S. Tony Wolf

Biography

Dr. Wolf completed his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Exercise Science at California State University, Fresno. He then earned his PhD in Exercise Physiology and subsequently completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Pennsylvania State University, with a focus on microvascular and thermoregulatory physiology. Dr. Wolf directs the Integrative Cardiovascular Physiology Lab.

Areas of Expertise

  • Exercise physiology
  • Cardiovascular physiology
  • Environmental physiology

Interests

  • Mechanisms of vascular dysfunction
  • Health disparities
  • Cardiovascular disease
  • Interventions

Concentrations

Education

  •  B.A. in Exercise Science, 2012
    California State University, Fresno
  •  M.S. in Exercise Science, 2016
    California State University, Fresno
  •  Ph.D. in Exercise Physiology, 2020
    Pennsylvania State University

Contact

 706-542-0636 (office)

Publications

Microvascular Function

Skin pigmentation is negatively associated with circulating vitamin D concentration and cutaneous microvascular endothelial function
  • Wolf ST, Dillon GA, Alexander LM, Jablonski NG, Kenney WL
  • American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology
Four weeks of vitamin D supplementation improves nitric oxide-mediated microvascular function in college-aged African Americans
  • Wolf ST, Jablonski NG, Ferguson SB, Alexander LM, Kenney WL
  • American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology
Within-limb variation in skin pigmentation does not influence cutaneous vasodilation
  • Fisher KG, Kenney WL, Wolf ST
  • Journal of Applied Physiology

Heat Stress

Sex differences in heat stress vulnerability among middle-aged and older adults (PSU HEAT project)
  • Leach OK, Cottle RM, Fisher KG, Wolf ST, Kenney WL
  • American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory, Integrative, and Comparative Physiology
A Novel Conceptual Model for Human Heat Tolerance
  • Bernard TE, Wolf ST, Kenney WL
  • Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews
Heat Stress Vulnerability and Critical Environmental Limits for Older Adults
  • Wolf ST, Cottle RM, Fisher KG, Vecellio DJ, Kenney WL
  • Communications Earth & Environment