Trevor Day

Profile:

Dr. Trevor Day is a Professor of Physiology at Mount Royal University in Calgary, Alberta. He holds a B.Sc. (2000) and Ph.D. (2008; Hotchkiss Brain Institute), both from the University of Calgary. He has Adjunct Professor status at University of Calgary, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, and University College Cork, Ireland, Department of Physiology.

Professor Day is an integrative human physiologist, committed to physiology education through his teaching, laboratory and field-based research in basic and applied human physiology. His externally-funded research program (NSF 2022-2026 [USA]; NSERC Discovery 2016-2029 [Canada]) engages undergraduate students in all aspects of the research endeavor, integrating his teaching, mentoring and research activities, with over 100 peer-reviewed publication sin reputable journals. His laboratory and high altitude fieldwork research interests and expertise includes cardiorespiratory, cerebrovascular and blood acid-base response to acute and chronic blood gas challenges. He is a leader in organizing international high altitude research expeditions to remote locations, including five times to Everest region in the Nepal Himalaya.

He has an active interest in science communication, particularly how scientists can better engage the public in the importance and relevance of the scientific endeavor, with an eye to accessibility, excitement, and emotion. He has been combining his love of performing with his love of science through producing live science-music productions. Working with his band and author/science broadcaster Jay Ingram since 2008, they developed over 20 distinct shows and performed over 40 times at festivals like Calgary’s Beakerhead Festival and Jasper’s Dark Sky Festival. 

He was the recipient of numerous internal awards and recognitions, including the 2015 MRU “Distinguished Faculty Award”,  the 2015 Faculty of Science and Technology “Excellence in Research & Scholarship Award”, the 2018 MRU “Research Recognition Award -
Undergraduate Research Supervision”, and the 2025 MRU “Research Recognition Award - Research and Scholarship Excellence”.

Externally, he was the recipient of the 2014 Canadian Science Writers Association “Science in Society Communication Award”, University of Calgary, 2019 Hotchkiss Brain Institute and 2020 Cumming School of Medicine “Alumnus of Distinction Awards”, my Alma Mater. He was presented with the 2021 Council on Undergraduate Research, “Health Sciences Division Mentor Award”. He was appointed to Royal Society of Canada as a Member of the “College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists” (2020-2027).

Courses Taught:

Biol 1220/1221 - Human Anatomy and Physiology I and II (Nursing majors)
Biol 3104/3205 - Human Physiology I and II (Biology Majors)
Biol 3107  - Evolution in Health and Disease (General Science majors)
Biol 3216 - Human Physiology and Adaptation to Environmental Stress (General Science majors)
Biol 4211 - Applied Human Physiology (Biology Majors)
Biol 3299/4299 - Directed Readings in Biology (Biology majors)
Biol 5201/5202 - Independent Projects in Biology (Biology majors)
Biol 5208 - Capstone in Anatomy and Physiology (Biology majors)