Jason H.T. Bates, Ph.D., D.Sc.

Research Professor, Department of Medicine, Department of Physiology; Biophysics.

Room 228, HSRF
University of Vermont, College of Medicine
149 Beaumont Ave.
Burlington, VT. 05405

Voice: (802) 656-8912
Fax: (802) 656-8900

Email: jason.h.bates@uvm.edu

• B.Sc. (honours) (1978) Physics; University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.
• Ph.D. (1981) Medicine; Christchurch Clinical School of Medicine, Otago University, Christchurch, New Zealand.
• Post-doc. (1981-1983) Dept Medicine; Christchurch Clinical School of Medicine, Christchurch, New Zealand.
• Post-doc. (1983-1986) Lung Physiology; McGill University Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
• Assistant Professor (1986-1991); Depts of Medicine and Biomedical Engineering, McGill Univesity, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
• Associate Professor (1991-1999); Depts of Medicine and Biomedical Engineering, McGill Univesity, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
• Professor (1999); Depts of Medicine and Biomedical Engineering, McGill Univesity, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
• Research Professor (1999-present); Dept. of Medicine, Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics, University of Vermont.
• Member of Pulmonary/Critical Care Division (1999–present); Fletcher Allen Health Care and University of Vermont Dept. of Medicine.

My main research interests focus on lung mechanics and its quantitative evaluation through the application of quantitative methods from physics, engineering and mathematics.

• Lung Mechanics
• Asthma and lung injury
• Mathematical/computer modeling of physiology
• Laboratory instrumentation and measurement

• Respiratory mechanics and lung development in the rat from early age to adulthood. R.F.M. Gomes, F. Shardonofsky, D.H. Eidelman, and J.H.T. Bates. Journal of Applied Physiology. 90: 1631-1638, 2001.
   
   
• Mechanical properties of the lung and upper airways in patients with sleep-disordered breathing. E.L. Bijaoui, V. Champagne P. F. Baconnie, R. J. Kimoff and J.H.T. Bates. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 165: 1055-1061, 2002.
   
   
• Geometric determinants of airway resistance in two isomorphic rodent species. R.F.M. Gomes and J. H.T. Bates. Respiration Physiology & Neurobiology. 130: 317-325, 2002.
   
   
• Time dependence of recruitment and derecruitment in the lung: a theoretical model. Jason H.T. Bates and Charles G. Irvin. Journal of Applied Physiology. 93: 705-713, 2002.
   
   
• A reevaluation of the validity of unrestrained plethysmography in mice. L. Lundblad, C.G. Irvin, A. Adler, and J.H.T. Bates. Journal of Applied Physiology. 93: 1198-1207, 2002.
   
   
• The transient mechanical benefits of a deep inflation in the injured mouse lung. G. Allen, L.K.A. Lundblad, P.E. Parsons, and J.H.T. Bates. Journal of Applied Physiology. 93: 1709-1715, 2002.