DAVID R. PENDERGAST

Academic History:

Colleges and Universities Attended with Degrees Received, and Dates Received:

1965 State University College of New York at Brockport, BS

1966 University of Pittsburgh, MEd

1973 State University of New York at Buffalo, EdD

1972-73 Post-doctoral training, Department of Physiology, State University of New York at Buffalo

1991-present Associate Director, Center for Research and Education in Special Environments, State University of New York at Buffalo

1988-present Professor of Physiology, State University of New York at Buffalo

2000 Nominated for Inventor of the Year Niagara Frontier

1999-present Member of the USA Swimming Sports Medicine Committee

1991 1990 Elizabeth and Sidney Light Award for Excellence in Scientific Writing. Awarded by the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine.

1. H. Hoppeler, D.R. Pendergast, Part.Inv. The molecular basis of functional and structural plasticitiy of human skeletal muscle tissue.,Swiss National Science Foundation,557’927.15SF,10/98 to 9/02.

2. D.R. Pendergast. Development of Standards for Personal Gear. NAVSEA, US Navy. 490,000.6/99-12/01.

3. D.R. Pendergast. Establishing a Multi-Center and Multi-Disciplinary Program for Improving Diver Thermal Protection Hardware in Warm and Cold Water. NAVSEA, US Navy. $200,000, 3/00-2/2002.

4. D.R. Pendergast. Design and Testing of a Total Body Thermal Garment, Office of Naval Research, $3,000,000, 10/1/01-9/30/4

