Anthony Bain

(Do) hold your breath: Kinesiology professor tries out freediving

Anthony Bain in a wetsuitDr. Anthony Bain went from studying freedivers to trying out their techniques (SUBMITTED BY ANTHONY BAIN/University of Windsor) 

By Kate Hargreaves 

Science communication can be difficult.  

Rendering complex physiological processes in a way that lay audiences can understand is no easy task. 

Neither is holding your breath for four minutes. 

University of Windsor professor of Kinesiology Dr. Anthony Bain is, however, up to both challenges.  

UWindsor researchers climb to new heights in high-altitude health study

UWindsor researchers pose for group photo at White Mountain. UWindsor research participants (left to right): Jessica Kenney, Ibrahim Wafai, Professor Anthony Bain, Brooke Shepley and Lana Yacoub. (Photo courtesy of Anthony Bain)

By John-Paul Bonadonna 

What happens to the human body when oxygen is scarce?  

That was the central question driving kinesiology professor Anthony Bain and fellow researchers who recently returned from a landmark research expedition to White Mountain in California.