Professor Dr. William Schrage

Biography

William Schrage is a Professor in the Department of Kinesiology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His academic background includes a Bachelor of Science in Biology from the University of Utah, a PhD in Physiology from the University of Missouri, and postdoctoral training in Integrative Human Physiology at the Mayo Clinic. He has been a faculty member at UW-Madison since 2006, where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses primarily in environmental exercise physiology. His research focuses on the physiological mechanisms regulating blood flow in response to obesity and prediabetes, with a particular interest in the impacts of biological sex on cardiovascular health. Schrage employs a range of invasive and non-invasive approaches, including state-of-the-art MRI techniques, to test his hypotheses in human volunteers. His work has been funded by major grants from the National Institutes of Health, the American Heart Association, and the American Diabetes Association. He is actively involved in numerous departmental and national scientific committees, contributing to advancements in the field of exercise physiology and cardiovascular research.

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