American Physiological Society

Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine

1. di Prampero PE, DR Pendergast, DR Wilson and DW Rennie. Body drag and efficiency in swimming. Arch Fisiol 69(suppl):502-515, 1972.
2. Pendergast DR, PE di Prampero, AB Craig Jr, DR Wilson and DW Rennie. Quantitative analysis of the front crawl in men and women. J Appl Physiol: Respirat Environ Exerc Physiol 43(3):475-479, 1977.
3. Cerretelli PC, DR Pendergast, WC Paganelli and DW Rennie. Effects of specific muscle training on on-response and early blood lactate. J Appl Physiol: Respirat Environ Exerc Physiol 47(4):761-769, 1979.
4. Craig Jr AB and DR Pendergast. Relationships of stroke rate, distance per stroke, and velocity in competitive swimming. Med Sci Sports 11(3):278-283, 1979.
5. Pendergast DR, PC Cerretelli and DW Rennie. Aerobic and glycolytic metabolism in arm exercise. J Appl Physiol: Respirat Environ Exerc Physiol 47(4):754-760, 1979.
6. Pendergast DR, D Shindell, PC Cerretelli and DW Rennie. Role of central and peripheral circulatory adjustments in oxygen transport at the onset of exercise. Intl J Sports Med 1(4):160-170, 1980.
7. Krasney JA, DR Pendergast, E Powell, BW McDonald and JR Plewes. Regional circulatory responses to head-out water immersion in anesthetized dog. J Appl Physiol: Respirat Environ Exerc Physiol 53(6):1625-1633, 1982.
8. Cerretelli PC, C Marconi, DR Pendergast, M Meyer, N Heisler and J Piiper. Blood flow in exercising muscle by xenon clearance and by microsphere trapping. J Appl Physiol: Respirat Environ Exerc Physiol 56(1):24-30, 1984.
9. Taheri SA, DR Pendergast, ES Lazar, LH Pollack, RM Shores, BW McDonald and P Taheri. Continuous ambulatory venous pressure for diagnosis of venous insufficiency. Am J Surg 150:203-206, 1985.
10. Pendergast DR, AJ de Bold, MM Pazik and SK Hong. Effect of head out water immersion on plasma atrial natriuretic factor in man. Proc Soc Exp Biol Med l84(4):429-435, l987.
11. Pendergast DR. The effect of body cooling on oxygen transport during exercise. Med Sci Sports Exerc 20(5)(suppl):S171-S176, 1988.
12. Fisher NM, DR Pendergast, GE Gresham and E Calkins. Muscle rehabilitation: Its effect on muscular and functional performance of patients with knee osteoarthritis. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 72(6):367-374, 1991.
13. Young JL, DR Pendergast and JJ Steinbach. Oxygen transport and peripheral microcirculation in long term diabetes. Proc Soc Exp Biol Med 196(1):61-68, 1991.
14. Iwamoto J, DR Pendergast, H Suzuki, JA Krasney, Effect of graded exercise on nitric oxide in exhaled air in humans. Respiration Physiology 97:333-345, 1994.
15. Muoio DM, JJ Leddy, PJ Horvath, AB Awad, and DR Pendergast. Effect of dietary fat on metabolic adjustments to maximal and endurance in runners. Med Sci Sports Exerc 26:81-88, 1994.
16. Kame V and DR Pendergast, Effects of short term and prolonged immersion on the cardiovascular responses to exercise. Aviat Space Envir Med 66:20-25, 1995.
17. Pendergast DR, PJ Horvath, JJ Leddy and JT Venkatraman. Increasing fat intake may benefit some athletes. Nutrition Notes. J Strength Conditioning August, 1996.
18. Pendergast DR, M Tedesco, DM Nawrocki and NM Fisher. Energetics of Underwater swimming with SCUBA. Med Sci Sports Exerc 28:573-580, 1996.
19. Shykoff, B, LE Farhi, AJ Olszowka, DR Pendergast, MA Rokitka, CG Eisenhardt and RA Morin. Cardiovascular Responses to Submaximal Exercise in Sustained Microgravity. J Appl Physiol 81(1):26-32, 1996.
20. Pendergast DR, PJ Horvath, JJ Leddy and JT Venkatraman. The role of dietary fat on performance, metabolism and health. Am J Sports Med 24(6):S53-S57, 1997.
21. Pogliaghi, S., JA Krasney and DR Pendergast. Effect of gravity on lung exhaled nitric oxide at rest and during exercise. Resp Physiol 107:157-164, 1997.
22. Perini R, S Milesi, L Biancardi, DR Pendergast, A Veicsteinas. Heart rate variability in exercising humans: effect of water immersion. Eur J Appl Physiol 77:326-332, 1998.
23. Giradis M, D Linnarsson, C Moia, DR Pendergast and G Ferretti. The effects of gravity acceleration on oxygen consumption during cycle ergometry. Acta Physiol Scand 166:239-246,1999.
24. Pendergast, DR, JA Krasney and D DeRoberts. Effects of immersion in cool water on lung-exhaled hitric oxide at rest and during exercise. Respir Physiol 115:73-81,1999.
25. Hoppeler H, R Billeter, PJ Horvath, JJ Leddy, and DR Pendergast. Muscle structure with low and high fat diets in well trained male runners. Int J Sports Med 20(8):522-6,1999.
26. Perini R, S Milesi, NM Fisher, DR Pendergast, A Veicsteinas. Heart rate variability during dynamic exercise in old males and females. Eur J Appl Physiol 82: 8-15, 2000.
27. Horvath PJ, C Eagen, NM Fisher, JJ Leddy and DR Pendergast. The effects of varying dietary fat on performance and metabolism in trained male and female runners. J Am College Nutrition 19(1):52-60,2000.
28. Schrauwen P, H Hoppeler, R Billeter, A Bakker, DR Pendergast. Fiber type dependent upregulation of human skeletal muscle UCP2 and UPC3 m RNA expression by high-fat diet. I J Obesity. In Press, 2001.
29. Perini R, N Fisher, A Veicsteinas, DR Pendergast. Effects of aerobic training on cardiovascular responses at rest and during exercise in older well adults. Med Sci Sports and Exerc. (accepted 9/01)
30. Vladutiu GD, MJ Bennett, NM Fisher, DS Smal, JJ Leddy, DR Pendergast. Phenotypic variability among first-degree relatives with the same mutations in the carnitine palmitoyltransferase II gene. Nerve & Muscle (Submitted 9/01).