Philippe Obert

Philippe Obert currently works at Avignon University. He is professor in Physiology, health and exercise sciences. Ongoing research: Cardiovascular response to exercise in healthy individuals and in patients with cardiac disease or metabolic disorders: --> Effect of acute and chronic (rehabilitation programs) exercise --> Effect of bioactive food compounds Fields of expertise: Cardiology, vascular imaging, exercise physiology - Main technical skills: • Echography-doppler in humans and animals; • Ultrasonography : Millar (blood vessels, ventricular pressure) and Transonics (arterial and cardiac blood flow) technology • Isolated heart (Landgendorff model) and vessels (organ bath model) . Muscle function (power, capacity) and metabolic measurements (gas exchanges)