Tony Babb, PhD

Associate Professor
Internal Medicine

Contact Information

UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390

tony.babb@utsouthwestern.edu

Education

Graduate SchoolPenn State Univ. (1986)

Research Interests

Acute mountain sickness
Exercise physiology
Pulmonary function in aging
Pulmonary function in obesity
Sports medicine

Publications

Featured
Breathing HeO2 increases ventilation but does not decrease the work of breathing during exercise.

Babb TG. , Am J Respir Crit Care Med , 2001; (163):1128-1134

Featured
Mechanism of reduced maximal expiratory flow with aging.

Babb TG, Rodarte JR. , J Appl Physiol , 2000; (89):505-511

Ventilatory response to exercise in aged runners breathing He-O2 or inspired CO2.

Babb TG, DS DeLorey, and BL Wyrick. , J Appl Physiol , 2003; (94):685-693

Mild obesity does not limit end-expiratory lung volume during cycling in young women.

Babb TG, DS DeLorey, BL Wyrick, PP Gardner. , Journal of Applied Physiology , 2002; (92):2483-2490

Hyperventilation with He-O2 breathing is not decreased by superimposed external resistance.

Babb TG, DS DeLorey. , Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology , 2002; (133):139-151

Honors/Awards

Effie and Wofford Cain Chair in Cardiopulmonary Research

Professional Associations/Affiliations

American College of Sports Medicine

American Physiological Society

American Thoracic Society

Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine, Presbyterian Hospital