Kaitlyn DiMarco

Education

PhD, University of Oregon, Human Physiology, 2023

BA, Colorado College, Molecular Biology and Human Biology & Kinesiology, 2017

Research Interests

Kaitlyn is primarily interested in studying cardiopulmonary responses to extreme environmental stressors like high altitude, SCUBA diving, and hot and cold environments. She also enjoys exploring systems interactions, particularly how immune and cardiopulmonary interactions shape our acute responses and chronic adaptations to environmental stimuli, as well as sex-based differences in red blood cell and pulmonary vascular tone regulation.

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DiMarco KG, Chapman CL, Weiser NE, Matsell ER, Lucernoni KM, Chacon S, Grivette MMB, Halliwill JR, Lovering AT, Minson CT. Acute exposure to carbon monoxide inhalation and/or hot water immersion transiently increases erythropoietin in females but not in males. Exp Physiol. 2024 Oct;109(10):1782-1795. doi: 10.1113/EP091923.

DiMarco KG, Beasley KM, Shah K, Speros JP, Elliott JE, Laurie SS, Duke JW, Goodman RD, Futral JE, Hawn JA, Roach RC, Lovering AT. No effect of patent foramen ovale on acute mountain sickness and pulmonary pressure in normobaric hypoxia. Exp Physiol. 2022 Feb;107(2):122-132. doi: 10.1113/EP089948.

Lovering AT, Kelly TS, DiMarco KG, Bradbury KE, Charkoudian N. Implications of a patent foramen ovale for environmental physiology and pathophysiology: do we know the 'hole' story? J Physiol. 2022 Apr;600(7):1541-1553. doi: 10.1113/JP281108.

Bradbury KE, DiMarco KG, Futral JE, Lord RN, Edward JA, Barak O, Glavičić I, Miloš I, Drvis I, Dujić Ž, Lovering AT. The maintenance of core temperature in SCUBA divers: Contributions of anthropometrics, patent foramen ovale, and non-shivering thermogenesis. J Sci Med Sport. 2024 Dec;27(12):820-827. doi: 10.1016/j.jsams.2024.07.010.