Meet the newest faculty to join the RHSC Program: Stephen Wright, PhD, Assistant Professor, Physical Therapy.
As part of the continuing expansion of the Departments of Physical Therapy and Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy, Stephen joins us to bring Rehabilitation Science graduate education across British Columbia to further improve the health and wellbeing of communities throughout BC and beyond. Stephen is now accepting Master and Doctoral students in exercise and circulatory physiology, heart function, imaging, sex differences, aging, heart failure, and endurance training Welcome!
Stephen Wright, Ph.D.
Dr. Stephen Wright is an exercise and circulatory physiologist, Assistant Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy, and Investigator in the Centre for Heart Lung Innovation at the University of British Columbia and St. Paul’s Hospital. He completed graduate school at the University of Toronto and a postdoctoral fellowship with the Centre for Heart, Lung & Vascular Health at UBC’s Okanagan Campus.
Steve’s research examines integrated heart-lung mechanisms that regulate cardiac function and influence circulatory reserve and exercise tolerance, across the lifespan and health spectrum. Of specific interest are aging, endurance training, heart failure, and women’s heart health. His research combines cardio-pulmonary imaging and hemodynamic assessments to quantify right heart, pulmonary vascular, left heart and systemic vascular function with exercise testing. His program is pursuing long-term goals of advancing our understanding of circulatory exercise physiology and optimizing health for all adults by identifying earlier markers of abnormal circulatory reserve, to develop advanced diagnostics and individualize exercise rehabilitation.
Steve also enjoys snowboarding, splitboarding, and mountain biking.