Shane Phillips

Professor, Associate Head, Physical Therapy

Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs, College of Applied Health Sciences

Focus Areas

Email

shanep@uic.edu

Office Phone

312-355-0277

Office

1919 W. Taylor St., 746 AHSB

Mail Code

898

Office Hours

By appointment

CV

CURRICULUM VITAE Phillips 2018

About

Shane A. Phillips PT, PhD, FAHA is Professor and Associate Head in the Department of Physical Therapy at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Phillips has clinical expertise in physical therapy and cardiovascular rehabilitation. His PhD degree in physiology was completed at the Medical College of Wisconsin, he completed post-doctoral training in Cardiovascular Medicine. He is Director of the Vascular Biology Laboratory in the College of Applied Health Sciences where he studies obesity, hypertension, and the control of blood flow and responses of the microcirculation to surgery, diet and exercise interventions. Other research interests include the impact of cardiovascular risk factors such as high blood pressure, alcohol and high cholesterol on macro and microcirculatory function. His laboratory is funded by the National Institute of Health.

Selected Grants

National Institutes of Health/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Improving Blood Pressure and Vascular Risk with Resistance Exercise in African Americans, PI

National Institutes of Health/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Cholesterol Regulation of Endothelial K+ Channels, Co-PI (Multi-PI)

National Institutes of Health/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Modulation of Vascular Superoxide Dismutase, Co-I

National Institutes of Health/National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Binge Drinking and Cardiovascular Risk in Young Adults, Co-PI

Selected Publications

“Integrated approaches to physical therapy education: a new comprehensive model from the University of Illinois Chicago.”, Physiotherapy Theory and Practice

“Short-term Regular Aerobic Exercise Reduces Oxidative Stress Produced by Acute High Intraluminal Pressure in the Adipose Microvasculature”, American Journal of Physiology Heart and Circulatory Physiology

“Cardiovascular Consequences of Binge Drinking: An Integrative Review with Implications for Advocacy, Policy, and Research”, Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Publication Aggregators

PubMed

Notable Honors

2017 - Professor of the Year, UIC College of the Applied Health Sciences

2013 - Fellow, American Heart Association, American Heart Association, Council on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology

2008 - Top paper award for clinical science contribution, Hypertension Journal

Education

Postdoctoral, Cardiovascular Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, 2006
PhD, Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, 2004
MPT, Physical Therapy, Marquette University, 2000
BS, Human Biology, Marquette University, 1998