Bruce D. Johnson, Ph.D.

Location: Minnesota

Primary Appointment
Cardiovascular Diseases
Joint Appointment
Physiology and Biomedical Engineering
Academic Rank
Professor of Physiology
Professor of Medicine

Summary

Our research interests center around heart and lung interactions under various conditions (e.g., hypoxia, high altitude, exercise) and in various populations (e.g., heart failure, health, lung disease, aging). More specifically we are interested in how cardiovascular function influences breathing and how breathing may in turn influence cardiovascular function. These interactions include neuro-humoral interactions, mechanical, hemodynamic and genetic.

Recent publications

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Education

Internship – Clinical Exercise Physiologist, Div. Cardiovascular Disease; Cardiovascular Health Clinic
Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic

Fellowship – Research fellow; Div. of Anesthesia Research; Respiratory Muscle Laboratory
Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic

Ph.D. – Respiratory Physiology and Biodynamics. Research Focus: Ventilatory control during exercise, Pulmonary system limitations during exercise.
University of Wisconsin, Madison

Fellowship – Pre-doctoral fellow; Dept. of Preventive Medicine
University of Wisconsin, Madison

M.S. – Exercise/Cardiopulmonary Physiology. Thesis: The Relationship of Plasma Lactate Levels to Changes in Ventilation and Training Intensities.
St. Cloud State University

Internship – Phase 1-3 cardiac rehabilitation program; Dir. Larry Hamm, PhD
North Memorial Medical Center

B.A. – Biology
Pacific Lutheran University

Areas of Research
Altitude physiology
Human integrative and environmental physiology

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