Rate My Professor James Pearson

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.