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University of Texas at Austin

Health Science Kinesiology, Exercise Science, and Phys Ed Sports Medicine & Exercise Physiology Gerontology Physiology Vascular Medicine

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5.04/23/2026

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Hirofumi Tanaka is a Professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Health Education at the University of Texas at Austin, holding the Ruth Knight Millikan Centennial Professorship. He serves as Director of the Cardiovascular Aging Research Laboratory and Program Coordinator for the Exercise Physiology program. Tanaka obtained his B.S. in Physical Education from International Budo (Martial Arts) University in Japan in 1989, M.S. in Human Bioenergetics from Ball State University in 1992, and Ph.D. in Applied Physiology from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, in 1995. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship in cardiovascular physiology at the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1998. His career at UT Austin began in 2002 as Assistant Professor, advancing to Associate Professor in 2006 and full Professor in 2013. Prior roles include Research Associate and Research Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder (1995-2001) and Associate Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (2005). Tanaka has also held endowed fellowships such as the Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long Endowed Faculty Fellows Fund (2012-2017) and Oscar and Anne Mauzy Regents Professorship (2017-2018).