Professor
School of Kinesiology (KIN)
The long-term goal of Dr. Sheel’s research program is to understand how the respiratory and cardiovascular systems interact, respond and adapt to physiological stress and how biological sex affects these relationships. The heart, circulation, lungs, and chest wall all act together in a highly coordinated fashion. Studying each system in isolation can provide valuable information but examining how these systems act together provides a more comprehensive understanding of basic human physiology.
Contributions:
Foster GE, Koehle MS, Dominelli PB, Mwangi FM, Onywera VO, Boit MK, Tremblay JC, Boit C and Sheel AW. Pulmonary mechanics and gas exchange during exercise in Kenyan distance runners. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 46(2):702-710, 2014.
Dominelli PB, Foster GE, Dominelli GS, Henderson WR, Koehle MS, McKenzie DC and Sheel AW. Exercise-induced arterial hypoxaemia and the mechanics of breathing in healthy young women. Journal of Physiology 591(12):3017-3034, 2013.
Querido JS, Ainslie PN, Foster GE, Henderson WR, Halliwill JR, Ayas NT and Sheel AW. Cerebral autoregulation during and following acute hypoxia: role of carbon dioxide. Journal of Applied Physiology 114(9):1183-1190, 2013.
MacNutt MJ, De Souza MJ, Tomczak SE, Homer JL and Sheel AW. Resting and exercise ventilatory chemosensitivity across the menstrual cycle. Journal of Applied Physiology 112(5):737-747, 2012.
Sheel AW, Guenette JA, Yuan R, Holy L, Mayo JR, McWilliams AM, Lam S and Coxson HO. Evidence for dysanapsis using computed tomographic imaging of the airways in older ex-smokers. Journal of Applied Physiology 107(5):1622-1628, 2009.
Keywords:
Exercise; Physiology; Pulmonary; Hypoxia; Lung; Cardiorespiratory; Sex-differences.
bill.sheel@ubc.ca
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