Wayne Giles - F1000 Section Head (since 10 January 2005)
Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AL, Canada
BIOGRAPHY
ACADEMIC POSITION:Dean, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary
EDUCATION:
1969 Physiology BSc (Honours) University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
1970 Physiology MSc University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
1971 MPhil Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
1974 Physiology PhD Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
MEMBERSHIPS:
• Senior Member of Biophysical Society
• American Heart Association Council on Basic Science
• Foreign Member of the Physiological Society
• The American Physiological Society
HONORS:
• Alberta Hotel Association Scholarship, 1965
• Province of Alberta Scholarship, 1965
• Province of Alberta Grant, 1966
• Province of Alberta Scholarship, 1967
• Province of Alberta Grant, 1968
• Yale Graduate Fellowship, 1970-1972
• Canadian Heart Foundation Fellowship, 1972-1973
• Canadian Heart Foundation Fellowship, 1973-1974
• Canadian Medical Research Council Fellowship, 1974-1976
• American Heart Association Established Investigator Award, 1981-1986
• Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research Scholarship, 1983-1988
• Japan Society for Promotion of Science Visiting Professorship, April, 1985
• Adjunct Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas (July 1, 1987 - Present)
• Panel Member: Novartis Symposium on Nuclear Receptors
EDITORIAL POSITIONS:
Dr Giles serves on the editorial boards of Circulation Research and the American Journal of Physiology.
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Dr Giles is an internationally recognized researcher in the electrical activity of cells – looking to understand cell function by detecting and in some cases controlling the cell’s electrical activity. The majority of Dr Giles’ research has been on the electrophysiology of the heart and that work has greatly contributed to our present understanding of the electrical impulses that initiate and modulate the heart beat. This work has provided insight into the design of cardiac pacemakers and defibrillators, and drugs that control dangerous heart rhythms.
Dr Giles is continuing his research at the University of Calgary by examining the electrical activity in bone cells and chondrocytes which are critical to articulate joint functions. The theme is always understanding cell function by detecting and in some cases controlling the cell’s electrical activity.