About Our Laborotory

Jun Sugawara is a Senior Research Scientist at Human Informatics and Interaction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology.
He received a B.A. in Health and Sport Science, a M.S. in Health and Sport Science, and a Ph.D. in Health and Sport Science from the University of Tsukuba, Japan. He completed his postdoctoral fellowship in Center for Tsukuba Advanced Research Alliance (TARA), from the University of Tsukuba, Japan. He was awarded to the Oversea Research Fellowship by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science and worked at the University of Texas at Austin (2007-2009).
Currently, he is conducting the Joint International Research (Fostering Joint International Research, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) at Cerebrovascular Laboratory, the Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine (IEEM), Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital (Dallas).
Research interests revolve around 1) human hemodynamic control, 2) age-related change in vascular function and regular physical activity, and 3) technology development for vascular function measurement.

Takashi Tarumi is a senior research investigator at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology. He received a B.S. in Human Physiology at the University of Oregon, and a M.A. and a Ph.D. in Exercise Physiology from the University of Texas at Austin. He completed his postdoctoral fellowship in cerebrovascular physiology at the UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas. His research focuses on the study of brain plasticity under normal and pathological conditions and the effects of lifestyle modifications on brain health, with the ultimate goal to prevent or slow brain aging and extend healthy lifespan in older adults. Specifically, he is now using the state-of-the-art MR imaging technology combined with traditional physiological methods such as ultrasonogram and tonometry to investigate the influence of physical activity on the cardio- and cerebrovascular health.