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Matthew C Babcock

TitleAssistant Professor
InstitutionUniversity of Colorado Denver - Anschutz Medical Campus
DepartmentSOM-MED
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    University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, COPostdoctoral Fellowship07/2022Integrative Physiology
    University of Delaware, Newark, DEPhD05/2019Applied Physiology
    Syracuse University, Syracuse, NYMS05/2015Exercise Science
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    2021NORC Award for Outstanding PhD Instructor/Fellow, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
    2019Exercise Science Outstanding Doctoral Student Award, University of Delaware
    2019Caroline tum Suden/Frances Hellerandt Award, American Physiological Society

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    K01HL164978     (BABCOCK, MATTHEW C)Aug 1, 2023 - Jul 31, 2028
    NIH
    Neural and Renal Contributions to Hypertension with Androgen Deprivation Therapy
    Role: Principal Investigator
    K01HL164978     (Babcock)Aug 1, 2023 - Jul 31, 2028
    NIH/NHLBI
    Autonomic and Renal Contributions to Hypertension with Androgen Deprivation Therapy
    Role Description: The goal of this study is to determine the mechanistic contributions of autonomic and/or renal dysfunction to the development of high blood pressure in prostate cancer patients treated using androgen deprivation therapy.
    Role: Principle Investigator
    T32AG000279     (Schwartz)Jul 1, 2019 - Jun 30, 2022
    NIH/NIA
    Cardiovascular and cognitive consequences of hypogonadism in men
    Role Description: The goal of this study is to examine the influence of low testosterone on cardiovascular aging, brain blood flow, and cognition in men
    Role: Trainee
    17-00521     (Babcock)Jul 1, 2018 - Jun 30, 2019
    American College of Sports Medicine
    The effects of dietary salt on blood pressure responses to acute aerobic exercise
    Role Description: The goal of this study is to examine the influence of high dietary salt intake on blood pressure responses during and following acute submaximal cycling exercise
    Role: Principle Investigator

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    1. Tharpe MA, Linder BA, Babcock MC, Watso JC, Pollin KU, Hutchison ZJ, Barnett AM, Culver MN, Kavazis AN, Brian MS, Robinson AT. Adjusting for muscle strength and body size attenuates sex differences in the exercise pressor reflex in young adults. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2023 12 01; 325(6):H1418-H1429. PMID: 37861651.
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    2. Linder BA, Babcock MC, Pollin KU, Watso JC, Robinson AT. Short-term high-salt consumption does not influence resting or exercising heart rate variability but increases MCP-1 concentration in healthy young adults. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2023 05 01; 324(5):R666-R676. PMID: 36939211.
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    3. Babcock MC, DuBose LE, Hildreth KL, Stauffer BL, Cornwell WK, Kohrt WM, Moreau KL. Age-associated reductions in cardiovagal baroreflex sensitivity are exaggerated in middle-aged and older men with low testosterone. J Appl Physiol (1985). 2022 08 01; 133(2):403-415. PMID: 35771224.
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    4. Barnett AM, Babcock MC, Watso JC, Migdal KU, Guti?rrez OM, Farquhar WB, Robinson AT. High dietary salt intake increases urinary NGAL excretion and creatinine clearance in healthy young adults. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2022 04 01; 322(4):F392-F402. PMID: 35157527.
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    5. Babcock MC, DuBose LE, Witten TL, Stauffer BL, Hildreth KL, Schwartz RS, Kohrt WM, Moreau KL. Oxidative Stress and Inflammation Are Associated With Age-Related Endothelial Dysfunction in Men With Low Testosterone. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2022 01 18; 107(2):e500-e514. PMID: 34597384.
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    6. Migdal KU, Robinson AT, Watso JC, Babcock MC, Lennon SL, Martens CR, Serrador JM, Farquhar WB. Ten days of high dietary sodium does not impair cerebral blood flow regulation in healthy adults. Auton Neurosci. 2021 09; 234:102826. PMID: 34058717.
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    7. Watso JC, Babcock MC, Migdal KU, Farquhar WB, Robinson AT. The relation between habitual physical activity and sympathetic vascular transduction in healthy young adults. Clin Auton Res. 2021 04; 31(2):335-337. PMID: 33475888.
