Gary L. Pierce, PhD
Professor of Health and Human Physiology
Current Positions
- Professor and DEO, Health and Human Physiology
- Professor of Internal Medicine
Education
- BS in Biology, Worcester State University
- MS in Clinical Exercise Physiology, Northeastern University
- PhD in Applied Physiology and Kinesiology, University of Florida
Center, Program and Institute Affiliations
Selected Publications
- Stanhewicz, A. E., Nuckols, V. R. & Pierce, G. L. (2021). Maternal microvascular dysfunction during preeclamptic pregnancy. Clinical Science 135 (9) 1083-1101.
- Pierce, G. L., Roy, S. J. & Gimblet, C. J. (In Press). The Gut-Arterial Stiffness Axis: Is TMAO a Novel Target to Prevent Age-Related Aortic Stiffening?. Hypertension.
- Pierce, G. L., Jacobs, D., Kalhan, R., Whitaker, K., Zhang, D. & Luehrs, R. E. (2021). Cigarette Smoking and Longitudinal Associations with Blood Pressure: The CARDIA Study. J Amer Heart Assoc 10 (9) e019566. DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.120.019566.
- Santillan, M. K., Becker, R., Calhoun, D. A., Cowley, A. W., Grobe, J. L., Kotchen, T. A., Lackland, D. T., Leslie, K. K., Liang, M., Mattson, D. L., Meyers, K. E., Mitsnefes, M. M., Muntner, P. M., Pierce, G. L., Pollock, J. S., Sigmund, C. D., Thomas, S. J., Urbina, E. M. & Kidambi, S. (In Press). Team Science - American Heart Association’s HTN Strategically Focused
Research Network Experience. Hypertension. - Holwerda, S. W., Carter, J. R., Yang, H., Wang, J., Pierce, G. L. & Fadel, P. J. (2021). CORP: Standardizing methodology for assessing spontaneous baroreflex control of muscle sympathetic nerve activity in humans. American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology 320 (2) H762-H771. PMID: 33275522. DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00704.2020.
- Dindo, L., Fiedorowicz, J., Boykin, D. M., Wooldridge, N., Myers, J. L., Ajibewa, T., Stroud, A., Kuwaye, D., Liu, Z. & Pierce, G. L. (In Press). A randomized controlled trial for symptoms of anxiety and depression: Effects of a one-day Acceptance and Commitment Training Workshop. Annals of Clinical Psychiatry.
- Nuckols, V. R., Holwerda, S. W., Luehrs, R. E., DuBose, L. E., Stroud, A. K., Brandt, D., Betz, A. M., Fiedorowicz, J. G., Scroggins, S. M., Santillan, D. A., Grobe, J. L., Sigmund, C. D., Santillan, M. K. & Pierce, G. L. (2020). Beat-to-Beat Blood Pressure Variability in the First Trimester Is Associated With the Development of Preeclampsia in a Prospective Cohort: Relation With Aortic Stiffness. Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) 76 (6) 1800-1807. PMID: 32951467. DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.120.15019.
- Holwerda, S. W., Kardon, R. H., Hashimoto, R., Full, J. M., Nellis, J. K., DuBose, L. E., Fiedorowicz, J. G. & Pierce, G. L. (2020). Aortic stiffness is associated with changes in retinal arteriole flow pulsatility mediated by local vasodilation in healthy young/middle-age adults. Journal of applied physiology 129 (1) 84-93. PMID: 32437246. DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00252.2020.
- Hoth, K. F., Moreau, K. L., Weinberger, H. D., Holm, K. E., Meschede, K., Crapo, J. D., Make, B. J., Moser, D. J., Kozora, E., Bowler, R. P., Pierce, G. L., Ten Eyck, P. & Wamboldt, F. S. (2020). Carotid Artery Stiffness is Associated With Cognitive Performance in Former Smokers With and Without Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Journal of the American Heart Association 9 (9) e014862. PMID: 32338117. DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.119.014862.
- Holwerda, S. W., Holland, M. T., Green, A. L., Pearson ACS & Pierce, G. L. (2020). Dissociation between reduced pain and arterial blood pressure following epidural spinal cord stimulation in patients with chronic pain: A retrospective study. Clinical autonomic research 2020 Apr 22. Online ahead of print. PMID: 32323062. DOI: 10.1007/s10286-020-00690-5.