The Simonson Lab has an ongoing collaboration with Scott McIntosh and other members at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City. Salt Lake City provides a unique opportunity to study people of Tibetan ancestry in an intermediate altitude setting, since
The HVR protocol requires many pieces of equipment and sensors, some of which are pictured here.
Wanjun Gu of the Simonson Lab volunteers as a test subject in San Diego, CA so that Esteban Moya and James Yu can perfect the HVR protocol before heading to Salt Lake City, UT.
Spencer Brown, a medical student at the University of Utah, assists Esteban Moya in the HVR protocol.
A Tibetan volunteer undergoes the HVR protocol at the University of Utah.
Esteban Moya preps a Tibetan volunteer with the pulse oximeter, allowing him to continuously monitor oxygen saturdation during the HVR protocol.
Spencer Brown quickly troubleshoots some of the equipment necessary for HVR protocol.
Onlookers from the SImonson Lab view the HVR protocol digitally from a distance, in order to uphold a relaxed atmosphere for the volunteers.
James Yu, of the Simonson Lab, extracts the white buffy coat of blood samples taken from Tibetan volunteers.
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