Roles and responsibilities
Human factors physiology researcher with a background in thermal, environmental, and neuroendocrine physiology.
Current research and/or projects
Research contributions pertain to helicopter vibration mitigation for improved health and safety, microgravity motion sickness susceptibility and prevention, and flight related stress and fatigue.
Research and/or project statements
-Helicopter vibration exposure: physiological effects of vibration, benefits of rotor track and balance for vibration mitigation and aircrew health, recommendations for exposure standards related to seat-head acceleration relationship (impact for NATO HFM-252, MIL STD 1472, Canadian Forces)
-Long duration helicopter missions: relationship between fatigue, discomfort, and performance for the Canadian Forces
-Microgravity research: investigating susceptibility and prevention of motion sickness, collaborative physiological monitoring with the Canadian Space Agency and ISS/PoSSUM/Final Frontier Design, Astronaut familiarization
-Thermal physiology: aircrew/passenger comfort, spacesuit verification testing
-Telemedicine: effectiveness of surgical tele-mentoring in austere environments such as spaceflight
Education
Ph.D., Kinesiology and Health Sciences, York University (Defence Research and Development Canada-Toronto), 2009
M.Sc., Kinesiology, Dalhousie University, 2004
B.Ed., Junior/Intermediate (Chemistry), University of Ottawa, 2002
B.Sc., Kinesiology, Dalhousie University, 2001
Professional activities/interests
-Active member of the NATO HFM-252 Tasking Group, Aircrew Neck Strain, providing expertise in vibration mitigation for helicopter neck strain, electromyography standardization, and vibration exposure standards recommendations
-Active member of the Technical Panel 22 (TTCP) – Military Medicine: Human Resources and Performance Group – Aircrew Spinal Pain Mitigation providing expertise in vibration mitigation solutions for improved spinal health
-Member of the MIL STD 1472 Section 5.5.5 Vibration and Shock revisions committee where I provided a written section on the need to account for head/neck movement in the vibration exposure standard
-MSc/PhD Thesis Committee Member for 5 students, University of Ottawa, School of Human Kinetics
Affiliations
-University of Ottawa, Adjunct Professor in the School of Human Kinetics
-Aerospace Medical Association (AsMA)active member
-Women in Defence and Security
Awards
-NRC Aerospace Outstanding Singular Achievement Award: Human Rated Vibration Facility Development (2017)
-Appreciation of Dedication to Individual Readiness Section at Defence Research and Development Canada Toronto (2009)
-MITACS: Accelerate Internship Program (2012, 2013)
-Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada: PGS Doctoral-3 (2004)
Certification/Licenses/Trades
-Ontario Teacher’s Certificate, Ontario College of Teacher’s (OCT), effective (06/2002)
-Human Subjects Research – Biomedical Research, CITI program, NASA (08/2017)
-Investigating Human Fatigue Factors: Fatigue in Aviation (11/2016)
-Controlled Goods and International Traffic in Arms Regulations (07/2014)
-NATO Secret Clearance (05/2014)
-George Washington University, School of Business, Managing Projects (01/2014)
-Canadian Airport Security Awareness Program (CASAP) National Level & Site Specific-Ottawa (10/2013)
-Delegated Medical Acts – Phlebotomy, IV Catheter Insertion (04/2006)
-Lifesaving Society National Lifeguard Service (02/1997)
-Lifesaving Society Bronze Examiner (11/1997)
-Lifesaving Society Instructor (03/1994)
-Canadian Red Cross Waters Safety Instructor (03/1994)
Inventions and patents
N/A
Key publications
- Wright Beatty, H.E., A. Law, J.R. Thomas, & V. Wickramasinghe (2018). Amplified Pilot Head Acceleration and Neck Muscle Strain: Effective Vibration Mitigation. Aerospace Medicine and Human Performance, 89(6), 1-10.
- Law, A., J. Araujo, J. Keillor, H. Wright Beatty, S. Atluri, G. Craig, & R. Thomas. An Integrated Physiological Monitoring System for Airborne and Laboratory Research. National Research Council, Aerospace, Flight Research Laboratory, LTR-FRL-2017-0095.
- Wright Beatty, H.E. (2017). Fatigue and Discomfort Factors Related to Performance of Rotary Wing Aircrew: A Review. National Research Council, Aerospace, Flight Research Laboratory, LTR-FRL-2017-0039.
