Curriculum Vitae: University of New Brunswick, B.P.E. 1993; University of British Columbia, M.Sc. (Human Kinetics) 1995; University of British Columbia, Ph.D. (Human Kinetics) 1999; University of Wisconsin-Madison (Preventive Medicine) Post-Doctoral Fellowship, 2000

Specialization: Exercise Science - exercise physiology, respiratory and cardiovascular physiology, athletic performance

TEACHING

HKIN 275 – Exercise Physiology I (Fall 2005)

Through lecture and laboratory experiences the acute the acute and chronic effects of exercise on body systems will be studied. The basic concepts of cardiovascular, respiratory and muscular responses to exercise will be covered. Upon completion of this course, successful students will be able to: (1) describe the acute responses to dynamic exercise from a ‘systems’ approach and (2) integrate knowledge of the main physiological systems and be able to describe the acute and training responses to exercise.

RESEARCH

The research theme in our laboratory is integrative human exercise physiology. The interactions between the physiology of the heart, circulation, lungs, and chest wall are complex. Reductionist approaches have studied each system in isolation and have provided valuable insight into these complexities. However, the true power of the reductionist approach is realized when it is reincorporated into the integrationist one. The main theme of my research program is that the respiratory and cardiovascular systems are inextricably integrated and exert functional influences on each other. For more information please see the Health and Integrative Physiology page.

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

Recent Journal Publications

D. E. R. Warburton, A. W. Sheel, A. N. H. Hodges, I. B. Stewart, E. Yoshida, R. D. Levy, and D. C. McKenzie. Effects of upper extremity exercise on peak aerobic power and anaerobic fitness in patients after transplantation. The American Journal of Cardiology. (In Press)

A. W. Sheel. Physiology of sport rock climbing. British Journal of Sports Medicine. (In Press).

A. W. Sheel, J. C. Richards, G. E. Foster, and J. A. Guenette. Gender differences in respiratory exercise physiology. Sports Medicine. (In Press)

J. A. Dempsey, A. W. Sheel, H. C. Haverkamp, M. A. Babcock and C. A. Harms. Pulmonary system limitations to exercise in health. Canadian Journal of Applied Physiology. 28(Suppl):S2-S24, 2003.

A. W. Sheel, N. J. Seddon, D. A. Knight, D. C. McKenzie and D. E. R. Warburton. Physiological responses to indoor rock-climbing and their relationship to maximal cycle ergometry. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. 35(7):1225-1231. 2003

A. W. Sheel. Respiratory muscle training in healthy individuals: physiological rationale and implications for exercise performance. Sports Medicine. 32(9):567-81, 2002

J. A. Dempsey, A. W. Sheel, C. M. St. Croix, and B. J. Morgan. Respiratory influences on sympathetic vasomotor outflow in humans. Respiration Physiology and Neurobiology. 130:3-20, 2002

A. W. Sheel, P. A. Derchak, B. J. Morgan, D. F. Pegelow, A. J. Jacques, and J. A. Dempsey. Threshold effects of respiratory muscle work on limb vascular resistance. American Journal of Physiology: Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 282(5):H1732-1738, 2002

P. A. Derchak, A. W. Sheel, B. J. Morgan, and J. A. Dempsey. Effects of expiratory muscle work on muscle sympathetic nerve activity. Journal of Applied Physiology. 92(4):1539-1552, 2002

A. W. Sheel, P. A. Derchak, B. J. Morgan, D. F. Pegelow, A. J. Jacques, and J. A. Dempsey. Fatiguing inspiratory muscle work causes reflex reduction in resting leg blood flow. Journal of Physiology (London). 537(1):277-289, 2001.

A. W. Sheel, M. R. Edwards, G. S. Hunte, and D. C. McKenzie. Influence of inhaled nitric oxide on gas exchange during hypoxic and normoxic heavy exercise in highly-trained cyclists. Journal of Applied Physiology. 90(3):926-932, 2001.

I. B. Stewart, A. W. Sheel, D. D. Frangiolas, P. G. Wilcox, and D. C. McKenzie. The effect of nitric oxide inhalation on pulmonary gas exchange during exercise in patients with cystic fibrosis. Clinical Exercise Physiology. 3(1):44-48, 2001.

A. W. Sheel and D. C. McKenzie. Hypoxemia during exercise: in health and disease. Clinical Exercise Physiology. 2(3):114-125, 2000.

