Shane Phillips
Senior Associate Dean of Clinical Affairs
Professor and Associate Head, Physical Therapy
College of Applied Health Sciences
Contact
Building & Room:
746 AHSB
Address:
1919 W. Taylor St.
Office Phone:
Email:
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, Microvascular endothelial Kir channels in flow-induced dilation and hypertension, PI (Multi-PI)
National Institutes of Health/National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, Institutional Career Development (KL2), PI
Selected Publications
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Professional Leadership
Director, KL2 program, UIC, Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences
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
2020, UIC Team Award, UIC Office of Vice Chancellor for Research
Education
Postdoctoral, Vascular Biology, Medical College of Wisconsin, 2006
PhD, Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, 2004
MPT, Physical Therapy, Marquette University, 2000
BS, Human Biology, Marquette University, 1998