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Bryce Balmain, Ph.D.

Bryce Balmain, Ph.D.

Titles and Appointments

Assistant Professor

School
Medical School
Department
Internal Medicine
  • Biography

    Bryce N. Balmain, Ph.D., is an Assistant Instructor in the Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center, and a member of its Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine.

    Originally from the Gold Coast in Australia, Dr. Balmain holds a bachelor's degree in exercise science from Griffith University in Queensland, where he graduated with honors, and where he earned his doctorate in clinical exercise physiology. He then completed a cardiopulmonary physiology fellowship through UT Southwestern at the Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine.

    Dr. Balmain joined the UT Southwestern Faculty in 2023.

    Dr. Balmain's research interests focus primarily on cardiopulmonary and exercise physiology in health and disease with a particular emphasis on pulmonary gas exchange, ventilation-perfusion matching, pulmonary vascular function, breathing mechanics, and oxygen transport.

    Dr. Balmain is active in several professional societies, including the American College of Sports Medicine, the American Physiological Society, and the American Thoracic Society.

    He continues to serve as an ad hoc reviewer for a number of leading scientific journals including Circulation and Chest, and has served on the Clinical Integrative Cardiovascular and Hematological Sciences Study Section for the National Institutes of Health, as well as reviewer committees for the American College of Sports Medicine and American Physiological Society.

  • Research Interest
    • Breathing Mechanics
    • Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing
    • Dyspnea on Exertion
    • Pulmonary Gas Exchange
    • Pulmonary Vascular Function
  • Honors & Awards
    • Distinguished Postdoctoral Service Award
      UT Southwestern Medical Center (2021)
    • Deputy Vice Chancellor Academic Commendation Teaching Excellence Award
      Griffith University (2017)
  • Professional Associations/Affiliations
    • American College of Sports Medicine
    • American Physiological Society
    • American Thoracic Society