Anita Cote, PhD, CSEP-CEP

Langley, BC

Canada Research Chair in Cardiovascular Adaptation to Exercise
Associate Professor, School of Human Kinetics, Trinity Western University
Director, Centre for Health & Human Performance
Langley, BC | @exercise4heart

CWHHA member since April 2024

Biography

Dr. Cote is the Canada Research Chair in Cardiovascular Adaptation to Exercise and a faculty member in the School of Human Kinetics at Trinity Western University. She also holds appointments as an Affiliate Investigator in the Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia (UBC), BC Women’s Research Institute, and BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute in Vancouver. Dr. Cotecompleted her PhD in the School of Kinesiology at the University of British Columbia, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship (Cardiology), specializing in sex differences in cardiac function and aortic stiffness in health in disease. Dr.Cote’s current research focuses on how the female heart adapts to exercise beginning in childhood and how exercise can be effective for reducing cardiovascular disease risk for individuals who have female sex-specific risk factors such as hypertension in pregnancy.