Derek Kimmerly (he/him/his), PhD
Professor, Kinesiology
Related information
Email: dskimmerly@dal.ca
Phone: (902) 494-2636
Mailing Address:
6230 South Street, P.O. Box 15000
Halifax, N.S., B3H 4R2
(Room:203)
- Exercise physiology
- Cardiovascular Physiology
- Autonomic Neuroscience
- Heart and Artery Health
- Aging
- Sex Differences
Education
BSc, Kinesiology, University of Waterloo
MSc, Kinesiology, Western University
PhD, Kinesiology, Western University
CIHR Postdoctoral Fellowship, University Health Network, Toronto General Hospital, Cardiology
Dr. Kimmerly鈥檚 is the Director of the Autonomic Cardiovascular Control and Exercise Lab. His research focuses on the impacts that cardiorespiratory fitness and objective habitual activity patterns have on heart and blood vessel health throughout the life course. Interactions between how the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous systems influence heart and artery function are also explored. His human research program involves the use of vascular ultrasonography, non-invasive and continuous blood pressure recordings (via finger photoplethysmography), heart rate variability analyses, as well as microneurographic recordings of sympathetic vasoconstrictor nerve activity. Whenever possible, the potential impacts of biological sex and female sex hormone levels on these outcomes are assessed.
Research interests
- Human integrative physiology.
- Interactions between the autonomic nervous and cardiovascular systems.
- Impact of age and biological sex.
- Influence of aerobic fitness, habitual physical and sedentary activity patterns.
Member 鈥� Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology
Member 鈥� American College of Sports Medicine
Member 鈥� American Physiological Society