Lab Director
Katharine D. Currie, Ph.D., CEP, FACSM
Assistant Professor
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Dr. Currie is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Kinesiology, a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine (FACSM), a Clinical Exercise Physiologist (CEP; Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology), and the Director of the Exercise & Cardiovascular Health Outcomes Lab. She received her Ph.D. from McMaster University (Hamilton, Canada) where she examined the effects of low-volume, high-intensity interval exercise training on cardiovascular health in individuals with coronary artery disease. Following this, Dr. Currie completed postdoctoral fellowships at the Universities of British Columbia and Toronto and McMaster University where she continued to examine cardiovascular health outcomes in a variety of populations including individuals with spinal cord injuries, Olympic and Paralympic athletes, and children. Dr. Currie is trained in exercise testing and a number of cardiovascular assessments including echocardiography, flow-mediated dilation, arterial stiffness and blood pressure measurements. Her research focuses on the acute and chronic cardiovascular responses to exercise to understand individual responses to exercise and exercise training.
Graduate Students
Amy Boettcher, M.S., CEP
Ph.D. Candidate
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Wesley Blumenburg, M.S.
Ph.D. Candidate
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Mason Lentz, M.S.
Ph.D. Student
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Taya Hjorth, M.S.
M.S. Student
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Medical Students
Sydney DeBlander
Charlie Start
Emma Vollmer
Medical students interested in gaining research experiences should contact Dr. Currie.
Undergraduate Research Assistants
Maya Abbou
Lydia Elbert
Dalton Goodwin
Aubrey Vernon
ECHO Lab Alumni
Master of Science Students
Cody Stemple
Undergraduate Students
Nabeeha Ali, Brooke Chmiel, Rachael Cohen, Javier Cooper, Sydney DeBlander, Joshua Dixon, Veronica Hindle, Ethan Kaul, Ethan Kulaszewski, Allie Lumberg, Eric McElrath, Evan Murad, Chloe Murray, Kadeeja Murrell, Elaine Nevins, Anna Nguyen, Hannah Penfold, Morgan Porter, Ramy Salamey, Hayden Stauffer, Jordan Tan-Dat Tran, Cami Vida
Ethan Weitzman
Medical Students
Hesham Atoui
Hemal R. Dholakia
Nicholas W. DiLoreto
Jennifer Kang
Kasandra Sanidad
Jo Sung Heum
Emily Ubbens
Kate Vinkemulder