Education:

• 1985 B.P.E. University of Manitoba
• 1986 M.P.E. University of Manitoba
• 1990 Ph.D. University of Manitoba, Dept. of Medicine
• 1991 Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Calgary

Research Interests:

Dr. Giesbrecht operates the Laboratory for Exercise and Environmental Medicine where he studies human responses to exercise/work in extreme environments. He has conducted hundreds of cold water immersion studies that have provided valuable information about cold stress physiology and pre-hospital care for human hypothermia. Other research interests include human physical and mental performance in other stresses such as altitude (hypoxia) and diving (hypobaria).

Courses Taught:

• Exercise Physiology
• Wilderness Leadership
• Wilderness Skills
• Camping I
• Winter Camping

Selected Awards and Honours:

Meet Professor Popsicle:

A feature article in Outside Magazine (www.outsideonline.com/popsicle) details the work that is being done at the University of Manitoba to save lives by providing information to the general public and professional EMS, and Search and Rescue Agencies.

State of Alaska Guidelines for Treatment of Cold Injuries (2003):

Dr. Giesbrecht participated in an expert panel that revised the Cold Injury Guidelines that provide a standard of care for many Emergency Medical Services and Hospital Groups. Preliminary summary of Revised Guidelines (PDF)

Marathons on Ice - Lake Winnipeg 2004:

In January 2004, Dr. Giesbrecht hauled a sled on a solo expedition of Lake Winnipeg that covered 450 kilometers in 26 days.

One Million Steps Winter Research Expedition on Lake Winnipeg (2001):

In February 2001, five men hauled sleds the length of Lake Winnipeg in a Scientific Winter Expedition that covered 450 kilometers in 19 days.

Seminars and Lectures (off campus):
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• Cold Weather Clothing
• Hypothermia: Physiology and Treatment
• Thin Ice: Avoid and Survive the Terrors of Ice Water Immersion
• It's a Dry Cold! Hypothermia and the Athlete

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