- Leicht, A.S., A.D. Flouris, A. Kaltsatou, A.J. Seely, C. Herry, H.E. Wright Beatty, & G.P. Kenny. Age Alters Cardiac Autonomic Modulations during and following Exercise-Induced Heat Stress in Females. Temperature, 5(2), 184-196.
- Farrell, P.S.E., G. Chafé, V. Cosman, G. Fusina, J.G. Hollands, T. Karakolis, & H.E. Wright Beatty (2017). Interim Scientific Advice for Six RCAF Griffon Helicopter Aircrew Neck-Troubling Mitigating Solutions. Defence Research & Development Canada – Toronto, L17-0116-1309, and National Research Council, Aerospace, Flight Research Laboratory, LTR-FRL-2017-0002.
- Walker, A., H.E. Wright Beatty, S. Zanetti, & V. Rattray (2017). Improving Body Composition may Reduce the Immune and Inflammatory Responses of Firefighters Working in the Heat. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 59(4), 377-383.
- Wright Beatty, H.E., A. Law, R. Thomas, U. Senarath Yapa, A. Prigli, M. Nejad Ensan, & V. Wickramasinghe (2016). Effects of Vibration Level and a Vibration Mitigating Cushion on Neck Strain using a Human Rated Shaker Facility. National Research Council, Aerospace, Flight Research Laboratory, LTR-FRL-2016-0069.
- Craig, G., H.E. Wright Beatty, M. Alexander, V. Wickramasinghe, & J. Keillor (2016). Pilot Head and Whole Body Vibration in Response to Tuning the Track-and-Balance of a Bell 412 Main Rotor. NRC, Aerospace, Flight Research Laboratory, LTR-FRL-2016-0071.
- Kirkpatrick, A.W., H. Tien, A.T. LaPorta, K. Lavell, J. Keillor, H.E. Wright Beatty, J.L. McKee, S. Brien, D. Roberts, J. Wong, C.G. Ball, & A. Beckett (2015). The Marriage of Surgical Simulation and Tele-Mentoring for Damage Control Surgical Training of Operational First-Responders: A Pilot Study. Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, 79(5), 741-747.
- Wright Beatty, H.E., J.M. Keillor, S.G. Hardcastle, P. Boulay, & G.P. Kenny (2015). Preservation of Cognitive Performance with Age during Exertional Heat Stress under Low and High Air Velocity. BioMed Research International; Special Issue on Exercise Physiology, Cognitive Function, and Physiologic Alterations in Extreme Conditions, Volume 2015 (Article ID 619103), http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/619103.
- Wright Beatty, H.E., S.G. Hardcastle, P. Boulay, A. Flouris & G.P. Kenny (2015). Increased Air Velocity Reduces Thermal and Cardiovascular Strain in Young and Older Males during Humid Exertional Heat Stress. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, 12(9), 625-634.
- Wright Beatty, H.E., S.G. Hardcastle, P. Boulay, A. Flouris & G.P. Kenny (2015). Increased Air Velocity Reduces Thermal and Cardiovascular Strain in Young and Older Males during Humid Exertional Heat Stress. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, 12(9), 625-634.
- Flouris, A.D., H.E. Wright-Beatty, B.J. Friesen, D.J. Casa, & G.P. Kenny (2014). Treatment of Exertional Heat Stress Developed during Low or Moderate Physical Work. European Journal of Applied Physiology, 114(12), 2551-2560.
- Wright-Beatty, H.E., S.G. Hardcastle, P. Boulay, J. Larose, & G.P. Kenny (2014). Increased Air Velocity during Exercise in the Heat and Equal Reductions in Hydration Shifts and Interleukin-6 with Age. European Journal of Applied Physiology, 114(10), 2081-2092.
- Wright-Beatty, H.E., T.M. McLellan, J. Larose, R.J. Sigal, P. Boulay, & G.P. Kenny (2014). Inflammatory Responses of Older Firefighters to Intermittent Exercise in the Heat. European Journal of Applied Physiology, 114(6), 1163-1174.
- Wright, H.E., T.M. McLellan, J. Larose, S.G. Hardcastle, P. Boulay, & G.P. Kenny (2014). Are Circulating Cytokine Responses to Exercise in the Heat Augmented in Older Men? Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism, 39(2), 117-123.
