Faculty Profile

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 Title: 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 6200.002, Cardiovascular Physiology of Exercise, Spring 2024 Syllabus
KINE 6910.703, Independent Research, Spring 2024 


          
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Previous Scheduled Teaching*


            
                    

                    KINE 4320.001, Exercise Testing and Prescription, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    KINE 4320.001, Exercise Testing and Prescription, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT

          


          
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  higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for
  undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.
  

        

      

    

  

  
  	

	

	  

		

		   
Published Publications



  

  
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. 



	
		
		
	  

	

	

  
    
	

	

	  

		

		   
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Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research  

 	 
	 	 
  
Grant - Research   
Sprick, J., "Cerebrovascular Dysregulation in Chronic Kidney Disease," Sponsored by American Heart Association, Private, $231000 Funded. (April 1, 2022 – March 31, 2025).



	
		
		
	  

	

	

	
	

  
  
  

  	

		

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