., Park, J. (2021). Augmented exercise pressor response during maximal treadmill exercise is not related to systemic inflammation in stroke survivors.. Other. 28 (4) 251-257.
  • Krishnamurthy, V., Sprick, J.D., Krishnamurthy, L.C., Barter, J.D., Turabi, A., Hajjar, I.M., Nocera, J.R. (2021). The Utility of Cerebrovascular Reactivity MRI in Brain Rehabilitation: A Mechanistic Perspective.. Frontiers in Physiology. 12 642850.
  • Rosenberg, A.J., Kay, V.L., Anderson, G.K., Sprick, J.D., Rickards, C.A. (2021). A comparison of protocols for simulating hemorrhage in humans: step versus ramp lower body negative pressure.. Other. 130 (2) 380-389.
  • Hartwig, C.L., Sprick, J.D., Jeong, J., Hu, Y., Morison, D.G., Stein, C.M., Paranjape, S., Park, J. (2020). Increased vascular α1-adrenergic receptor sensitivity in older adults with posttraumatic stress disorder.. Other. 319 (6) R611-R616.
  • Sprick, J.D., Nocera, J.R., Hajjar, I., O'Neill, W.C., Bailey, J., Park, J. (2020). Cerebral blood flow regulation in end-stage kidney disease.. Other. 319 (5) F782-F791.
  • Fonkoue, I.T., Hu, Y., Jones, T., Vemulapalli, M., Sprick, J.D., Rothbaum, B., Park, J. (2020). Eight weeks of device-guided slow breathing decreases sympathetic nervous reactivity to stress in posttraumatic stress disorder.. Other. 319 (4) R466-R475.
  • Sprick, J.D., Morison, D.L., Stein, C.M., Li , Y., Paranjape, S., Fonkoue, I.T., DaCosta, D.R., Park, J. (2019). Vascular α(1)-adrenergic sensitivity is enhanced in chronic kidney disease.. Other. 317 (3) R485-R490.
  • Sprick, J.D., Morison, D.L., Fonkoue, I.T., Li , Y., DaCosta, D., Rapista, D., Choi, H., Park, J. (2019). Metabolic acidosis augments exercise pressor responses in chronic kidney disease.. Other. 317 (2) R312-R318.
  • Anderson, G.K., Sprick, J.D., Park, F.S., Rosenberg, A.J., Rickards, C.A. (2019). Responses of cerebral blood velocity and tissue oxygenation to low-frequency oscillations during simulated haemorrhagic stress in humans.. Experimental Physiology. 104 (8) 1190-1201.
  • Sprick, J.D., Downey, R.M., Morison, D.L., Fonkoue, I.T., Li , Y., DaCosta, D., Rapista, D., Park, J. (2019). Functional sympatholysis is impaired in end-stage renal disease.. Other. 316 (5) R504-R511.
  • Park, F.S., Kay, V.L., Sprick, J.D., Rosenberg, A.J., Anderson, G.K., Mallet, R.T., Rickards, C.A. (2019). Hemorrhage simulated by lower body negative pressure provokes an oxidative stress response in healthy young adults.. Other. 244 (3) 272-278.
  • Sprick, J.D., Mallet, R.T., Przyklenk, K., Rickards, C.A. (2019). Ischaemic and hypoxic conditioning: potential for protection of vital organs.. Experimental Physiology. 104 (3) 278-294.
  • Sprick, J.D., Rickards, C.A. (2017). Combining remote ischemic preconditioning and aerobic exercise: a novel adaptation of blood flow restriction exercise.. Other. 313 (5) R497-R506.
  • Sprick, J.D., Rickards, C.A. (2017). Cyclical blood flow restriction resistance exercise: a potential parallel to remote ischemic preconditioning?. Other. 313 (5) R507-R517.
  • Kay, V.L., Sprick, J.D., Rickards, C.A. (2017). Cerebral oxygenation and regional cerebral perfusion responses with resistance breathing during central hypovolemia.. Other. 313 (2) R132-R139.
  • Sprick, J.D., Soller, B.R., Rickards, C.A. (2016). The efficacy of novel anatomical sites for the assessment of muscle oxygenation during central hypovolemia.. Other. 241 (17) 2007-2013.
  • Rickards, C.A., Sprick, J.D., Colby, H.B., Kay, V.L., Tzeng, Y.C. (2015). Coupling between arterial pressure, cerebral blood velocity, and cerebral tissue oxygenation with spontaneous and forced oscillations.. Other. 36 (4) 785-801.

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

    Grant - Research

  • Sprick, J., "Cerebrovascular Dysregulation in Chronic Kidney Disease," sponsored by American Heart Association, Private, $231000 Funded. (2022 - 2025).
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