Link to OKCRS 2024 program

Keynote speakers:


 

Keynote: Cardiopulmonary Physiology
Dr. Markus Amann
University of Utah, USA
Title: Influence of group III/IV muscle afferents on neurocirculatory and pulmonary control: rest and exercise

Keynote: Vascular Physiology
Dr. Ylva Hellsten
University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Title: Sex hormones, cardiovascular health and adaptation to exercise training?

Keynote: Cardiovascular Physiology
Dr. Andre La Gerche
St. Vincent’s Institute, Australia
Title: Limits of human cardiac physiology 

Symposium speakers:


Vascular Physiology Symposium
Chair – Dr. Lacy Alexander
Pennsylvania State University, USA
Title: The Cutaneous Circulation in Health and Disease

Respiratory Physiology Symposium
Chair – Dr. Najib Ayas
University of British Columbia, Canada
Title: Exploring the Heterogeneity of Obstructive Sleep Apnea: First Steps Towards a Precision Medicine Approach

Environmental Physiology Symposium
Chair – Dr. Abigail Bigham 
University of California Los Angeles, USA
Title: Genomic Approaches to Understanding Adaptation and Plasticity at High Altitude

Cerebrovascular Physiology Symposium
Chair – Dr. Teresa Lui-Ambrose
University of British Columbia, Canada
Title: Exercise to Promote Brain Health in At-Risk Older Adults: Probing Mechanisms and Moderators

Autonomic Physiology Symposium
Chair – Dr. Charlotte Usselman
McGill University, Canada
Title: Let's talk about sex (and gender too): Clarity and confusion on neuro-vascular control of blood pressure in men and women?

Comparative Physiology Symposium
Chair – Dr. Kate Wilsterman
Colorado State University, USA
Title: If you put a pregnant mouse on the mountaintops: Evolution and gestation at high altitude