OUR PEOPLE

Director and Principal Investigator

Dr. Jordan A. Guenette, Ph.D.

Department of Physical Therapy, UBC
Centre for Heart Lung Innovation, UBC and St. Paul’s Hospital

Dr. Guenette received his BHK (2004), MSc (2006) and PhD (2010) in Exercise and Respiratory Physiology in the School of Kinesiology at the University of British Columbia. He received additional research training in Cardiovascular and Respiratory Physiology at the University of Copenhagen and in the Department of Critical Care Medicine and Pulmonary Services at the University of Athens. Following his graduate training, Dr. Guenette completed a postdoctoral fellowship (2012) in clinical exercise physiology at Queen’s University under the mentorship of Dr. Denis E. O’Donnell. He is currently a Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at UBC and the Associate Director of the Centre for Heart Lung Innovation (formerly the James Hogg Research Centre) at St. Paul’s Hospital.

 

Medical Director

Dr. Christopher J. Ryerson, M.D.

Department of Medicine, UBC
Centre for Heart Lung Innovation, UBC and St. Paul’s Hospital

Dr. Ryerson is a respirologist and Assistant Professor at the UBC Centre for Heart Lung Innovation. He completed his undergraduate degree at Queen’s University, medical school at the University of Western Ontario, and his internal medicine residency and respirology fellowship at the University of British Columbia. He has a Masters degree in clinical research from the University of California San Francisco, with a clinical and research focus on fibrotic interstitial lung diseases.

 

 

Research Team

SatvirSatvir S. Dhillon, CCRP

Research Manager

Satvir completed his B.Sc. (2011) in Kinesiology at Simon Fraser University (SFU). He completed his M.Sc. (2014) in Rehabilitation Sciences at the University of British Columbia. His thesis investigated the accuracy of physical activity monitoring techniques in a population of adults with advanced chronic lung disease during physical activity of varying types and intensity. In addition, Satvir had the opportunity to work on various research projects relating to older adult health during his work terms at the Fraser Health Authority and SFU Gerontology Research Centre as part of the SFU Co-operative Education program. This valuable Co-op experience was what sparked Satvir’s interest in health and clinical research.

 

Dr. Kate Milne

Postdoctoral Fellow

Dr. Milne is a respirologist at Vancouver General Hospital and The Lung Centre clinic at the Gordon and Leslie Diamond Health Care Centre. She completed her undergraduate education at Acadia University and medical school (2013), internal medicine residency (2016) and respiratory medicine fellowship (2018) at the University of British Columbia. Following her respiratory medicine fellowship, she completed the Clinician Investigator Program at the University of British Columbia and a MSc in Experimental Medicine (2020) with a focus in exercise physiology at Queen’s University. As a postdoctoral fellow in the Cardiopulmonary Exercise Physiology Laboratory she will be conducting research in sex-differences in dyspnea in chronic lung disease.

 

 

Owen Harris

Research Assistant

Owen received his Bachelor of Human Kinetics (2021) from UBC Okanagan, and completed his MSc in Kinesiology in the Environmental Physiology Laboratory at UBC, examining the mechanisms of how air pollution impacts exercise capability. He is also a UBCO Heat and UBC Thunderbirds cross-country and track alumni, competing at the USPORTS level throughout his undergraduate and graduate degrees. Currently, Owen works as a research assistant in Dr. Jordan Guenette’s Cardiopulmonary Exercise Physiology Laboratory, where he assists in a number of research projects involving respiratory disease and exercise physiology. Outside the lab, Owen can be found running, cycling, skiing, or backpacking around British Columbia.

 

 

 

Reid Mitchell

Ph.D. Candidate

Originally from Windsor, Ontario, Reid received his BKIN (2015) from the University of British Columbia. During this time he participated in various activities including: Varsity Track and field/XC, where he was a 2-time academic all-Canadian; volunteer research assistant in the Psychology of Exercise, Health and Physical Activity Laboratory under Dr. Mark Beauchamps, assisting with the GOAL Trial; and volunteering at the UBC Hospital. Reid completed his MSc under the supervision of Dr. Guenette. His current hobby at the moment is cycling with the UBC cycling club. Currently, he is working in the Cardiopulmonary Exercise Physiology Laboratory as a Ph.D. student under the supervision of Dr. Jordan A. Guenette.

