Scott Spier, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Education

Ph.D., Exercise Physiology, Texas A&M University, 2003

M.S., Exercise Physiology, Texas A&M University, 1998

B.S., Finance, Louisiana Tech University, 1993

Professional and Personal Interests

I have been a faculty member in the Department of Health and Kinesiology at UT Tyler since 2003, and prior to that served as a research technician under Dr. Judy Muller-Delp and graduate research assistant under Dr.'s Judy Muller-Delp and Michael Delp at Texas A & M University and then as an Instructor at Blinn College and Brazos Christian High School. My primary research interests have been the effects of acute exercise on vascular function and the effects of aging and/or exericse training on skeletal muscle vascular and cerebrovascular function. My personal interests include playing golf, running and cycling, and spending time with my wife and two children.

Courses Taught

• Health Biometry
• Neuromuscular Exercise Physiology/Lab
• Cardiorespiratory Exercise Physiology/Lab
• Research Methods (on-line course)
• Physiology of Exercise/Lab
• Exercise Metabolism/Lab
• Training Methods
• Strength Development
• Sports Nutrition
• Introductory Biology

Membership in Professional Societies

• Texas chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine
• American College of Sports Medicine
• American Physiological Society
• Board Member (Continuing Education Representative), Texas chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine

Honors and Awards

• 1999  Distinguished Graduate Student Award, The Association of Former Students and the Office of Graduate Studies, Texas A&M University
• 1999  Regents Fellowship, Texas A&M University
• 2000  Student Research Development Award, American College of Sports Medicine - Texas Chapter, for “The effects of exercise training on vasoreactivity of skeletal muscle arterioles in aged rats.”
• 2003  Young Investigator Award, American Physiological Society Cardiovascular Section, Experimental Biology Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, April 2003.
• 2003  Proctor & Gamble Professional Opportunity Award, American Physiological Society Environmental & Exercise Physiology Section, Experimental Biology Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, April 2003.

Publications (Referred Research Papers)

Spier, SA, MH Laughlin, and MD Delp.  Effects of acute and chronic exercise on vasoconstrictor

responsiveness of rat abdominal aorta.  J. Appl. Physiol.  87:1752-1757, 1999.

Muller-Delp, JM, SA Spier, MW Ramsey, L Lesniewski, A Papadopoulos, JD Humphrey, and MD

Delp. Effects of aging on vasoconstrictor and mechanical properties of rat skeletal muscle arterioles. Am. J. Physiol. Heart Circ. Physiol. 282: H1843-H1854, 2002.

Muller-Delp, JM, SA Spier, MW Ramsey, and MD Delp. Aging impairs endothelium-dependent

vasodilation in rat skeletal muscle arterioles. Am. J. Physiol. Heart Circ. Physiol. 283: H1662-H1672, 2002.

Behnke, BJ, MD Delp, Paul McDonough, SA Spier, DC Poole and TI Musch. Effects of chronic

heart failure on microvascular oxygen exchange dynamics in muscles of contrasting fiber type. Cardiovasc Res 61: 325-332, 2004.

Spier, SA, MD Delp, CJ Meininger, AJ Donato, MW Ramsey, and JM Muller-Delp. Effects of aging

and exercise training on endothelium-dependent vasodilatation and structure of rat skeletal muscle arterioles.  J Physiol.  556(3): 947-958, 2004.

Delp, MD, BJ Behnke, SA Spier, G Wu, and JM Muller-Delp. Aging diminishes endothelium-

dependent vasodilation and tetrahydrobiopterin content in rat skeletal muscle arterioles. (In review: J Physiol.)

SA Spier, MD Delp, JN Stallone, and JM Muller-Delp. Exercise training enhances PGI2 release in

old but not young skeletal muscle resistance arteries. (In review:  Am. J. Physiol. Heart Circ. Physiol.)