Andrew W. Gardner, Ph.D.

Hobbs-Recknagel Professor, CMRI Metabolic Research Center

Exercise Physiology Lab Director, General Clinical Research Center

University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

andrew-gardner@ouhsc.edu

Research Interests:

Dr. Gardner’s research focus in Pediatrics will center on the roles of exercise and body composition on vascular and metabolic function in children, as well as determining the amount of physical activity of children in the community setting.  Dr. Gardner has an active research program in exercise rehabilitation of peripheral arterial disease patients, and on exercise physiology issues as they relate to older adults.  He has had continuous research grant support from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) since 1991, and currently has a 5-year, $625,000 R01 grant from NIA, and a 3-year, $134,000 grant from the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology studying the effects of exercise on peripheral arterial disease patients with intermittent claudication.  Dr. Gardner plans to extend this work with research applications examining vascular and metabolic function in obese and diabetic children.

Education:

1983, BS, California State University

1985, MS, Purdue University

1990, PhD, Arizona State University

1990-1993, Post Doc., University of Vermont

Recent Publications:

Gardner AW.  Exercise training for patients with peripheral arterial disease.  Physician Sportsmed 2001;29:25-35.

Gardner AW, Montgomery PS.  The relationship between history of falling and physical function in subjects with peripheral arterial disease.  Vasc Med 2001;6:223-227.

Gardner AW, Killewich LA.  Association between physical activity and endogeneous fibrinolysis in peripheral arterial disease: A cross-sectional study.  Angiology 2002;53:367-374.

Gardner AW, Katzel LI, Sorkin JD, Goldberg AP.  Effects of long-term exercise rehabilitation on claudication distances in patients with peripheral arterial disease: A randomized controlled trial.  J Cardiopulmonary Rehabil 2002;22:192-198.

Gardner AW.  Sex differences in claudication pain in subjects with peripheral arterial disease.  Med Sci Sports Exerc 2002;34:1695-1698.

Gardner AW, Killewich LA, Montgomery PS, Katzel LI.  Response to exercise rehabilitation in smoking and non-smoking patients with intermittent claudication.  J Vasc Surg 2004;39:531-538.

Gardner AW, Montgomery PS, Killewich LA.  Natural history of physical function in patients with intermittent claudication.  J Vasc Surg 2004;40:73-78.

Atkins LM, Gardner AW.  The relationship between lower extremity functional strength and severity of peripheral arterial disease.  Angiology 2004;55:347-355.

Killewich LA, Macko RF, Montgomery PS, Wiley LA, Gardner AW.  Exercise training enhances endogenous fibrinolysis in peripheral arterial disease.  J Vasc Surg 2004;40:741-745.

Izquierdo-Porrera AM, Gardner AW, Bradham DD, Montgomery PS, Sorkin JD, Powell CC, Katzel LI.  Relationship between objective measures of peripheral arterial disease severity to self-reported quality of life in older adults with intermittent claudication.  J Vasc Surg 2005;41: 625-630.

Gardner AW, Montgomery PS, Flinn WR, Katzel LI.  The effect of exercise intensity on the response to exercise rehabilitation in patients with intermittent claudication.  J Vasc Surg 2005;42:702-709.

Gardner AW, Clancy RJ.  The relationship between ankle/brachial index and leisure-time physical activity in patients with intermittent claudication.  Angiology (in press).

Schank BJ, Acree LA, Longfors J, Gardner AW.  Differences in vascular reactivity between men and women.  Angiology (in press).

Fjeldstad AS, Fjeldstad C, Acree LS, Nickel KJ, Montgomery PS, Comp PC, Whitsett TL, Gardner AW.  The relationship between arterial elasticity and metabolic syndrome features.  Angiology (in press).

Gardner AW, Montgomery PS, Parker DE.  Metabolic syndrome impairs physical function, health-related quality of life, and peripheral circulation in patients with intermittent claudication.  J Vasc Surg (in press).