Thad Wilson, PhD
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Professor, Department of Physiology
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Vice Chair, Department of Physiology
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Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Environmental Health
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Director of Graduate Certificate | Physiology Teaching
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Dr. Fred W. Zechman Professorship
Contact
Research
The goals of our laboratory/clinical-focused research are to: 1) identify the mechanisms of eccrine sweat gland and skin blood flow disorders to develop meaningful treatments; 2) quantify and model regional skin barriers and transdermal molecule movement during environmental exposures; and 3) determine the interactions of the thermal environment on medical conditions and worker health/safety.
The goals of our physiological education-focused research are to: 1) determine if function diagrams improve recalling and classifying factual knowledge in medical education; and 2) identify the role of physiological simulations in developing conceptual and procedural knowledge.
Selected Publications
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4345-1616
2025 Google Scholar h-index: 43
2025 Google Scholar i10-index: 79
2025 Total Citations: >6400
Representative Original Research Publications:
Metzler-Wilson, K., Fang, M. M., Alibegovic, K., Daggett, J., Narra, S., Dazé, R. P., Miller, O. G., & Wilson, T. E. Effect of reflex and mechanical decreases in skin perfusion on thermal- and agonist-induced eccrine sweating in humans. American Journal of Physiology (Regulatory, Integrative, and Comparative Physiology), 324: R271-R280, 2023.
Metzler-Wilson, K., Toma, K., Sammons, D.L., Mann, S., Jurovcik, A. J., Demidova, O., & Wilson, T. E. Augmented supraorbital skin sympathetic nerve activity responses to symptom trigger events in rosacea patients. Journal of Neurophysiology, 114: 1530-1537, 2015.
Wilson, T. E., Brothers, R. M., Tollund, C., Dawson, E. A., Nissen, P., Yoshiga, C. C., Jons, C., Secher, N. H., Crandall, C. G. Effect of thermal stress on Frank-Starling relations in humans. Journal of Physiology (London), 587:3383-3392, 2009.
Representative Research Synthesis & Integration Publications:
Wilson, T. E. Cardiovascular and metabolic responses to thermal insults. Theory and Applications of Heat Transfer in Cells and Organs (edited by D. Shrivastava), John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, NY, 2018; ISBN-13: 978-1119127307.
Wilson, T. E. Renal sympathetic nerve, blood flow, and epithelial transport responses to thermal stress. Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical, 204: 25-34, 2017.
Wilson, T. E., Klabunde, R. E. & Monahan, K. D. Using thermal stress to model aspects of disease states. Journal of Thermal Biology, 43: 24-32, 2014.
Representative Educational Scholarship:
Preston, R. R. & Wilson, T.E., Lippincott Illustrated Reviews: Physiology. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (Wolters Kluwer Co.), Baltimore, MD, 2024; ISBN-13: 978-1975196332.
Wilson, T. E. & Barrett, K. E. Gastrointestinal jabberwocky to bioengineering design: Using function diagrams to teach physiology. Advances in Physiological Education, 45: 264–268, 2021.
Wilson, T. E., M. Minal, S. Akbar. Opportunistic physiology: Inserting physiology and pathophysiology content into virtually delivered clinical rotations. Advances in Physiological Education, 44: 545-549, 2020.
Representative Broader Impact Works:
Wilson, T. E. & Campbell K. S. Expanding “normal” in physiology education. Physiology Educators Community of Practice (PECOP) blog, December 15th, 2021. https://blog.lifescitrc.org/pecop/.
Wilson, T. E. & Metzler-Wilson, K. Autonomic thermoregulation. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Neuroscience. Web edition: Oxford University Press, 2018; DOI: 10.1093/acrefore/9780190264086.013.15. Print edition: Oxford University Press, 2022; ISBN-13: 978-0190464912.
Wilson, T. E., Lecturio USMLE: Physiology. Medicine Division of Lecturio GmbH, 2016-2025
Selected Publications
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4345-1616
2025 Google Scholar h-index: 43
2025 Google Scholar i10-index: 79
2025 Total Citations: >6400
Representative Original Research Publications:
Metzler-Wilson, K., Fang, M. M., Alibegovic, K., Daggett, J., Narra, S., Dazé, R. P., Miller, O. G., & Wilson, T. E. Effect of reflex and mechanical decreases in skin perfusion on thermal- and agonist-induced eccrine sweating in humans. American Journal of Physiology (Regulatory, Integrative, and Comparative Physiology), 324: R271-R280, 2023.
Metzler-Wilson, K., Toma, K., Sammons, D.L., Mann, S., Jurovcik, A. J., Demidova, O., & Wilson, T. E. Augmented supraorbital skin sympathetic nerve activity responses to symptom trigger events in rosacea patients. Journal of Neurophysiology, 114: 1530-1537, 2015.
Wilson, T. E., Brothers, R. M., Tollund, C., Dawson, E. A., Nissen, P., Yoshiga, C. C., Jons, C., Secher, N. H., Crandall, C. G. Effect of thermal stress on Frank-Starling relations in humans. Journal of Physiology (London), 587:3383-3392, 2009.
Representative Research Synthesis & Integration Publications:
Wilson, T. E. Cardiovascular and metabolic responses to thermal insults. Theory and Applications of Heat Transfer in Cells and Organs (edited by D. Shrivastava), John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, NY, 2018; ISBN-13: 978-1119127307.
Wilson, T. E. Renal sympathetic nerve, blood flow, and epithelial transport responses to thermal stress. Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical, 204: 25-34, 2017.
Wilson, T. E., Klabunde, R. E. & Monahan, K. D. Using thermal stress to model aspects of disease states. Journal of Thermal Biology, 43: 24-32, 2014.
Representative Educational Scholarship:
Preston, R. R. & Wilson, T.E., Lippincott Illustrated Reviews: Physiology. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (Wolters Kluwer Co.), Baltimore, MD, 2024; ISBN-13: 978-1975196332.
Wilson, T. E. & Barrett, K. E. Gastrointestinal jabberwocky to bioengineering design: Using function diagrams to teach physiology. Advances in Physiological Education, 45: 264–268, 2021.
Wilson, T. E., M. Minal, S. Akbar. Opportunistic physiology: Inserting physiology and pathophysiology content into virtually delivered clinical rotations. Advances in Physiological Education, 44: 545-549, 2020.
Representative Broader Impact Works:
Wilson, T. E. & Campbell K. S. Expanding “normal” in physiology education. Physiology Educators Community of Practice (PECOP) blog, December 15th, 2021. https://blog.lifescitrc.org/pecop/.
Wilson, T. E. & Metzler-Wilson, K. Autonomic thermoregulation. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Neuroscience. Web edition: Oxford University Press, 2018; DOI: 10.1093/acrefore/9780190264086.013.15. Print edition: Oxford University Press, 2022; ISBN-13: 978-0190464912.
Wilson, T. E., Lecturio USMLE: Physiology. Medicine Division of Lecturio GmbH, 2016-2025
Education
B.S. University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
M.S. University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
Ph.D. University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas & University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX