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Shear Stress and the Cerebrovasculature – Dr. Danny Green

March 12, 2020 at 10:30 am - 12:00 pm

Free

Professor Green will focus on some aspects of assessment of cerebrovascular function and recent findings pertaining to whether cerebrovascular function is modified by exercise training in humans.

Danny Green in a Winthrop Professor at The University of Western Australia and a Principal Research Fellow of the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia. He is a human integrative physiologist whose research focuses on the prevention of cardiovascular diseases. He has developed novel imaging approaches to the assessment of micro and macrovascular diseases, including surrogate measures of early and occult disease.

His research encompasses the lifespan; from exercise training and physical activity in the prevention of atherosclerosis in obese children and adolescents, to research on the best combination of exercise and medications in the management of patients with hypercholesterolemia, diabetes, coronary disease and heart failure patients awaiting transplantation.

Details

Date:
March 12, 2020
Time:
10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Cost:
Free

Venue

Reichwald Health Sciences Centre (RHS)
1088 Discovery Avenue
Kelowna, BC V1V 1V7 Canada
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Additional Info

Room Number
RHS 260
Registration/RSVP Required
No
Event Type
Presentation
Topic
Health, Research and Innovation
Audiences
Faculty, Staff, Students