David C. Poole

David Poole
David C. Poole in 2022
Born	David Christopher Poole 1959 (age 65–66) Nairobi, Kenya
Education	Liverpool Polytechnic, B.Sc. and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Ph.D.
Awards	Scientiae Doctor from Liverpool John Moores University (2000) Adolph Distinguished Lecturer from the American Physiological Society (2018) Joseph B. Wolffe Memorial Lecture from the American College of Sports Medicine (2021) Higuchi-Dolph Simons Statewide Award for Biomedical Research Excellence (Kansas' highest award for scientific achievement) University of Kansas (2024)
Scientific career
Fields	Kinesiology Physiology
Institutions	UCSD Kansas State University

David Christopher Poole (born 1959) is a British-American scientist who researches oxygen transport in health and disease focusing on the mechanisms of exercise intolerance. ^[1]

Academic work

He is a University Distinguished Professor and Coffman Chair for Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Scholars in the Departments of Kinesiology and Anatomy & Physiology at Kansas State University. ^[2] His laboratory has been funded by the National Institutes of Health and the American Heart Association.

Research

His models of capillary function, O₂ uptake kinetics and Critical Power have become de rigueur in exercise physiology. ^[3]

Affiliations with organisations

He was elected President of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) Central State Chapter in 2001 and Chair for the Environmental and Exercise Physiology section of the American Physiological Society (APS) in 2021. He presented the APS’s Adolph Distinguished Lecture in 2018 entitled: “Muscle Microcirculation: Gateway to Function and Dysfunction". ^{[4] [5]}

A Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), he delivered the Joseph B. Wolffe Memorial Lecture entitled “How Do YOU Power Aerobic Exercise” ^[6] at the ACSM’s 2021 annual meeting and received the ACSM Citation Award in 2019. ^[7]

Selected publications

Poole's full list of research works can be found here: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=FCL4MmkAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate

Poole, D.C.; et al. (1988). "Metabolic and respiratory profile of the upper limit for prolonged exercise in man". Ergonomics . 31 (9): 1265–1279. doi:10.1080/00140138808966766. PMID   3191904.

Gaesser, G.A.; et al. (1996). "The slow component of oxygen uptake in humans". Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews. 24 (1): 35–70. doi:10.1249/00003677-199600240-00004. PMID   8744246.

Poole, D.C.; et al. (1985). "Response of ventilatory and lactate thresholds to continuous and interval training". Journal of Applied Physiology . 58 (4): 1115–1121. doi:10.1152/jappl.1985.58.4.1115. PMID   3988668.

Kindig, C.A.; et al. (2001). "Efficacy of nasal strip and furosemide in mitigating EIPH in Thoroughbred horses". Journal of Applied Physiology . 91 (3): 1396–1400. doi:10.1152/jappl.2001.91.3.1396. PMID   11509541. https://www.espn.com/horse-racing/story/_/id/10973676/science-california-chrome-nasal-strip-espn-magazine

Poole, D.C.; et al. (2012). "Muscle oxygen transport and utilization in heart failure: implications for exercise (in)tolerance". American Journal of Physiology. Heart and Circulatory Physiology . 302 (5): H1050 –H1063. doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00943.2011. PMC   3311454 . PMID   22101528.

Poole, D.C. (2021). "The anaerobic threshold: 50+ years of controversy". The Journal of Physiology . 599 (3): 737–767. doi:10.1113/JP279963. PMID   33112439.

Behnke, B.J.; et al. (2003). "Oxygen exchange profile in rat muscles of contrasting fibre types". The Journal of Physiology . 549 (2): 597–605. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.2002.035915 . PMC   2342949 . PMID   12692174.

Schulze, K.M. (2025). "KATP channel inhibition-induced hyporemia in skeletal muscle: No evidence for pre-capillary sphincter action". Microvascular Research . 160 (6): e104808. doi: 10.1016/j.mvr.2025.104808 . PMID   40164381.

Horn, A.G. (2025). "Ageing impairs endothelium-dependent vasodilatation and alters redox signalling in diaphragm arterioles from male and female Fischer-344 rats". The Journal of Physiology . 603 (6): 1439–1459. doi:10.1113/JP287451. PMID   40023797.

References

1. Poole, DC; et al. (2016). "Critical Power: An Important Fatigue Threshold in Exercise Physiology". Med Sci Sports Exerc . 48 (11): 2320–2334. doi:10.1249/MSS.0000000000000939. PMC   5070974 . PMID   27031742.
2. David Poole (n.d.). "Dr. David Poole". hhs.k-state.edu. Kansas State University. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
3. Poole, D.C.; Jones, A.M. (2012). "Oxygen uptake kinetics". Comprehensive Physiology . 2 (2): 933–996. doi:10.1002/cphy.c100072. ISBN   9780470650714. PMID   23798293.
4. unknown (n.d.). "Experimental Biology" (PDF). apsebmeeting.org. The Physiologist. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
5. Poole, D.C. (2019). "Edward F. Adolph Distinguished Lecture. Contemporary model of muscle microcirculation: Gateway to function and dysfunction." Journal of Applied Physiology . 127 (4): 1012–1033. doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.00013.2019. PMC   6850982 . PMID   31095460.
6. unknown (n.d.). "Final program - american college of sports medicine" (PDF). acsm.org. American College of Sports Medicine. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
7. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise (2019-06-04). "Dr. David Poole on receiving the distinguished ACSM Citation Award at #ACSM19!". twitter.com. Twitter. Retrieved 2021-05-28.