Dr. Aaron Phillips

Biography

Dr. Aaron Phillips is a distinguished scientist whose academic training in Biosciences has enabled him to uncover intricate relationships between the nervous and cardiovascular systems. With a keen understanding of how these interactions are disrupted in clinical conditions, Dr. Phillips is devoted to developing innovative therapeutics for individuals with neurological health issues. After his post-doctoral studies at the University of British Columbia (UBC), Dr. Phillips was awarded prestigious fellowships including Banting, CIHR, NSERC, Craig Neilsen, and the Killam Research Award. In 2017, he established his laboratory at the University of Calgary and currently serves as an Associate Professor in the Departments of Physiology and Pharmacology, Biomedical Engineering, Clinical Neurosciences, and Cardiac Sciences. Dr. Phillips has received numerous accolades, including the Brain Canada Future Leader Award, the Arthur Guyton Award for Excellence in Physiology from the American Physiology Society, and the Heart and Stroke Foundation New Investigator Award. He has been recognized by Avenue Magazine as one of the 'Top 40 Under 40' and has published in top journals such as Nature, Neurology, Circulation Research, and Nature Biotechnology. Additionally, he consults for various organizations and has successfully commercialized his discoveries through startups and publicly traded companies.

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