Rate My Professor James Pearson

James Pearson, PhD, is Associate Professor and Associate Chair of the Department of Human Physiology and Nutrition in the Helen and Arthur E. Johnson Beth-El College of Nursing and Health Sciences at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs. He holds a BSc from Liverpool John Moores University and both an MSc and PhD from Plymouth University in the United Kingdom. Pearson joined UCCS in the fall of 2014 as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology. Prior to this, he was a post-doctoral research officer at Cardiff Metropolitan University in Cardiff, U.K., and conducted post-doctoral research at the Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine affiliated with Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, Texas, from 2012 to 2014. In recognition of his contributions, he was awarded tenure by the University of Colorado Board of Regents.

Pearson's primary research focus is cardiovascular physiology, with particular emphasis on the mechanisms of blood pressure regulation in humans under environmental stressors including post-exercise conditions, heat exposure, and simulated hemorrhage. His laboratory investigates hemodynamic responses, cardiac function during dehydration and heat stress, and factors influencing skeletal muscle blood flow. Notable publications include "Hemodynamic responses to heat stress in the resting and exercising human leg: insight into the effect of temperature on skeletal muscle blood flow" (American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 2011), "Dehydration reduces left ventricular filling at rest and during exercise independent of twist mechanics" (Journal of Applied Physiology, 2011), "Erythrocyte-dependent regulation of human skeletal muscle blood flow: role of varied oxyhemoglobin and exercise on nitrite, S-nitrosohemoglobin, and ATP" (American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology, 2010), "Effects of graded heat stress on global left ventricular function and twist mechanics at rest and during exercise in healthy humans" (Experimental Physiology, 2011), and "Modified iodine-paper technique for the standardized determination of sweat gland activation" (Journal of Applied Physiology, 2012). Pearson has also contributed to studies on type 1 diabetes risk factors through collaborations with the Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes at the University of Colorado Denver. At UCCS, he serves on the Research Faculty Advisory Board and the Research and Scholarship Council, and is program faculty for Applied Physiology.