William Milsom, University of British Columbia

Research

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Latest papers

Breathing patterns and associated cardiovascular changes in intermittently breathing animals: (Partially) correcting a semantic quagmire.
Experimental physiology · 2024 · senior author
Epidemiology of Emergency Medical Search and Rescue in the North Shore Mountains of Vancouver, Canada, from 1995 to 2020.
Wilderness & environmental medicine · 2023 · senior author
Animal Research, Accountability, Openness and Public Engagement: Report from an International Expert Forum.
Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2019

All 3 publications

Latest funding

Control of Breathing in Vertebrates
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$234,000
Cardio-respiratory recordings of hibernating animals
NSERC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$73,342
Control of Breathing in Vertebrates
NSERC · 2016 · Principal investigator
$546,000

All 22 grants and awards

3 publications.

01

Breathing patterns and associated cardiovascular changes in intermittently breathing animals: (Partially) correcting a semantic quagmire.

Burggren W, Fahlman A, Milsom W

Experimental physiology2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1113/ep091784 PMID: 38502538

02

Epidemiology of Emergency Medical Search and Rescue in the North Shore Mountains of Vancouver, Canada, from 1995 to 2020.

Collins D, Crickmer M, Brolly K, Abrams D, Ritchie A, Milsom W

Wilderness & environmental medicine2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.wem.2022.11.004 PMID: 36710126

03

Animal Research, Accountability, Openness and Public Engagement: Report from an International Expert Forum.

Ormandy EH, Weary DM, Cvek K, Fisher M, Herrmann K, Hobson-West P, McDonald M, Milsom W, Rose M, Rowan A, Zurlo J, von Keyserlingk MAG

Animals : an open access journal from MDPI2019

DOI: 10.3390/ani9090622 PMID: 31470523

Control of Breathing in Vertebrates

Principal investigatorNSERC2022Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Milsom, William

Keywords: comparative physiology; respiratory physiology; environmental physiology; experimental biology; control of breathing; arterial chemoreception; respiratory pattern generation; high altitude; hibernation; diving

$234,000

Cardio-respiratory recordings of hibernating animals

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Milsom, William

$73,342

Control of Breathing in Vertebrates

Principal investigatorNSERC2016Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Milsom, William

$546,000

Upgrade of Spinning Disk Confocal Microscope

Co-investigatorNSERC2016Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Samuels, AnneLacey

$147,988

Control of breathing in vertebrates

Principal investigatorNSERC2011Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Milsom, William

$575,000

Respiratory gas analyzers

Principal investigatorNSERC2011Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Milsom, William

$25,060

PWee50 oxygen equilibrium curve analyzer

Co-investigatorNSERC2011Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Brauner, Colin

$29,500

Data loggers for high altitude studies

Principal investigatorNSERC2007Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Milsom, William

$37,160

Cryostat- analysis of neurons and gila in nervous system function

Principal investigatorNSERC2005Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Milsom, William

$40,542

Brain stem metabolic status

Principal investigatorNSERC2005Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Milsom, William

$18,337

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Milsom, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Breathing patterns and associated cardiovascular changes in intermittently breathing animals: (Partially) correcting a semantic quagmire." (2024), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Control of Breathing in Vertebrates" (2022), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]