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    8. Sailer C, Edelmann H, Buchanan C, Giro P, Babcock M, Swanson C, Spotts M, Schulte M, Pratt-Cordova A, Coe G, Beindorff M, Page RL, Ambardekar AV, Pal JD, Kohrt W, Wolfel E, Lawley JS, Tarumi T, Cornwell WK. Impairments in Blood Pressure Regulation and Cardiac Baroreceptor Sensitivity Among Patients With Heart Failure Supported With Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Devices. Circ Heart Fail. 2021 01; 14(1):e007448. PMID: 33464953.
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    9. Babcock MC, DuBose LE, Witten TL, Brubaker A, Stauffer BL, Hildreth KL, Moreau KL. Assessment of macrovascular and microvascular function in aging males. J Appl Physiol (1985). 2021 01 01; 130(1):96-103. PMID: 33151774.
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    10. Giersch GEW, Charkoudian N, Pereira T, Edgell H, Freeberg KA, Craighead DH, Neill M, Allison EY, Zapcic AK, Smith KJ, Bock JM, Casey DP, Shenouda N, Ranadive SM, Tremblay JC, Williams AM, Simpson LL, Meah VL, Ruediger SL, Bailey TG, Pereira HM, Lei TH, Perry B, M?ndel T, Freemas JA, Worley ML, Baranauskas MN, Carter SJ, Johnson BD, Schlader ZJ, Bates LC, Stoner L, Zieff G, Poles J, Adams N, Meyer ML, Hanson ED, Greenlund IM, Bigalke JA, Carter JR, Kerr ZY, Stanford K, Pomeroy A, Boggess K, de Souza HLR, Meireles A, Arriel RA, Leite LHR, Marocolo M, Chapman CL, Atencio JK, Kaiser BW, Comrada LN, Halliwill JR, Minson CT, Williams JS, Dunford EC, MacDonald MJ, Santisteban KJ, Larson EA, Reed E, Needham KW, Gibson BM, Gillen J, Barbosa TC, Cardoso LLY, Gliemann L, Tamariz-Ellemann A, Hellsten Y, DuBos LE, Babcock MC, Moreau KL, Wickham KA, Vagula M, Moir ME, Klassen SA, Rodrigues A. Commentaries on Point:Counterpoint: Investigators should/should not control for menstrual cycle phase when performing studies of vascular control. J Appl Physiol (1985). 2020 11 01; 129(5):1122-1135. PMID: 33197376.
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    11. Migdal KU, Robinson AT, Watso JC, Babcock MC, Lennon SL, Martens CR, Serrador JM, Farquhar WB. A high salt meal does not impair cerebrovascular reactivity in healthy young adults. Physiol Rep. 2020 10; 8(19):e14585. PMID: 33038066.
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    12. Watso JC, Robinson AT, Babcock MC, Migdal KU, Witman MAH, Wenner MM, Stocker SD, Farquhar WB. Short-term water deprivation attenuates the exercise pressor reflex in older female adults. Physiol Rep. 2020 09; 8(18):e14581. PMID: 32965797.
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    13. Babcock MC, Robinson AT, Migdal KU, Watso JC, Martens CR, Edwards DG, Pescatello LS, Farquhar WB. High Salt Intake Augments Blood Pressure Responses During Submaximal Aerobic Exercise. J Am Heart Assoc. 2020 05 18; 9(10):e015633. PMID: 32406312.
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    14. Migdal KU, Babcock MC, Robinson AT, Watso JC, Wenner MM, Stocker SD, Farquhar WB. The Impact of High Dietary Sodium Consumption on Blood Pressure Variability in Healthy, Young Adults. Am J Hypertens. 2020 04 29; 33(5):422-429. PMID: 32006422.
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    15. Moreau KL, Babcock MC, Hildreth KL. Sex differences in vascular aging in response to testosterone. Biol Sex Differ. 2020 04 15; 11(1):18. PMID: 32295637.
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    16. Lefferts WK, Augustine JA, Spartano NL, Hughes WE, Babcock MC, Heenan BK, Heffernan KS. Effects of Whey Protein Supplementation on Aortic Stiffness, Cerebral Blood Flow, and Cognitive Function in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Findings from the ANCHORS A-WHEY Clinical Trial. Nutrients. 2020 Apr 10; 12(4). PMID: 32290271.
