Stephen Wright

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, pulmonary vascular disease, 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.