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Education |
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Loma Linda University,
Loma Linda, CA |
B.S. |
1993 |
Respiratory Therapy |
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Loma Linda University,
Loma Linda, CA |
Ph.D. |
2000 |
Physiology |
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Research & Professional
Experience |
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1993 |
Pulmonary Research
Specialist, Dept. of Preventive Medicine, Loma Linda University,
Loma Linda, CA |
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1994 - 1997 |
Clinical Instructor,
Dept. of Cardiopulmonary Science, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA |
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1997 - 2000 |
Ph.D. Student/Research
Volunteer, Dept. of Medicine, University of California, San Diego |
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2001 - 2003 |
Post-Doctoral Fellow,
Dept. of Medicine, University of California, San Diego |
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2003 - 2005 |
Assistant Project
Physiologist, Dept. of Medicine, University of California, San Diego |
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2005 - |
Assistant Adjunct
Professor, Dept. of Medicine, University of California, San Diego |
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Licenses & Certifications |
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California
Respiratory Care Practitioner |
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NBRC
Registered Respiratory Therapist |
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NBRC
Certified Pulmonary Function Technician |
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NBRC
Perinatal & Pediatric Respiratory Specialist |
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Private
Pilot |
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Honors & Awards |
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1991 |
Lambda Beta National
Honor Society |
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1992 |
Walla Walla County
Outstanding Emergency Medical Services Recognition |
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1994 |
Loma Linda University
Student Research Award |
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1999 |
Proctor & Gamble
Professional Opportunity Award, American Physiological Society EEP
Section |
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2000 |
Gatorade Young
Investigator Award, American Physiological Society EEP Section |
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2000 |
Carl Gisolfi Student
Award for Research in Exercise Science, APS Integrative Biology of
Exercise |
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2003 - 2005 |
Beginning Grant-in-Aid
Award, American Heart Association/Western States Affiliate |
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2005 - 2008 |
Parker B. Francis Fellow |
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2005 - 2008 |
TRDRP New Investigator
Award |
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Societies & Affiliations |
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1993 -1998 |
American Association of
Respiratory Care |
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1998 - |
American Physiological
Society |
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2001 - |
American Thoracic
Society |
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2001 - |
California Thoracic
Society |
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2001 - |
International Society of
Mountain Medicine |
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| (For a complete list plus links to abstracts and text of lab
publications, please see the Physiology/NASA Lab Publications
page) |
| 1. |
M. Olfert,
In sync with neonatal ventilation. Neonatal Intensive Care. 9
(5):62-66, 1996. |
| 2. |
S.R. Hopkins, T.P.
Gavin, N.M. Siafakas, L.J. Haseler, I.M. Olfert, H. Wagner,
P.D. Wagner. Effect of prolonged heavy exercise on pulmonary gas
exchange in athletes. J. Appl. Physiol. 85: 1523-1532, 1998. |
| 3. |
R.C. Barker, S.R.
Hopkins, N. Kellogg, I.M. Olfert, T.D. Brutsaert, T.P. Gavin,
P.L. Entin, A.J. Rice, and P.D. Wagner. Measurement of cardiac
output during exercise by open circuit acetylene uptake. J. Appl.
Physiol. 87: 1506-1512, 1999. |
| 4. |
S.R. Hopkins, R.C.
Barker, T.D. Brutsaert, T.P. Gavin, P. Entin, I.M. Olfert, S.
Veisel, and P.D. Wagner. Pulmonary gas exchange during exercise in
women: effects of exercise type and work increment. J. Appl.
Physiol. 89: 721-730, 2000. |
| 5. |
I.M. Olfert,
E.C. Breen, O. Mathieu-Costello, P.D. Wagner. Chronic hypoxia
attenuates resting and exercise-induced gene expression of VEGF and
its receptors, flt-1 and flk-1, in skeletal muscle. J. Appl.
Physiol. 90: 1532-1538, 2001. |
| 6. |
I.M. Olfert,
E.C. Breen, O. Mathieu-Costello, P.D. Wagner. Skeletal muscle
capillarity and angiogenic mRNA levels after exercise training in
normoxia and chronic hypoxia. J. Appl. Physiol. 91:
1176-1184, 2001. |
| 7. |
I.M. Olfert,
J. Balouch, A. Kleinsasser, A. Knapp, H. Wagner, P.D. Wagner, S.R.
Hopkins. Does Gender Affect Human Pulmonary Gas Exchange during
Exercise? J. Physiol. (London) 557(2): 529-541, 2004. |
| 8. |
I.M. Olfert
and G.K. Prisk. Effect of 60-degree head-down tilt on peripheral gas
mixing in the human lung. J. Appl. Physiol., 97: 827-834, 2004. |
| 9. |
I.M. Olfert
and O. Mathieu-Costello. Oxygen consumption during maximal exercise
in Fischer 344 x Brown Norway F1 hybrid rats. J. Gerontology A
Biol Sci Med Sci, 59(8): B801-808, 2004. |
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