Research Interests

1. eNOS regulation

• Post-translational regulation of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) primarily by phosphorylation and protein-protein interactions.

• Effects of exercise on endothelial and smooth muscle nitric oxide synthases (NOS) and stress protein expression, activation and signaling.

• Role of heat shock/stress proteins in the cardiovascular system, particularly in myocardial and vascular dysfunction associated with aging, hypertension, diabetes, and ischemia/reperfusion injury.

2. Health & Pilgrimage

• Cardiovascular disease risk and pilgrimage
  
• Exercise and health habits among pilgrims

3. Physiologic Responses to Hypoxia

 

• Collaborating with Dr. Ken Kambis in the Jack Borgenicht Altitude Physiology Research Facility
• Particular interest in the relationship between heart rate variability (HRV) and the hypoxic ventilatory response (HVR)