THOMAS
J. BARSTOW
Professor and head, department of kinesiology
Tom
Barstow is interested in developing techniques to improve health.
Barstow, a professor and head of the department of kinesiology
at Kansas State University, is an international leader in developing
noninvasive techniques to measure metabolism, cardiovascular
and pulmonary function in humans.
Barstow's current research focuses on how bloodflow to contracting muscles is controlled in healthy subjects, and how diabetes alters this control. He also provides instructional expertise in the physiology of exercise, exercise testing, muscle physiology and nutrition and exercise.
Barstow joined the K-State faculty in 1996 and was promoted to professor in 2000. In 2002, he became head of the department of kinesiology. Prior to joining K-State, Barstow served as director of the Pulmonary Physiology Research Laboratory at the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center.
He received a bachelor's degree in nutrition in 1974, a master's in physical education in 1978 and a doctorate in physiology in 1985, all from the University of California, Davis.
Barstow is a member of many professional organizations, including the American College of Sports Medicine, the American Heart Association, Cardiopulmonary Council and the American Physiological Society.
He is also a reviewer for the National Institutes of Health Special Emphasis Panel and several professional journals and serves as a student research adviser at K-State. One of Barstow's graduate students received the Doctoral Student Research Award from the Central States Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine in 2001.
Barstow can be reached at 785-532-0712 or by e-mail at tbarsto@k-state.edu.