Dr. Michael Davis received his B.S. in Zoology from the University
of California, Davis and his Ph.D. in Physiology & Biophysics from the University of
Nebraska Medical Center. He pursued post-doctoral research at the University of Arizona
before taking a faculty position at Texas A&M University in 1985, where he currently
serves as Professor of Medical Physiology. Dr. Davis research relates to mechanisms
of blood flow control in the microcirculation, with emphasis on mechanotransduction by
vascular cells. His work has been continuously funded from the National Institutes of
Health since 1985. He has been designated an Established Investigator of the American
Heart Association and serves as an Associate Editor for the American Journal of
Physiology. He has published more than 70 peer-reviewed articles, proceedings papers and
book chapters.