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Robert E. Shade Send E-mail

Associate Director, Scientific Support; Scientist | Southwest National Primate Research Center
Phone: 210-258-9569

Education

Doctoral Degree: Ph.D. Physiology (1900)

Indiana University Medical Center Indianapolis, IN

Bachelor's Degree B.S. Zoology

University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, Cincinnati, OH

Research Focus

My research focuses on the interaction between diet composition and genetic factors in cardiovascular regulation. Currently active research projects have been designed to determine how dietary salt, fat and carbohydrate content and genetic influences on cell membrane sodium transport properties contribute to blood long-term pressure regulation in instrumented, conscious baboon models.

Awards and Honors

Fellow, Council for High Blood Pressure Research, AHA (1993-present)

Publications

Effect of aging on regional cerebral blood flow responses associated with osmotic thirst and its satiation by water drinking: A PET study.
Farrell, M. J., Zamarripa, F., Shade, R., Phillips, P.A., McKinley, M., Fox, P.T., Blair-West, J. Denton, D.A., and Egan, G. F.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 105 (38): 2008
PubMed ID: 18160533

Change in salt intake affects blood pressure of chimpanzees: implications for human populations.
Elliott, P., Walker, L.L., Little, M.P., Blair-West, J.R., Shade, R.E., Lee, D.R., Rouquet, P., Leroy, E., Jeunemaitre, X., Ardaillou, R., Paillard, F., Meneton, P., and Denton, D.A.
Circulation 116: 1563-1568, 2007
PubMed ID: 17785625