Robert Bentley

Robert Bentley, Assistant Professor, Cardiovascular Physiology

  • Assistant Professor
55 Harbord Street, Toronto, ON M5S 2W6

About Robert

Academic Training

Postdoctoral Fellow, Division of Cardiology, Sinai Health System

Postdoctoral Fellow, Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education, University of Toronto

PhD, School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen’s University 

MSc, School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen’s University 

BPHE, School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen’s University 

BSc, Faculty of Arts & Science, Queen’s University

Graduate Student Recruitment Status
Accepting PhD and MSc students
Research Interests

Oxygen delivery

Cardiovascular control

Exercise performance and tolerance

Phenotypic variability

Selected Publications

Bentley, R. F., Vecchiarelli, E., Banks, L., Gonçalves, P., Thomas, S. G., & Goodman, J. M. (2020). Heart rate variability and recovery following maximal exercise in endurance athletes and physically active individuals. Applied physiology, nutrition, and metabolism45(10), 1138–1144. 

Banks L*., Bentley, RF*., Currie, KD., Vecchiarelli, E., Aslam, A., Connelly, KA., Yan, AT, Konieczny, KM., Dorian P, Mak S, Sasson Z, Goodman JM. (2020). Cardiac Remodeling in Middle-Aged Endurance Athletes and Recreationally Active Individuals: Challenges in Defining the "Athlete's Heart". J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 33(2): 247-249. *co-author.

Bentley, RF., Jones, JH., Hirai, DM., Zelt, JT., Giles, MD., Raleigh, JP., Quadrilatero, J., Gurd, BJ., Neder, JA., Tschakovsky, ME. (2019). Submaximal Exercise Cardiac Output Is Increased by 4 Weeks of Sprint Interval Training in Young Healthy Males With Low Initial Q̇-V̇O2: Importance of Cardiac Response Phenotype. PLoS One. 14(1):e0195458.

Bentley, RF., Jones, JH., Hirai, DM., Zelt, JT., Giles, MD., Raleigh, JP., Quadrilatero, J., Gurd, BJ., Neder, JA., Tschakovsky, ME. (2018). Do Interindividual Differences in Cardiac Output During Submaximal Exercise Explain Differences in Exercising Muscle Oxygenation and Ratings of Perceived Exertion? Physiol Rep. 6(2):e13570.

Bentley, RF., Walsh, JJ., Drouin, PJ., Velickovic, A., Kitner, SJ., Fenuta, AM., Tschakovsky, ME. (2018). Absence of Compensatory Vasodilation With Perfusion Pressure Challenge in Exercise: Evidence for and Implications of the Noncompensator Phenotype. J Appl Physiol. 124(2):374-387.

Professional Memberships

Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology

American Physiological Society