Aaron Phillips
Associate Professor
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Research
Research areas
- Vascular and cardiac ultrasound
- Beat-by-beat blood pressure
- MRI
- Orthostatic stress testing
- Arterial blood gas reactivity testing
- Surgically implanted and non-invasive neurostimulation modalities
- CLARITY
- Arterial cannulation
- Spinal cord transection/contusion
Research Activities
Dr. Phillips uses a combination of integrated physiology and neuroscience, with the aim of deeply understanding autonomic and cardiovascular function. Currently, the laboratory has two primary foci. The first is to understand the mechanisms underlying neurovascular regulation in the human brain. The second is to develop a neurostimulation therapy to restore healthy autonomic and cardiovascular function in those living with a spinal cord injury.
Administrative Assistant
Alexandra Miller
alexandra.miller1@ucalgary.ca
403-220-2708
Trainees at the Post Doctoral, graduate, or undergraduate level interested in these areas of research, please send your CV and a letter of interest to Ms. Alexandra Miller at alexandra.miller1@ucalgary.ca
Biography
Dr. Aaron Phillips is a distinguished scientist and academic whose training in Biosciences has enabled him to uncover the intricate relationships between the nervous and cardiovascular systems. With a keen understanding of how these interactions can be disrupted in clinical conditions, Dr. Phillips has devoted his research to developing innovative therapeutics for individuals with neurological health issues. During his post-doctoral studies at the University of British Columbia (UBC), Dr. Phillips was awarded prestigious fellowships from Banting, CIHR, NSERC, and Craig Neilsen, as well as the Killam Research Award. In 2017, he established his laboratory at the University of Calgary, where he currently serves as an Associate Professor of Physiology and Pharmacology, Biomedical Engineering, Clinical Neurosciences, and Cardiac Sciences. Dr. Phillips has been honored with numerous accolades, including the Brain Canada Future Leader Award, The Arthur Guyton Award for Excellence in Physiology from the American Physiology, and the Heart and Stroke Foundation New Investigator Award. Avenue Magazine also acknowledged him as a "top-40-under-40" He publishes in top journals such as Nature, Neurology, and Circulation Research. and Nature Biotechnology. He consults for a number of organizations and has successfully commercialized his discoveries through start-up and publicly traded companies.