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New CBAC Member
Phyllis K. Stein, Ph.D., SEP Research Interests:
Associate Professor of Medicine Her work as the PI of the Washington University School of Medicine HRV
Director, Washington University (Heart Rate Variability) Laboratory is focused on using continuous ECG
School of Medicine HRV Lab signals from Holter monitors, sleep studies, NICU and PICU signals and
physiology labs to measure cardiac autonomic functioning. Her lab is one
of the leading research HRV facilities in the world and they have
developed sophisticated algorithms for examining heart rate patterns that
go way beyond standard clinical measures. They are experts in
identifying and quantifying heart rate patterns that provide previously-
unappreciated markers for healthy and unhealthy autonomic functioning
in adults, children, babies and in genetically modified mice. Her lab has
data on about 20,000 subjects.
Her lab also offers training in HRV analytic techniques. Her lab is
currently creating an organized archive of studies and the signals,
ECG-derived analyses, and projects or publications resulting from them.
The archive will also contain all of the HRV analyses that can be applied
to each dataset. They have also published on ECG-waveform-based
analyses, including QTVI and modified moving average T-wave alternans.
Education and Training:
1962 A.B. (cum laude), Physics, Barnard College
1987 M.Ed. Exercise Physiology, University of Virginia
1990 Ph.D. Health Promotion, University of Virginia
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