- Wright, H.E., J. Larose, T.M. McLellan, S. Miller, P. Boulay, & G.P. Kenny (2013). Do Older Firefighters Show Long-Term Adaptations to Work in the Heat? Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, 10(12), 705-715.
- Wright, H.E., J. Larose, T.M. McLellan, S.G. Hardcastle, P. Boulay, & G.P. Kenny (2014). Moderate-Intensity Intermittent Work in the Heat Results in Similar Low-Level Dehydration in Young and Older Males. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, 11(3), 144-153.
- Wright, H.E., T.M. McLellan, B.J. Friesen, D.J. Casa, & G.P. Kenny (2012). Influence of Circulating Cytokines on Prolactin during Slow versus Fast Exertional Heat Stress followed by Active or Passive Recovery. Journal of Applied Physiology, 113(4), 574-583.
- Wright, H.E., T.M. McLellan, J.M. Stapleton, S.G. Hardcastle, & G.P. Kenny (2012). Cortisol and Interleukin-6 Responses during Intermittent Exercise in Two Different Hot Environments with Equivalent WBGT. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, 9(4), 269-279.
- Wright, H.E., G.A. Selkirk, S.G. Rhind, & T.M. McLellan (2012). Peripheral Markers of Central Fatigue in Trained and Untrained during Uncompensable Heat Stress. European Journal of Applied Physiology, 112(3), 1047-1057.
- Wright, H.E., G.A. Selkirk, & T.M. McLellan (2010). HPA and SAS Responses to Increasing Core Temperature during Uncompensable Exertional Heat Stress in Trained and Untrained Males. European Journal of Applied Physiology, 108(5), 987-997.
- Selkirk, G.A., T.M. McLellan, H.E. Wright, & S.G. Rhind (2009). Expression of Intracellular Cytokines, HSP72, and Apoptosis in Monocyte Subsets during Exertional Heat Stress in Trained and Untrained Individuals. AJP: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 296(3), R575-586.
- Selkirk, G.A., T.M. McLellan, H.E. Wright, & S.G. Rhind (2008). Mild Endotoxemia, NF-kappaB Translocation, and Cytokine Increase during Exertional Heat Stress in Trained and Untrained Individuals. AJP: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 295(2), R611-623.
- Wright, H.E. & S.S. Cheung (2006). Cranial-Neck and Inhalation Rewarming Failed to Improve Recovery from Mild Hypothermia. Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine, 77(4), 398-403.
Previous work experience
07/2015-Present
University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON
Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences – Human Kinetics
10/2009-08/2013
Faculty of Health Sciences: Human Kinetics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON
Postdoctoral Fellow - Human and Environmental Physiology Research Unit
2004-2009
Defence Research and Development Canada, Toronto, ON
Doctoral Candidate/Research Assistant
Human Protection & Performance (Individual Readiness) Section
09/2005-12/2009
York University Kinesiology Teaching Assistant
Research Methods, Skilled Performance, Motor Learning, Human Anatomy, Human Physiology, Biomechanics, Statistics
•Teaching labs, coordinating labs & TAs, course data/mark entry, tutoring
01-06/2007
Elkhorn Public School: After-School Program, North York, ON
•Organizing and running Primary and Junior Science Programs
11/2004-08/2009
YMCA Fitness & Swimming Instructor/Lifeguard, North York, ON
•Instructing aquatic fitness classes, examining Bronze Medallion/Cross candidates, and organizing/evaluating staff performance at in-services
03-08/2004
YWCA Lifeguard and Aquatics Coordinator, Halifax NS (06-08/2004)
•Hiring and training aquatics staff, pool operations and organization, pool/staff scheduling, chemical maintenance, pool rentals/lessons, public relations
09/2002-08/2004
Dalhousie University Kinesiology Research & Teaching Assistant
Physiology of Exercise, Introduction to Kinesiology, Research Methods, Principles of Skill Acquisition
•Teaching labs, tutoring students, marking labs/exams, research data entry & statistical analysis
03/2003-04/2004
Halifax Regional School Board
Occasional Teacher for all grades
International experience and/or work
-NATO HFM-252 Tasking Group, Aircrew Neck Strain, 2015-2018