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    17. Babcock MC, Robinson AT, Watso JC, Migdal KU, Martens CR, Edwards DG, Pescatello LS, Farquhar WB. Salt Loading Blunts Central and Peripheral Postexercise Hypotension. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2020 04; 52(4):935-943. PMID: 31609296.
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    18. Watso JC, Robinson AT, Babcock MC, Migdal KU, Wenner MM, Stocker SD, Farquhar WB. Short-term water deprivation does not increase blood pressure variability or impair neurovascular function in healthy young adults. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2020 01 01; 318(1):R112-R121. PMID: 31617739.
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    19. Migdal KU, Robinson AT, Watso JC, Babcock MC, Serrador JM, Farquhar WB. A high-salt meal does not augment blood pressure responses during maximal exercise. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab. 2020 Feb; 45(2):123-128. PMID: 31238011.
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    20. Watso JC, Babcock MC, Robinson AT, Migdal KU, Wenner MM, Stocker SD, Farquhar WB. Water deprivation does not augment sympathetic or pressor responses to sciatic afferent nerve stimulation in rats or to static exercise in humans. J Appl Physiol (1985). 2019 07 01; 127(1):235-245. PMID: 31070954.
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    21. Robinson AT, Watso JC, Babcock MC, Joyner MJ, Farquhar WB. Record-Breaking Performance in a 70-Year-Old Marathoner. N Engl J Med. 2019 04 11; 380(15):1485-1486. PMID: 30970198.
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    22. Babcock MC, Robinson AT, Migdal KU, Watso JC, Wenner MM, Stocker SD, Farquhar WB. Reducing Dietary Sodium to 1000 mg per Day Reduces Neurovascular Transduction Without Stimulating Sympathetic Outflow. Hypertension. 2019 03; 73(3):587-593. PMID: 30661474.
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    23. Robinson AT, Babcock MC, Watso JC, Brian MS, Migdal KU, Wenner MM, Farquhar WB. Relation between resting sympathetic outflow and vasoconstrictor responses to sympathetic nerve bursts: sex differences in healthy young adults. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2019 05 01; 316(5):R463-R471. PMID: 30794437.
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    24. Babcock MC, Brian MS, Watso JC, Edwards DG, Stocker SD, Wenner MM, Farquhar WB. Alterations in dietary sodium intake affect cardiovagal baroreflex sensitivity. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2018 10 01; 315(4):R688-R695. PMID: 29949407.
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    25. Babcock MC, Watso JC. Absent metaboreflex-induced increases in sympathetic outflow to contracting muscle. J Physiol. 2018 06; 596(12):2281-2282. PMID: 29704243.
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    26. Brian MS, Matthews EL, Watso JC, Babcock MC, Wenner MM, Rose WC, Stocker SD, Farquhar WB. The influence of acute elevations in plasma osmolality and serum sodium on sympathetic outflow and blood pressure responses to exercise. J Neurophysiol. 2018 04 01; 119(4):1257-1265. PMID: 29357474.
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    27. Watso JC, Babcock MC, Migdal KU, Robinson AT. The baroreflex effectiveness index as an early marker of autonomic dysfunction in heart failure. J Physiol. 2017 08 01; 595(15):5013-5014. PMID: 28605038.
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    28. Lefferts WK, Babcock MC, Tiss MJ, Ives SJ, White CN, Brutsaert TD, Heffernan KS. Effect of hypoxia on cerebrovascular and cognitive function during moderate intensity exercise. Physiol Behav. 2016 10 15; 165:108-18. PMID: 27402021.
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    29. Babcock MC, Lefferts WK, Heffernan KS. Relation between exercise central haemodynamic response and resting cardiac structure and function in young healthy men. Clin Physiol Funct Imaging. 2017 Jul; 37(4):372-378. PMID: 26519349.
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    30. Babcock MC, Lefferts WK, Hughes WE, Fitzgerald KL, Leyer BK, Redmond JG, Heffernan KS. Acute effect of high-intensity cycling exercise on carotid artery hemodynamic pulsatility. Eur J Appl Physiol. 2015 May; 115(5):1037-45. PMID: 25543325.
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