Roger P. Farrar, Ph.D.

Professor, Kinesiology & Health Education

Bellmont Hall 822J
The University of Texas
Austin, TX 78712

Phone: 512-471-8621; Fax: 512-471-0946
E-mail: rfarrar@mail.utexas.edu
Mail Code: D - 3700

Education

• 1976 Ph.D. Univ. of Massachusetts - Amherst. Exercise Science
  Dissertation Title: Selected biochemical parameters of two sizes of rat skeletal and heart muscle mitochondria at selected intervals of a sixteen week endurance training program.
• 1967 B.S. Tufts University. Biology with minor in Chemistry

Selected Publications

• Cartee,G.D. and Farrar,R.P. Effects of age on respiratory capacity and VO2max. Journal of Applied Physiology 63: 257-261, 1987
• Cartee,G.D. and Farrar,R.P. Exercise training induces glycogen sparing during exercise by old rats. Journal of Applied Physiology 64: 259-265, 1988
• Walters, T.J., Sweeney, H.L., and Farrar, R.P. Aging does not alter the contractile properties of the FDL muscle in the F344 rat. American Journal of Physiology ( Cell Physiol.) 27: C1031-1035, 1990.
• Walters, T.J., Sweeney, H.L., and Farrar, R.P. The influence of electrical stimulation on a fast-twitch muscle in aging rats. Journal of Applied Physiology 71 (5) 1921-1928, 1991.
• Bowles, D. Farrar, R.P., and Starnes, J.W. Exercise training improves cardiac function following ischemia in the isolated working rat heart. Am. J. of Physiology: (Heart & Circ.) 32: H804-H809, 1992
• Farrar, R.P., K.A. Monnin, and T.J. Walters Alterations in skeletal muscle ß responsiveness to altered contractile activity during the aging process. Aging: Clinical and Experimental Reseach 9: 153-158, 1997
• Yaspelkis, B.B., A.L.Castle, R.P. Farrar, and J.L. Ivy. Effects of chronic electrical stimulation and ß-GPA on GLUT4 protein concentration in rat skeletal muscle. Acta Physiologica Scandinavica 163:, 251-259, 1998
• Gibson, B.J.Ong, J.W. Starnes, and R.P. Farrar. Effects of moderate and heavy ethanol consumption on myocardial recovery from ischemia. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research. 22: No 9, 2086-2092, 1998.
• Martin, J.C., R.P. Farrar, B.M. Wagner, and W.W. Spirduso. Maximal power across the lifespan. Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences, 2000, Vol 55A, No 6. M311-M316

Recent and Current Funding

• Interventions and correlates of muscular atrophy. Proctor Gamble
  $110,444 March 1996-June 1998
• Rowing ergometry as an intervention for firefighter fitness. Austin Community Foundation
  $30,000 June 1997-January 1999
• Strength training to enhance physiological and psychological performance of female firefighter applicants to the Austin Fire Department. City of Austin, Austin,TX.
  $29,500 October 2000- March 2001