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Dr. Kimmerly’s Director Autonomic Cardiovascular Control Exercise Lab focuses on the impacts of cardiorespiratory fitness, objective habitual activity patterns, and heart blood vessel health across the life course. His research explores the interactions of the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous systems on heart and artery function. The lab employs techniques such as vascular ultrasonography, non-invasive continuous blood pressure recordings, heart rate variability analyses, and microneurographic recordings of sympathetic vasoconstrictor nerve activity. Whenever possible, the potential impacts of biological sex and female sex hormone levels on outcomes are assessed. Dr. Kimmerly's research interests span human integrative physiology, the interactions between the autonomic nervous system and cardiovascular systems, and the effects of age and biological sex on aerobic fitness and sedentary activity patterns.
Dalhousie University • Halifax, NS
Director of Autonomic Cardiovascular Control Exercise Lab