Liisa Wainman

Supervisor

Dr. Chris West

Current Program

Awards

Canadian Association of Medical Educator’s Rising Star Certificate of Excellence Award, Four Year Doctoral Fellowship (4YF).

Biography

Liisa completed her and MSc at Brock University where she competed in freestyle wrestling, representing Canada at the World Championships. Outside of her academic pursuits Liisa enjoys running with her dogs Ruby and Pink, cross-country skiing and coaching the Central Okanagan wrestling team.

Current Research

Liisa’s research interests include exercise and therapeutics for autonomic function in neurological disease. Her doctoral work aims to characterize the effects of acute intermittent hypoxia exposure on cardiovascular function in high-thoracic and cervical spinal cord injury.

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