Lachlan McDowall

Lachlan McDowall has been conducting research in the Cardiovascular Neuroscience Laboratory in the Discipline of Physiology, Bosch Institute, University of Sydney, since 2003.

He graduated from The University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Science (Hons I) in 2003 with a major in physiology and minor in psychology. Subsequently, Lachlan completed a PhD in the Cardiovascular Neuroscience Laboratory (2004-2007) focussing on the role of the dorsomedial hypothalamus in cardiovascular and respiratory regulation, from which he has published 3 papers in the American Journal of Physiology.

Lachlan is continuing his research in 2008 as a postdoctoral researcher in the Cardiovascular Neuroscience Laboratory and is concurrently studying Medicine at the University of Sydney and Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.

He has a specific interest in investigating psychological stress and the role of the hypothalamus in mediating the cardiovascular and respiratory responses during such stress.