Kevin Shoemaker

Biography

Kevin Shoemaker was appointed to a five-year term as Associate Vice-President (Research), effective July 1, 2021. He is a Distinguished University Professor at Western, professor in the School of Kinesiology, and Canada Research Chair in the Integrative Physiology of Exercise and Health. In 2017, he was elected a Fellow in the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences.

Kevin is a Physiologist by training with emphases on neural control of the circulation, organ blood flow regulation, and neural strategies of communication within the sympathetic nervous system. His studies focus on human health and disease prevention with emphasis on the impact of physical activity on neurovascular coupling, and the associated mechanisms. Kevin's research is uniquely interdisciplinary and team-based, with many international partners.