 

 

Olivia Ferguson

Ph.D. Candidate

Olivia received her Bachelor of Science Honours degree in Biomedical Physiology from Simon Fraser University. During her
undergraduate studies, she completed her honours thesis on the acute effects of high-intensity interval exercise on the
ventilatory response and respiratory muscles in healthy adults. Following her undergraduate degree, Olivia earned a Master of
Science in Rehabilitation Sciences. Her research focused on the effects of face masks on perceptual and physiological responses to
exercise, with a particular emphasis on the multidimensional components of dyspnea (i.e., breathlessness). Olivia is currently
pursuing her Ph.D. in Rehabilitation Sciences, where she is leading a clinical trial aimed at providing a comprehensive
investigation into the mechanisms and management of exercise intolerance in patients with fibrotic interstitial lung disease.

 

 

 

Alanna Hind

Ph.D. Student

Alanna received her Bachelors of Science at Simon Fraser University in Biomedical Physiology. Following, Alanna earned a Masters
of Science with the Cardiopulmonary Exercise Physiology Lab, where she explored sex difference in pulmonary oedema development in
elite athletes after maximal exercise. Alanna is currently pursuing her PhD in Rehabilitation Sciences where she is leading a
comprehensive randomized control trial examining the effects of salbutamol on exercise duration in elite endurance athletes and
the effects of respiratory limitations.

 

 

 

 

 

Jack Dunsford

M.Sc. Student

Jack received his BKIN Hons. from the University of Winnipeg in 2023. During his undergrad Jack completed his honours thesis looking at the repeatability of expiratory flow limitation; a project in which he was able to learn and apply the python programming language to process and analyze respiratory data. As a master’s student in the Cardiopulmonary Exercise Physiology Lab, Jack will explore the sex and gender differences in the perceptions of dyspnea among healthy adults during bouts of laboratory induced dyspnea.

 

 

Olga Radivojevic

M.Sc. Student

Olga received her Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology from Simon Fraser University. During her undergraduate degree, she was a part of the Canadian Cohort of Obstructive Lung Disease (CanCOLD) Study team as well as SFU’s Injury Prevention and Mobility Lab, where she explored head injuries in ice hockey. Olga is currently pursuing her MSc in Rehabilitation Sciences, where she will examine the effects of nose breathing versus mouth breathing on dyspnea, respiratory muscle activity and effort, exercise performance, and the response of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems.

 

 

 

 

CPEP Lab Alumni

Taila Piva, Mitacs Summer Research Student, 2013

Julia Cory, UBC Faculty of Medicine Summer Student, 2014

Sabrina Wilkie, Research Assistant, 2013-2015

Ryan Koo, Summer Research Student, 2015

Jesse Charlton, Graduate Student, 2016

Gabby Napoleone, Summer Research Student, 2016

Emily McBride, Summer Research Student, 2017

Kyle Boyle, Graduate Student, 2016-2019

Dr. Yannick Molgat-Seon, Postdoctoral Fellow, 2018-2019

Julia Zhang, Summer Research Student, 2019-2020

Dr. Andrew Ramsook, Graduate Student, 2013-2021

Dr. Michele Schaeffer, Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Fellow, 2013-2022

Dr. Nafeez Syed, Graduate Student, 2014-2023

Morgan Flynn, Graduate Student, 2021-2023

 

Collaborators

Dr. Pat Camp, P.T., Ph.D.

Department of Physical Therapy, UBC
Centre for Heart Lung Innovation, UBC and St. Paul’s Hospital

Dr. Christopher Carlsten, M.D., MPH

Respiratory Division, Department of Medicine, UBC
School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, UBC

Dr. Neil Eves, Ph.D.

School of Health and Exercise Science, UBC Okanagan

Dr. Jasmine Grewal, M.D.

Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, UBC

Dr. William R. Henderson, M.D.

Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, UBC

Dr. Dennis Jensen, Ph.D.

Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education, McGill University

Dr. Michael Koehle, M.D., Ph.D.

School of Kinesiology, UBC
Department of Medicine, UBC

Dr. Denis E. O’Donnell, M.D.

Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
Department of Medicine, Physiology, Rehabilitation Medicine; School of Kinesiology and Health Studies

Dr. Bradley Quon, M.D.

Department of Medicine, UBC
Centre for Heart Lung Innovation, UBC and St. Paul’s Hospital

Dr. Darlene Reid, P.T., Ph.D.

Department of Physical Therapy, UBC

Dr. A. William Sheel, Ph.D.

School of Kinesiology, UBC

Dr. Pearce Wilcox, M.D.

Department of Medicine, UBC