Research profiles

What do the Canadian Olympic Snowboarding Team, the Canadian Coast Guard and people with multiple sclerosis have in common? They are all benefiting from research conducted at the Environmental Ergonomics Laboratory at Brock University. There, researchers are studying the impacts of extreme temperatures on the human body. To date, these findings have already enabled more accurate predictions of search and rescue survival times, supported the creation of more effective life-saving equipment, and have helped to reduce heat stress during exercise for people with multiple sclerosis, a disease that affects an estimated 65,000 Canadians.