Kent State Ph.D. Student Conducts Research to Help Understand Low-Oxygen Environments Better

Jeremiah Vaughan, a second-year Ph.D. student in the Exercise Physiology program at Kent State University, always had an interest in environmental physiology, and this summer, he spearheaded a project that will help to add to understanding respiratory protective equipment resistance on workers’ physical, cognitive and subjective performance in low-oxygen environments, such as Denver and Boulder, Colorado.

The goal of this project is to measure variables, such as mood, cognition, breathing effort and comfort, lactic acid, hemoglobin levels, blood pressure, oxygen levels and pulse, while participants ride an indoor bike with three levels of intensity over a 30-minute period in a special low-oxygen room. Additionally, participants wear a mask similar to ones that firefighters, military and coal miners would use in their daily work tasks.

Vaughan, from Brookville, Indiana, is working under the direction of Ellen Glickman, Ph.D., professor of exercise physiology and exercise science, and the project was funded by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, a division of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Learn More About Kent State's Exercise PhysiologY Program 

POSTED: Friday, October 14, 2016 03:08 PM
UPDATED: Thursday, March 28, 2024 06:13 PM

Related Articles

The Kent State University Board of Trustees today established a comprehensive, national search to recruit and select the university’s 13th president.

 

The events of May 4, 1970, placed Kent State University in an international spotlight after a student protest against the Vietnam War and the presence of the Ohio National Guard ended in tragedy with four students losing their lives and nine others being wounded. From a perspective of nearly 50 years, Kent State remembers the tragedy and leads a contemporary discussion and understanding of how the community, nation and world can benefit from understanding the profound impact of the event.

Name
New Face

the brain

Art Sculpture
Answerer of Questions About Kent State
Kent Campus