Faculty

Brady Hanson

Assistant Professor of Biology–Exercise/Health Science; Exercise Science Program Coordinator; Athletic Training Program Coordinator

Education

  • Ph.D. in Human Cardiovascular Physiology, University of Iowa, 2023
  • M.A. in Exercise Physiology, Brigham Young University, 2019
  • B.A. in Exercise Physiology, Brigham Young University–Idaho, 2016

Courses

  • Core:
    • Molecules, Cells, and Inheritance
    • Ecology, Evolution, and Organisms
  • Biology Major:
    • Anatomy & Physiology I
    • Anatomy & Physiology II
    • Human Anatomy
  • Exercise Science and Athletic Training:
    • Kinesiology
    • Exercise Physiology
    • Athletic Training Internship

Teaching Positions & Professional Experience

  • Faculty Member, Southern Virginia University, 2025-present
  • Postdoctoral Research Advanced Fellow, University of Utah and Salt Lake Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 2023–25
  • Cardiopulmonary Therapeutics Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Iowa, 2020–23
  • Exercise Physiology Teaching Assistant, Brigham Young University, 2018–19
  • Graduate Research Assistant, Exercise Physiology, Brigham Young University, 2017–19
  • Undergraduate Research Assistant, Exercise Physiology, BYU-Idaho, 2016–17

Scholarship & Creative Work

  • The Impact of Age and Exercise Training on Endothelial-Mediated Mechanisms of Vasodilation during Passive Leg Movement in Males. American Journal of Physiology – Regulatory, Integrative, and Comparative Physiology, 2026
  • Targeted Nrf2 activation improves vascular endothelial function with aging and prevents vascular dysfunction following disuse in younger and older adults. Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 2026
  • Transcriptomic analyses of peripheral blood mononuclear cells reveal age-specific basal and acute exercise responsiveness differences in humans. American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2025
  • Acute Sympathetic Activation Blunts the Hyperemic and Vasodilatory Response to Passive Leg Movement in Young Healthy Males. Physiological Reports, 2025
  • Muscle blood flow and vasodilation are blunted at the onset of exercise following an acute bout of ischemia-reperfusion. Journal of Applied Physiology, 2023
  • Intermittent vs. Continuous Handgrip Exercise and Peripheral Endothelial Function: Impact of Shear Rate Fluctuations. Journal of Applied Physiology, 2023
  • Hypoxia Offsets the Decline in Brachial Artery Flow-mediated Dilation Following Acute Inactivity. American Journal of Physiology – Regulatory, Integrative, and Comparative Physiology, 2022
  • Commentaries on Viewpoint: Differential impact of shear rate in the cerebral and systemic circulation: implications for endothelial function. Journal of Applied Physiology, 2021
  • Sex-Related Differences in Rapid-Onset Vasodilation: Impact of Aging. Journal of Applied Physiology, 2021
  • Presentation, Sex-Related Differences in Rapid-Onset Vasodilation with Aging, 2020

Awards, Leadership, & Service

  • Institutional Review Board Committee member, Southern Virginia University 2025–present
  • Faculty Representative For SVU’s Men’s and Women’s Wrestling teams, 2025–present
  • APS Annual Meeting at Experimental Biology Speaker Award, 2020
  • BYU Outstanding Graduate Student Program Award for Research, 2019
  • Veterans Affairs Advanced Fellowship in Geriatrics
  • Robert K. Conlee ACSM Travel Award, Brigham Young University

Memberships

  • American Physiological Society
  • American College of Sports Medicine
  • American Heart Association
  • The Physiological Society
  • North American Artery