Biomedical Physiology & Kinesiology research at SFU
BPK facilitates the pursuit of research excellence and fosters a culture of collaboration and support for researchers. BPK is also the proud home of the Kids Brain Health Network, a Network Centre of Excellence of Canada.
Featured research projects
Research areas
Cardiovascular Physiology
Focus on heart and vascular function at the molecular, cellular, and systems levels, with applications to congenital heart disease, disease prevention and drug design.
Neuromechanics
Neuromechanics integrates the fields of biomechanics and neurophysiology to understand human movement in health and disease, with applications to rehabilitation medicine, injury prevention and aging.
Environmental Physiology
Environmental Physiology takes an integrative systems approach to understanding whole body human physiology as a function of changes in environmental conditions.
Chronic Diseases
Multidisciplinary training in the prevention of cancer, cardiovascular disease and diabetes, from individual physiology to the broader scope of community health and disease treatment.
Neuroscience
Neuroscience spans a wide spectrum, ranging from the neurophysiology of motor control, cellular properties of neurons and neuronal circuitry, the pathophysiology of degenerative neurological diseases and the molecular biophysics underlying membrane properties of neurons.