William V Judy, PhD
Aerospace Scientist



William V Judy, PhD

Dr. William V. Judy earned his Ph.D. in physiology and biophysics at West Virginia University, where he wrote his doctoral dissertation on the topic of Sympathetic Nervous Control of Renal Hemodynamics.

Early on in his career, Dr. Judy worked with Dr. Karl Folkers in the Institute for Biomedical Research at the University of Texas in Austin. Dr. Folkers, who was and is widely regarded as the father of CoQ10 clinical and biomedical research, and Dr. Judy collaborated on studies of Q10 absorption and bioavailability, studies of Q10 as adjunctive treatment in congestive heart failure patients, and studies of Q10 in the treatment of cancer patients, prostate cancer patients in particular.

Dr. William V. Judy earned his doctorate degree in physiology and bio-physics in 1971. He has worked as an aerospace scientist in NASA's manned spacecraft center and has taught in the Indiana University School of Medicine as a Professor of Physiology. Dr. Judy has worked in basic and clinical research for 56 years now; the major focus of his research has been on the absorption, efficacy, and safety of Coenzyme Q10. He was an early colleague of Dr. Karl Folkers, with whom he carried out joint research studies for 21 years.

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