Neil Eves, associate professor with UBC’s School of Health and Exercise Sciences and co-director of the Centre for Heart, Lung and Vascular Health
Collaboration, sharing research goal of cardiovascular and respiratory symposium
Professor Bill Milsom, University of British Columbia, Head of Zoology
UBC’s Centre for Heart, Lung and Vascular Health is attracting leading world experts to the Okanagan this week.
The inaugural Okanagan Cardiovascular and Respiratory Symposium is being held at Silver Star Mountain Report in Vernon from March 20 to 22 and features three keynote speakers who are internationally acclaimed researchers:
- Prof. Bill Milson, UBC’s Vancouver campus head of zoology, speaking on adaptations to the respiratory system during hypoxia, or oxygen deprivation;
- Assoc. Prof. Frank Dinenno, Colorado State University, will speak on how blood vessel function is regulated in exercise and hypoxia;
- Prof. Peter Raven, University of North Texas Health Science Centre, who will address arterial and cardiopulmonary reflexes control blood pressure especially during exercise.
Associate Professor Frank Dinenno, Colorado State University, Director of Human Cardiovascular Physiology Lab
In addition, there are numerous scientific sessions devoted to such topics as respiratory, cardiovascular, environmental and cerebrovascular physiology with academic experts from Universities in Alberta, British Columbia the U.S. and U.K.
Much of the research under discussion at the symposium will point the way to better understanding of how the heart lungs and blood vessels function in an integrative manner but also with special attention to preventive aspects of cardiovascular and respiratory health.
“The Okanagan Cardiovascular and Respiratory Symposium will bring internationally renowned researchers and trainees from all around North America and Europe to the BC interior to present research in the cardiovascular and respiratory sciences,” says Neil Eves, associate professor with UBC’s School of Health and Exercise Sciences and co-director of the Centre for Heart, Lung and Vascular Health.
Prof. Peter Raven, University of North Texas, Professor of Integrative Physiology
"It will also give trainees a rare opportunity to discuss and receive feedback from leading international researchers in a more informal and supportive environment,” says Eves.
“We also hope it will help generate new research collaborations and further establish our centre and UBC as an international entity in the disciplines of cardiovascular and respiratory sciences,” says Philip Ainslie, professor with the School of Health and Exercise Sciences and co-director of the Centre for Heart, Lung and Vascular Health.
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