He is also an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Bioengineering at UT Arlington, and a Visiting Faculty Scientist at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, CA. Dr. Nelson has a broad background in integrative human physiology, with particular research interests in: (1) cardiac mechanics and ventricular function; (2) the cardio-metabolic syndrome, and (3) vascular regulation and neurovascular coupling. He has published extensively in leading cardiology, imaging, and gerontology journals, and has received investigational grants from the National Institutes of Health, the American Heart Association, the National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, the Canadian Institutes for Health Research, the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, and from Gilead Sciences.