Directors: Tom Barstow, Ph.D. & Craig A. Harms, PhD

Dr. Craig Harms' Laboratory Activities

The primary research interests in my lab seek to determine the limits of the human cardiopulmonary control system for gas exchange, respiratory muscle pressure development and for ventilatory output across genders in health and in disease.

Ongoing Projects

We are currently investigating the role of antioxidants in reducing diaphragmatic fatigue and the role of physical activity, diet, and body composition in reducing airway hyper-responsiveness.

Dr. Tom Barstow's Laboratory Activities

The primary research interests in my laboratory focus on muscle and cardiovascular responses to exercise, including capillary gas exchange, and on the metabolic and circulatory changes that describe the progression of insulin resistance from health to diabetes.

Ongoing Projects

1. Evaluating the balance between the kinetics of adjustment of capillary blood flow (Qcap) and muscle oxygen utilization during exercise and recovery, using NIRS.
2. Documenting the progressive changes in micro- and macrovascular endothelial function with increasing insulin resistance.

Lab contact information

Human Exercise Physiology Lab
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Office: AH 208
Phone: 785-532-0706
Email: caharms@ksu.edu