Dr. Jere H. Mitchell (1928-2021) was a Professor of Internal Medicine and Physiology at UT Southwestern and holder of the S. Roger and Carolyn P. Horchow Chair in Cardiac Research. For many years he was director of the Moss Heart Center and Pauline and Adolph Weinberger Laboratory for Cardiopulmonary Research. Dr. Mitchell's research area was cardiac control during exercise. He was one of the original researchers in the 1966 Response to Exercise After Bed Rest and After Training study -- often called the Dallas Bed Rest Study -- that was pivotal in exercise science. The study was later updated in 1996. Research over the years by Dr. Mitchell and his colleagues had established the now widely-accepted beneficial effects of exercise on heart cardiac function. Dr. Mitchell received his M.D. from Southwestern Medical School in 1954.
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