Nadia Navarro

Supervisor

Prof. Glen Foster

Current Program

Education

Originally from Costa Rica, Nadia completed her B.Sc. in Medical Sciences and then became a medical doctor in her home country.

Awards

UBC Okanagan Graduate Research Scholarship.

Biography

On her own time, Nadia can be found in the gym, hiking or reading.

Current Research

Nadia’s research interest includes investigating the diaphragm blood flow using contrast-enhanced ultrasound at different works of breathing. Potentially, these findings could be translated into clinical practice when treating patients with mechanic ventilation. Moreover, she is also interested in the effect of intermittent hypoxia and neural adaptation in spinal cord injury patients and its implications in the cardiovascular system as well as the physiological response to exercise at high altitude.

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