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DAVID POOLE
Associate professor of kinesiology and anatomy and physiology

 

David Poole photo David C. Poole, professor of kinesiology, anatomy and physiology at Kansas State University, studies the movement of oxygen from the atmosphere down into the tissues of the human and animal body.

Poole's scientific interests encompass the limitation to oxygen transport in the lungs, cardiovascular and muscular systems in health and in diseases such as chronic heart failure, diabetes and emphysema. He has an international reputation for his work on the dynamics of oxygen movement and how this process is impaired in disease. His films of red blood cells moving down capillaries as they off-load oxygen are used to teach undergraduates, graduates and medical students here at K-State and around the world. It is through analysis of such films that his laboratory seeks to understand oxygen delivery impairments in disease and how to correct them. This is crucial to improving the quality of life and longevity in patients living with chronic disease.

Poole has earned in excess of $4.5 million in grants for his research from organizations such as the National Institutes of Health, the American Heart Association and the Tobacco-Related Diseases Research Program. He has authored more than 120 peer-reviewed scientific articles and written/edited 3 books and more than 30 book chapters in standard physiology and veterinary medical texts. He has been invited to lecture at universities and scientific conferences around the world. Poole was a founding editor of Equine and Comparative Exercise Physiology and serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Applied Physiology and its European counterpart as well as the board for Respiration Physiology and Neurobiology. He served as President of the American College of Sports Medicine -- Central States Chapter from 2000-2001 and is an ACSM Fellow as well as a member of the American Physiological Society and the Microcirculatory Society. In 2006 he spent his sabbatical in England at Exeter University investigating problems related to pulmonary gas exchange and muscle biochemistry (nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy). He enjoys continued collaborations with colleagues in England and elsewhere around the world.

Poole earned his bachelor's degree in 1980 in sports sciences from Liverpool Polytechnic, England, and his master's degree in 1984 followed by his doctorate in 1986 from the University of California, Los Angeles. In 2001 the British First Lady, Chere Booth-Blair presented him with the prestigious Doctor of Science degree from Liverpool John Moores University in recognition of his contributions to physiology. Poole has been at K-State since 1995 where he has repeatedly been recognized for his outstanding contributions to teaching. He was awarded the Commerce Bank Award for Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching in 2002 and the Merial Award for outstanding teaching in Veterinary Medicine in 2006.

Poole can be reached at 785-532-4529 or by e-mail at dcpoole@k-state.edu