M. R. Edwards, A. Belzberg, G. S. Hunte, A. W. Sheel, D. Worsley, and D. C. McKenzie. Heavy exercise and pulmonary clearance in highly trained cyclists. Journal of Applied Physiology. 89(4):1537-1542, 2000.

A. W. Sheel, M. R. Edwards, and D. C. McKenzie. Relationship between decreased oxyhaemoglobin saturation and exhaled nitric oxide during exercise. Acta Physiologica Scandinavica. 169(2):149-156, 2000.

Book Chapters

A. W. Sheel. P. A. Derchak, J. A. Dempsey. Exercise pulmonary physiology in health. In: Exercise-Induced Asthma: Pathophysiology and Treatment. K. W. Rundell, R. L. Wilber, and R. F. Lemanske, Jr. (eds). Human Kinetics Publishers, Champaign, IL, 2002

Recently Published Conference Abstracts

J. C. Richards, J.D. Road , D. C. McKenzie, D. E. R Warburton, and A.W Sheel. Prevalence of exercise induced arterial hypoxemia in young women. Canadian Journal of Applied Physiology. 28(Suppl):S94, 2003. Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology Annual Meeting, Niagra-on-the-Lake, Ontario, 2003.

B. C. Sporer, G. E. Foster, N. Vanicek, M. Leo, A. W. Sheel, and D. C. McKenzie. Entrainment patterns in competitive cyclists during leg and arm cycling. Canadian Journal of Applied Physiology. 28(Suppl):S104, 2003. Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology Annual Meeting, Niagra-on-the-Lake, Ontario, 2003.

A. P. Shoemaker, A. W. Sheel, D. E. R. Warburton, and D. C. McKenzie. Respiratory muscle fatigue as a limiting factor in exercise performance in healthy females. Canadian Journal of Applied Physiology. 28(Suppl):S2-S99, 2003. Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology Annual Meeting, Niagra-on-the-Lake, Ontario, 2003.

Beatty, C. L., D.C. McKenzie, D. E. R. Warburton, A. W. Sheel, H-C Gunga, K. Kirsch, and P. W. Hochachka. Does acute mountain sickness influence lactate metabolism at high altitude? 13th International Hypoxia Symposium. February 19-22, 2003. Banff, Alberta, Canada. Abstract #92, page 451.
D. E. R. Warburton, A. W. Sheel, A. N. H. Hodges, I. B. Stewart, E. Yoshida, R. D. Levy, and D. C. McKenzie. Effects of upper body training in healthy cardiac and non-cardiac transplant patients. Canadian Journal of Applied Physiology, 27(supplement):S51, 2002. Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology Annual Meeting, St. John’s Newfoundland, 2002.
D. E .R. Warburton, C. L. Beatty, A.W. Sheel, M. E. Trump, P.W. Hochachka, and D.C. McKenzie. Effects of high altitude exposure (3,800m) on cycling performance. Canadian Journal of Applied Physiology, 27(supplement):S51, 2002. Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology Annual Meeting, St. John’s Newfoundland, 2002.
A.W. Sheel, A. Knight, N. Seddon, D.C. McKenzie and D.E.R. Warburton. Physiological responses during indoor rock climbing in elite climbers. Canadian Journal of Applied Physiology, 27(supplement):S46, 2002. Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology Annual Meeting, St. John’s Newfoundland, 2002.
S. Mathur, K.E. Reed, A.P. Shoemaker, A. Ozkaplan, J. Richards, R. Roy, A.W. Sheel, D.C. McKenzie, Task failure and recovery of the inspiratory muscles compared to quadriceps. Canadian Journal of Applied Physiology, 27(supplement):S34, 2002. Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology Annual Meeting, St. John’s Newfoundland, 2002.
C. L. Beatty, D. C. McKenzie, D. E. R. Warburton, A.W. Sheel, H.-C. Gunga, C. Hanstock, P. S. Allen, and P. W. Hochachka. Fact or fiction: evaluating the lactate paradox in human high altitude acclimatization. 5th World Congress on Mountain Medicine and High Altitude Physiology. Barcelona, Spain, 2002.
J. A. Dempsey, A. W. Sheel, P. A. Derchack, and D. F. Pegelow. Threshold effects of the respiratory muscle chemoreflex on vascular resistance. Experimental Biology Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2002. The FASEB Journal, 16(5): A763-A763 Part 2, 2002.

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