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Robert W. Gotshall, Ph.D.

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Research Interests

• Influence of exercise and diet on cardiopulmonary physiology and health. Specific research areas currently addressed include dietary and other non-pharmacological interventions to reduce severity of exercise-induced asthma.

Education

• 1967 B.S., Biology. Mount Union College, Alliance, OH
• 1969 M.S., Physiology. The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
• 1971 Ph.D., Physiology. The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

Professional Experience

• 1971-1973 NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Physiology, University of Missouri-Columbia
• 1973-1975 Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin
• 1975-1978 Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, Wright State University
• 1978-1990 Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, Wright State University
• 1990-1991 Professor, Department of Physiology, Wright State University
• 1991-Present Professor, Department of Health and Exercise Science and Physiology, Colorado State University
• 1995-Present Department of Health and Exercise Science, Graduate Program Director

Honors and Awards

• 1997 Inducted into Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, Colorado State University.
• 1997 Service Award, Rocky Mountain Chapter, American College of Sports Medicine
• 1996 Elected, Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine (FACSM)
• 1996 College of Applied Human Sciences, Colorado State University: "Scholarly Excellence Award."
• 1985 Recipient of Richard Alan Literary Award for literary excellence and contributions to field of Respiratory Therapy.

Classes Taught

• EX 444 Exercise and Aging
• EX 540 Human Performance in Environmental Extremes
• EX 604 Role of Oxygen Transport in Exercise and Health

Selected Recent Publications

• Cordain, L., Gotshall, R.W., Eaton, S.B., & Eaton II, S.B. (1998). Health, fitness and exercise: an evolutionary perspective. International Journal of Sports Medicine, 19, 328-335.
• Gotshall, R.W., & Davrath, L.R. (1998). Pulmonary capillary blood volume during lower body negative pressure: effect of gender. Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine, 69(3), 277-281.
• Davrath, L.R., Gotshall, R.W., Tucker, A., & Sadeh, W.Z. (1999). The heart is not necessarily empty at syncope. Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine, 70(3), 213-219.
• Gotshall, R.W., & Davrath, L.R. (1999). Cardiovascular effects of the breathhold used in determining pulmonary diffusion capacity. Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine, 70(5), 471-474.
• Gotshall, R.W., Gootman, J., Byrnes, W.C., Fleck, S.J., & Valovich, T.C. (1999). Noninvasive characterization of the dynamic blood pressure responses to the double-leg press. Journal of Exercise Physiology Online, 2, 1-6.
• Mickleborough, T.D., Cordain, L., Gotshall, R.W., & Tucker, A. (2000). A low-sodium diet improves indices of pulmonary function in exercise-induced asthma. Journal of Exercise Physiology Online, 3, 46-54.
• Gotshall, R.W., Mickleborough, T.D., & Cordain, L. (2000). Dietary salt restriction improves pulmonary function in exercise-induced asthmatics. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 32, 1815-1819.
• Gotshall, R.W. (2000). Evaluation of gender differences in tolerance to lower body negative pressure. Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine, 71, 1104-1110.
• Gotshall, R.W., Dahl, D.J., & Markus, N.J. (2001). Evaluation of the physiological heat strain index for intermittent exercise in the heat. Journal of Exercise Physiology Online, 4, 22-29.
• Mickleborough, T.D., Gotshall, R.W., Rhodes, J., Tucker, A., &. Cordain, L. (2001). Elevating dietary salt exacerbates hyperpnea-induced airway obstruction in guinea pigs. Journal of Applied Physiology, 91, 1061-1066.
• Mickleborough, T.D., Gotshall, R.W., Kluka, E.M., Miller, C.W., & Cordain, L. (2001). Dietary chloride as a possible determinant of the severity of exercise-induced asthma. European Journal of Applied Physiology, 85, 450-456.
• Mickleborough, T.D., Gotshall, R.W., Cordain, L., & Lindley, M. (2001). Dietary salt alters pulmonary function during exercise in subjects with exercise-induced asthma. Journal of Sport Sciences, 19, 865-873.
• Gotshall, R.W. (2002). Exercise-Induced Bronchoconstriction. Drugs, 62, 1725-1739. (Review, 85 references)
• Mickleborough, T.D. & Gotshall, R.W. (2002). Dietary salt and exercise-induced bronchoconstriction. International SportMed Journal, 3 (2), http://www.esportmed.com. (Review, 50 references)
• Mickleborough, T.D. & Gotshall, R.W. (2003). Dietary components with demonstrated effectiveness in decreasing the severity of exercise-induced asthma. Sports Medicine 33, 671-681. (Review, 68 references)
• Gotshall, R.W., DeVoe, D.E., & Nelson, T.L. (2003). Pedometer response to vehicle travel: Does it count? Journal of Exercise Physiology Online, 6, 9-13.
• Gotshall, R.W., Rasmussen, J.J., & Fedorczak, L.J. (2004). One-week vs. two-weeks of low salt diet and severity of exercise induced bronchoconstriction. Journal of Exercise Physiology Online 7, 1-7.

Book Chapters

• Miles, D.S. & Gotshall, R.W. (1989). Impedance cardiography: noninvasive assessment of human central hemodynamics at rest and during exercise. [Review Chapter] [115 refs]. In K. Pandolf (Ed.), Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews. (pp. 231-263). Baltimore: Wiliams & Wilkins.
• Gotshall, R.W. & Mickleborough, T.D. (2004). Exercise-induced bronchoconstriction: overview and directions. [Review Chapter] [141 refs]. In Miroslav Tersa (Ed.), Focus on Asthma Research (pp. 189-220). Hauppauge, NY: Nova Medical Books.