Jon Williamson, PhD

Associate Dean
Professor
Health Care Sciences

Contact Information

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

jon.williamson@utsouthwestern.edu

Education

Graduate SchoolUniversity of North Texas Health Science Center (1992)
UndergraduateUniversity of Texas at Austin (1985)

Research Interests

Exercise / Physical Activity
Human Brain Mapping
Neural Control of the Circulation

Publications

Brain activation by central command during actual and imagined handgrip under hypnosis.

Williamson, J.W., R. McColl, D. Mathews, P.B. Raven, J.H. Mitchell and W.P. Morgan , Journal of Applied Physiology , March 2002; (92):1317-1324

Exercise-induced decrease in insular activity during post-exercise hypotension

Lamb, K., R. McColl, D. Mathews, R. Querry, and J.W. Williamson , Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise , 2007; (39(4)):672-679

New insights into central cardiovascular control during exercise in humans: a central command update

Williamson, J.W., P.J. Fadel, and J.H. Mitchell , Experimental Physiology , 2006; (91(1)):51-58

Changes in rCBF distribution during post-exercise hypotension in humans

Williamson, J.W., R. McColl, and D. Mathews , Journal of Applied Physiology , 2004; (96):719-724

Evidence for central command activation of the human insular cortex during exercise

Williamson, J.W., R. McColl and D. Mathews , Journal of Applied Physiology , 2003; (94):1726-1734

Honors/Awards

Alpha Eta

(2002)

Fellow

American College of Sports Medicine (2000)

Visiting Scholar Award, UW Madison

American College of Sports Medicine (1998)

National Reseach Service Award

NHLBI (1993)

Forskerakademeit Research Award

Danish Research Council, Copenhagen, Denmark (1992)

Professional Associations/Affiliations

American College of Sports Medicine

American Physiological Society

Organization for Human Brain Mapping