Bryce N. Balmain, Ph.D.

Bryce Balmain, Ph.D.

Dr. Balmain is an Assistant Instructor in the Department of Internal Medicine (Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine) and the Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center. He was the recipient of fellowship awards from the American Physiological Society and American Heart Association, and in 2023 received a Pathway to Independence Award (NIH: K99/R00) to investigate breathing limitations as they relate to shortness of breath and exercise intolerance in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. Other research interests include cardiopulmonary and exercise physiology in health and disease, with a particular emphasis on pulmonary gas exchange, ventilation-perfusion matching, pulmonary vascular function, and breathing mechanics.

Education

  • B.S. (1st Class Honors), Exercise Science, Griffith University, Gold Coast, QLD, AUS – 2014
  • Ph.D., Exercise and Environmental Physiology, Griffith University, Gold Coast, QLD, AUS – 2018
  • Postdoctoral Fellowship, Internal Medicine (Pulmonary), UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA – 2023

Contact Information

Bryce N. Balmain, Ph.D.
Pulmonary Physiology Laboratory
Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Texas Health Presbyterian Dallas
7232 Greenville Ave, Dallas, TX 75231
Office: 214-345-4853
Email: BryceBalmain@texashealth.org


Highlighted Publications
  • External dead space explains sex-differences in the exercise ventilatory response in children with and without obesity
  • Multidimensional aspects of dyspnea in obese patients referred for cardiopulmonary exercise testing
    Balmain BN, Weinstein K, Bernhardt V, Marines-Price R, Tomlinson AR, Babb TG. Multidimensional aspects of dyspnea in obese patients referred for cardiopulmonary exercise testing. Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology. 2020, 274:103365.
  • Marked disparity in regional and transmural cardiac mechanics in the athlete's heart
    Stewart GM, Chan J, Kane G, Johnson BD, Balmain BN, Yamada A, Shiino K, Haseler LJ, Sabapathy S.Marked disparity in regional and transmural cardiac mechanics in the athlete's heart. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. 2020, 52:1908-1914.
  • Relationship between desaturation and the cardiopulmonary responses to six minute walk test in idiopathic- and congenital heart disease-related pulmonary hypertension
    Balmain BN, Sabapathy S, Seale H, Harris J, Hall K, Lin ACW, Kermeen F, Morris NR. Relationship between desaturation and the cardiopulmonary responses to six minute walk test in idiopathic- and congenital heart disease-related pulmonary hypertension. Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology. 2019, 259:58-62.
  • Folic acid supplementation improves vascular endothelial function, yet not skin blood flow during exercise in the heat, in patients with heart failure
    Balmain BN, Jay O, Morris NR, Stewart GM, Shiino K, McFarland AJ, Jayasinghe R, Chan J, Sabapathy S. Folic acid supplementation improves vascular endothelial function, yet not skin blood flow during exercise in the heat, in patients with heart failure. American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative, and Comparative Physiology. 2018, 314:R810-R819.

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