Research Focus

Dr. Limberg is interested in mechanisms that contribute to the development of cardiovascular disease and interventions that can reverse and/or prevent cardiovascular disease risk. Dr. Limberg is currently studying how blood flow and blood pressure are modulated by the nervous system, the effect of pharmacological and non-pharmacological (e.g. exercise) interventions, and how these factors may differ between men and women.

Specific areas of interest include:

• Neural control of blood flow and blood pressure
• Effect of exercise in neurovascular control
• Sex differences in cardiovascular regulation

Awards

• B-SURE: Boosting Spaceflight Underrepresented Researcher Equity participant, Baylor College of Medicine, 2023
• Felicia Axelrod Investigator Award, American Autonomic Society, 2022
• Beverly Petterson Bishop Award for Excellence in Neuroscience, American Physiological Society, Experimental Biology, 2021
• Shih-Chun Wang Young Investigator Award, American Physiological Society, 2020
• Maxine Seabaugh Schade Faculty Scholar, University of Missouri, 2018.
• Research Recognition Award Neural Control and Autonomic Regulation Section, American Physiological Society, 2017.
• Edward C. Kendall Alumni Award for Meritorious Research in basic sciences, Mayo Clinic Alumni Association, 2016.
• Michael Brody Young Investigator Award Neural Control and Autonomic Regulation Section, American Physiological Society, 2015.