The UCLA Exercise Physiology Research Laboratory was established in 1993 to promote the discipline of exercise physiology in research and teaching at UCLA campus. The laboratory remains the only facility of its kind at UCLA and provides a foundation for teaching exercise physiology to undergraduates, graduate students, medical students and postgraduate fellows.
The laboratory is also unique at UCLA in being involved in human research in the field of exercise physiology both as pertains to normal healthy subjects such as athletes and also patients with a variety of pulmonary, cardiovascular and musculoskeletal diseases. For example among the currently active research projects is one investigating the effects of surgical repair of chest wall abnormalities and exercise performance and cardiac function in younger patients. Other projects involve patients with asthma, chronic bronchitis, lung inflammation, and muscle diseases. The laboratory has also been involved in the study of alternative therapies such as nutritional supplements and their effects on exercise performance.
The UCLA Exercise Physiology Research Laboratory has important collaborations with other institutions such as the Sports and Exercise Medicine Unit at Addenbrookes Hospital in Cambridge, England and the Exercise Science Laboratory at El Camino Community College in Torrance, California.
