Portage Health Foundation Endowed Professor of Preventative and Community Health,
Kinesiology and Integrative Physiology
PhD, Kinesiology/Exercise Physiology, Texas A&M University
MA, Health and Human Performance, University of Houston
BS, Health and Human Performance, University of Houston
Research Interests
Autonomic Cardiovascular Control in Humans
Orthostatic and Simulated Orthostatic Stress
Exercise Interventions for Obesity, Diabetes, and Hypertension
Frailty in Older Adults
Traumatic Injury and Device Development
Recent Publications
Eckberg DL, Cooke WH, Diedrich A, Biaggioni I, Buckey JC, Pawelczyk JA, Ertl AC, Cox
JF, Kuusela TA, Tahvanainen KUO, Mano T, Iwase S, Adams-Huet B, Baisch FJ, Robertson
D, Levine BD, and Blomqvist CG. Respiratory modulation of human autonomic function
on Earth. Journal of Physiology (London). 594:5611-5627, 2016.
Eckberg DL, Diedrich A, Cooke WH, Biaggioni I, Buckey JC, Pawelczyk JA, Ertl AC, Cox
JF, Kuusela TA, Tahvanainen KUO, Mano T, Iwase S, Adams-Huet B, Baisch FJ, Robertson
D, Levine BD, and Blomqvist CG. Respiratory modulation of human autonomic function.
Long-term neuroplasticity in space. Journal of Physiology(London). 594:5629-5646, 2016.
Cooke WH, Pokhrel A, Dowling C, Fogt DL, and Rickards CA. Acute inhalation of vaporized
nicotine increases arterial pressure in young non-smokers: A pilot study. Clinical Autonomic Research. 25(4):267-270, 2015.
Eckberg DL, Cooke WH, Diedrich A, Levine BD, Pawelczyk JA, Buckey JC, Ertl AC, Cox
JF, Robertson D, Baisch FJ, Blomqvist CG, Kuusela TA, and Tahvanainen KUO. Human baroreflex
rhythms persist during handgrip and muscle ischaemia. Acta Physiologica (Oxford, England). 209(2):114-123, 2013.
Stankovski T, Cooke WH, Rudas L, Stefanovska A, and Eckberg DL. Voluntary ramped-frequency
breathing: a powerful experimental tool to modulate and explore human autonomic and
cardiovascular mechanisms. Journal of Applied Physiology. 115:1806-1821, 2013.
Yang H, Cooke WH, Reed KS, and Carter JR. Sex differences in hemodynamic and sympathetic
neural firing patterns during orthostatic challenge in humans. Journal of Applied Physiology. 112:1744-1751, 2012.
Moralez G, Romero SA, Rickards CA, Ryan KL, Convertino VA, and Cooke WH. Effects of
dehydration on cerebrovascular control during standing after heavy resistance exercise
Journal of Applied Physiology. 112:1875-1883, 2012.
Tzeng YC, Ainslie PN, Cooke WH, Peebles KC, Willie CK, MacRae BA, Smirl JD, Horsman
HM, and Rickards CA. Assessment of cerebral autoregulation: the quandary of quantification.
American Journal of Physiology Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 303:H658-H671, 2012.
Romero SA, Moralez G, Rickards CA, Ryan KL, Fogt DL, Convertino VA, and Cooke WH.
Control of cerebral blood velocity with furosemide-induced hypovolemia and upright
tilt. Journal of Applied Physiology. 110(2):492-498, 2011.
Rickards CA, Ryan KL, Cooke WH, and Convertino VA. Tolerance to central hypovolemia:
the influence of oscillations in arterial pressure and cerebral blood velocity. Journal of Applied Physiology. 111:1048-1058, 2011.
Ryan KL, Rickards CA, Hinojosa-Laborde C, Cooke WH, and Convertino VA. Arterial pressure
oscillations are not associated with muscle sympathetic nerve activity in individuals
exposed to central hypovolemia. Journal of Physiology (London). 589:5311-5322, 2011.
Cooke WH, Moralez G, Barrera C, and Cox P. Digital infrared thermographic imaging
for remote assessment of traumatic injury. Journal of Applied Physiology. 111:1813-1818, 2011.
