
Trevor Day
Education:
B.Sc. Psychology (University of Calgary)
Ph.D. Cardiovascular/Respiratory Sciences (Respiratory Neurobiology; Hotchkiss Brain Institute; University of Calgary)
Position:
Professor of Physiology
Office: B344G
Phone: 403.440.5961
Email: tday@mtroyal.ca
PubMed Bibliography: https://bit.ly/2IFzuMk
Google Scholar: http://bit.ly/2xNtKGh
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7102-4235
Twitter: @trevoraday
Profile:
Dr. Trevor Day is a Professor of Physiology at Mount Royal University in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He holds a B.Sc. (2000) and Ph.D. (2008), 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 endeavour, integrating his teaching, mentoring and research activities, with over 100 peer-reviewed publications in reputable journals.
His laboratory and high altitude fieldwork research interests and expertise include cardiorespiratory, cerebrovascular and blood acid-base responses to acute and chronic blood gas challenges. He is a leader in organizing international high altitude research expeditions to remote locations, including five expeditions to the Everest region in the Nepal Himalaya, and expeditions to the Barcroft lab on White Mountain, CA, USA and to La Paz, Bolivia.
He has an active interest in science communication, particularly how scientists can better engage the public in the importance and relevance of the scientific endeavour, with an eye to accessibility, excitement, and emotion. He combines his love of science with his love of performing 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 and Jasper’s Dark Sky Festival.
At Mount Royal University, he was the recipient of numerous awards and recognitions, including the 2012 Student’s Association of Mount Royal University “Teaching Excellence Award”, the 2015 “Distinguished Faculty Award”, the 2015 Faculty of Science and Technology “Excellence in Research and Scholarship Award”, the 2018 “Research Recognition Award - Undergraduate Research Supervision”, and the 2025 “Research Recognition Award - Research and Scholarship Excellence”.
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)