Dr. Brittany Edgett smiling in her laboratory.

Dr. Brittany Edgett

PhD
Pronouns: She/Her

Affiliations

Assistant Professor

Faculty of Kinesiology

Contact information

Location

Office: KNB422

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Li Kang li.kang@ucalgary.ca - Faculty of Kinesiology Communications

Background

Educational Background

Postdoctoral Fellowship University of Guelph & Dalhousie University, 2021

PhD Mitochondrial Biology, Queen's University, 2017

MSc Exercise Physiology, Queen's University, 2012

BSc Human Kinetics Saint Francis Xavier University, 2010

Biography

Dr. Brittany Edgett is an integrative exercise physiologist interested in sex differences and the physiological and molecular mechanisms underlying exercise intolerance and metabolic adaptations to exercise.  Her lab uses a variety of techniques in physiology, molecular biology, protein biochemistry, and histology using an animal-to-human research approach to study the interplay between various organ systems that regulate aerobic capacity and how this differs in men and women.

Research

Areas of Research

Interests
  • Cardiac Function
  • Cardiometabolic Disease
  • Energy Metabolism
  • Erythropoiesis
  • Exercise Physiology
  • Hypoxia
  • Mitochondrial Function
  • Muscle Physiology
  • Sex Differences
  • Substrate Availability

Participation in university strategic initiatives

Courses

Course number Course title Semester
KNES 673 Exercise Physiology Fall 2026
KNES 485 Skeletal Muscle Properties Winter 2027

Awards

  • Killam Postdoctoral Fellowship, Killam Trusts, Dalhousie University. 2018
  • Early Career Author Prize Runner Up, Experimental Physiology. 2016

Publications