Acting Graduate Program Chair - School of Kinesiology
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology
Supervising Graduate Students
Yes
Research Interests
Integrative human physiology
Exercise metabolism
Cardiovascular, metabolic and respiratory adjustments and their control during exercise
Aging and cardiovascular and metabolic responses to exercise
Research Affiliations
Canadian Center for Activity and Aging
Teaching Areas (not courses)
Exercise Physiology
Exercise Biochemistry/Metabolism
Recent Publications
Gravelle, B.M.R., *Murias, J.M., Spencer, M.D., Paterson, D.H. & Kowalchuk, J.M. (2012). Adjustments of pulmonary O2 uptake and muscle deoxygenation during ramp incremental exercise and constant-load moderate-intensity exercise in young and older adults. Journal of Applied Physiology, 13, 1466-1475.
Spencer, M.D., *Murias, J.M., Kowalchuk, J.M. & Paterson, D.H. (2013). Effect of moderate-intensity work rate increment on phase II tVO2 functional gain and D[HHb]. European Journal of Applied Physiology, 113, 545-557.
Spencer, M.D., Keir, D.A., Nederveen, J.P., *Murias, J.M., Kowalchuk, J.M. & Paterson, D.H. (2013). Prolonged moderate-intensity exercise oxygen uptake response following heavy-intensity priming exercise with short- and longer-term recovery. Applied Physiology Nutrition and Metabolism, 38, 566-573.
Williams, A.M., Paterson, D.H. & Kowalchuk, J.M. (2013). High-intensity interval training speeds the adjustment of pulmonary O2 uptake, but not muscle deoxygenation, during moderate-intensity exercise transitions initiated from low and elevated baseline metabolic rates. Journal of Applied Physiology, 114, 1550-1562.
Zerbini, L., Spencer M.D., Grey, T.M., *Murias, J.M., Kowalchuk, J.M., Schena, F. & Paterson, D.H. (2013). Effect of acute hypoxia on muscle blood flow, VO2p and [HHb] kinetics during leg extension exercise in older men. European Journal of Applied Physiology, 113(7), 1685-1694.
Stathokostas, L., Kowalchuk, J.M. & Paterson, D.H. (2013). Influence of hormone replacement therapy and aerobic exercise training on oxygen uptake kinetics in post-menopausal women. Applied Physiology Nutrition and Metabolism, 38, 657-665.
