Professor EmeritusRoger Dampney

Roger Dampney is a Professor Emeritus in Cardiovascular Neuroscience in the Discipline of Physiology. He is a leading investigator in the study of the functional organization of central cardiovascular pathways, with a particular interest in the mechanisms by which the brain produces highly coordinated cardiorespiratory changes that are appropriate for different behaviours, such as exercise and defensive behaviour. He has published over 140 articles that have received over 13,500 citations with an h-index of 62. He has served on the editorial board of several journals and has supervised many students and post-doctoral fellows.

Roger Dampney received his PhD degree from the University of Sydney in 1973, and conducted post-doctoral research at Cornell Medical College in New York and at the University of Milan, Italy. He received an Excellence in Teaching award in 1993 and a DSc degree in 1996 from the University of Sydney.