Health and Human Performance
Integrative Cardiovascular Physiology Lab
Led by Demetra Christou · Applied Physiology and Kinesiology
What we study
The lab studies how exercise and aging affect heart and blood vessel health in humans and animals. They use imaging, blood tests, and cell studies to find ways to improve cardiovascular function.
What working here is like
- Wet lab
- Clinical
- Human participants
- Project
- 1
- Papers
- 5
Current projects
High intensity interval training in older adults and diabetics
Testing if intense exercise training helps improve heart and blood vessel function in older people and those with diabetes.
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Recent papers, explained
- Relationship between cognitive function, vascular function, and cardiorespiratory fitness in women with early-stage breast cancer treated with chemotherapy
2026 · Physiology
Tests whether cognitive function in women with early-stage breast cancer is linked to vascular function and cardiorespiratory fitness.
- Evaluating tests of physical function as surrogate markers of cardiorespiratory fitness in early-stage breast cancer survivors
2026 · Physiology
Checks if physical tests can stand in for fitness tests in early breast cancer survivors.
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- Novel Home-Based Remotely Supervised High Intensity Interval Training is Safe and Feasible and Improves Aerobic Fitness and Adiposity in Older Adults
2026 · Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
Shows a home-based exercise program safely improves fitness and reduces fat in older adults.
- Vascular effects of dietary nitrate supplementation in older adults with coronary artery disease: A randomized, placebo-controlled, crossover pilot trial
2026 · Experimental Gerontology
Tests whether beetroot-derived nitrate improves blood flow in older adults with heart disease.
- Nicotinamide riboside combined with exercise to treat hypertension in middle-aged and older adults: a pilot randomized clinical trial
2025 · GeroScience
Tests whether combining nicotinamide riboside with exercise lowers blood pressure in older adults with hypertension.
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How to reach out
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