In episode 7, we speak with Dr. Aaron Phillips who is an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Physiology and Pharmacology, as well as Clinical Neurosciences at the Hotchkiss Brain Institute and Cardiac Science at the Libin Cardiovascular Institute at the University of Calgary. Aaron shares his approach to ensuring forward progress in ongoing projects. Dr. Phillips also speaks to the opportunity available to investors in Canada when it comes to funding early research.

Dr. Aaron Phillips was trained in Experimental Medicine, Biosciences and Mathematics. His appreciation of the elegant interactions between the nervous and cardiovascular systems, and his understanding how these systems are disrupted in the presence clinical conditions, has driven his research into the development of novel therapies for people with neurological health issues. He has received the Brain Canada Future Leader Award and The Arthur Guyton Award in Excellence in Physiology from the American Physiological Society.