Department of Physiology
Timothy Secomb, PhD
Christopher T Banek, PhD
Research Interests
Our research team studies the role of the peripheral nervous system in the onset and progression of cardiovascular and renal diseases, such as hypertension and polycystic kidney disease. We apply a multi- systems, chronic experimental approach to determine the mechanisms of cardio-renal disease progression, as well as the application of a translational surgical approach (e.g. renal denervation) to modulate nerve activity for disease treatment.
Paulo Pires, PhD
Jose F. Ek Vitorin, MD, PhD
Research Interests
Zoe Cohen, PhD
Degree(s)
- 1991 BS Kinesiology - University of Colorado
- 1994 MS Exercise Physiology - University of Colorado
- 2003 PhD Physiological Sciences - University of Arizona
- 2005 Post-Doc Canadian Blood Services, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto
- 2007 Post-Doc College of Nursing-Center for Injury Mechanisms and Related
- Responses, University of Arizona, Platelet activation in type 2 diabetes and stroke
E. Fiona Bailey, PhD
Research Interests
Meredith Hay, PhD
Ronald M Lynch, PhD
Ann L. Baldwin, PhD
Dr. Baldwin quantitatively evaluates the effectiveness of methods used to reduce mental and emotional stress, focusing on heart rate variability and peripheral blood flow as outcome parameters for autonomic function. Her studies include the use of horse-human interactions, Reiki, music, laughter yoga and heart focused breathing. She leads one of the few research teams in the world that studies synchronous changes in heart rate variability of horse-human pairs to determine whether physiological information is being transferred between species. Dr.
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