Benjamin P. Thompson

This researcher studies how the body controls breathing and blood flow during exercise, including how blood vessels widen or narrow, how the lungs sense carbon dioxide levels, and how these responses change with sex, altitude, and drugs that affect breathing. Much of the work involves controlled exercise tests in healthy adults to understand the interplay between the respiratory and cardiovascular systems. The research is oriented toward basic exercise physiology with relevance to conditions like altitude sickness and respiratory limitations during exertion.

Publication output has grown over the last decade, rising from roughly 1-3 papers per year in the late 2010s to 5-6 per year since 2023.

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