Associate Professor Chloe Taylor

Associate Professor - Sport & Exercise Science,
Sport & Exercise Science

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Biography

A/Prof Taylor is a cardiovascular physiologist, with a background in exercise science. Following her PhD in blood pressure control (Liverpool John Moores University, UK), she was recruited to Western Sydney University (WSU) in 2011. She trained in microneurography – direct recordings of sympathetic activity from peripheral nerves in humans – and now uses this technique to examine neural control of blood pressure in healthy and diseased populations. An important part of this work is exploring sex differences in order to address the imbalance between men and women participating in medical research. A/Prof Taylor has an international reputation for her work in baroreflex function and skills in neural recordings. In addition to her laboratory-based work, she contribute to research themes of feminism, academic motherhood, and women in leadership. She also contributes to academic leadership at Western, and on national and international levels. She values collaboration, compassion and strong networks, and is passionate about supporting, empowering and celebrating women in science.

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Qualifications

PhD Liverpool John Moores University

Professional Memberships

American Autonomic Society (2012)
Hypertension Australia (2020)
Australian Physiological Society (2011)

Awards

VC Professional Development Scholarship (UWS) 2013-04-11
British Association for Sport and Exercise Science Annual Student Conference Prize for Best Oral Presentation 2008-03-03
The Physiological Society Annual Conference - Poster Prize 2011-07-11

Interests

Autonomic Nervous System
Cardiovascular Control
Microneurography

Organisational Unit (School / Division)

Sport & Exercise Science

Contact

Email:	C.Taylor@westernsydney.edu.au
Phone:	(02) 4620 3298
Mobile:
Location:	20.G.31 Campbelltown

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Teaching

Previous Teaching Areas

400326 Exercise Prescription for General Populations, 2013
400903 Professional Development and Work Experience, 2013

Publications

Journal Articles

Bowyer, D., Dietz, M., Jamison, A., Taylor, C., Gyengesi, E., Ross, J., Hammond, H., Ogbeide, A. and Dune, T. (2022), 'Academic mothers, professional identity and COVID-19 : feminist reflections on career cycles, progression and practice', Gender, Work and Organization, vol 29, no 1 , pp 309 - 341.
Koep, J., Taylor, C., Coombes, J., Bond, B., Ainslie, P. and Bailey, T. (2022), 'Autonomic control of cerebral blood flow : fundamental comparisons between peripheral and cerebrovascular circulations in humans', Journal of Physiology, vol 600, no 1 , pp 15 - 39.
Taylor, C., Arnold, A., Fanciulli, A., Provini, F., Fu, Q., Macefield, V., Weese-Mayer, D., Shibao, C., Charkoudian, N. and Claydon, V. (2021), 'Women in clinical autonomic research and the autonomic societies : how far have we come in thirty years?', Clinical Autonomic Research, vol 31, no 1 , pp 23 - 26.
Boulton, D., Taylor, C., Green, S. and Macefield, V. (2021), 'The role of central command in the increase in muscle sympathetic nerve activity to contracting muscle during high intensity isometric exercise', Frontiers in Neuroscience, vol 15 .
Hissen, S. and Taylor, C. (2020), 'Sex differences in vascular transduction of sympathetic nerve activity', Clinical Autonomic Research, vol 30, no 5 , pp 381 - 392.
Taylor, C., Arnold, A., Fu, Q. and Shibao, C. (2020), 'Sex differences in cardiovascular autonomic control : introduction to the special issue', Clinical Autonomic Research, vol 30, no 5 , pp 365 - 367.
Taylor, C., Boulton, D., Howden, E., Siebenmann, C. and Macefield, V. (2019), 'Central command increases muscle sympathetic nerve activity more to contracting than non-contracting muscle during rhythmic isotonic leg exercise', Journal of Neurophysiology, vol 121, no 5 , pp 1704 - 1710.
Boulton, D., Green, S., Macefield, V. and Taylor, C. (2019), 'A comparison of muscle sympathetic nerve activity to non-contracting muscle during isometric exercise in the upper and lower limbs', Frontiers in Neuroscience, vol 13 .
Hissen, S., Macefield, V., Brown, R. and Taylor, C. (2019), 'Sympathetic baroreflex sensitivity is inversely related to vascular transduction in men but not women', American Journal of Physiology: Heart and Circulatory Physiology, vol 317, no 6 , pp 1203 - 1209.
Boulton, D., Taylor, C., Green, S. and Macefield, V. (2018), 'The metaboreflex does not contribute to the increase in muscle sympathetic nerve activity to contracting muscle during static exercise in humans', Journal of Physiology, vol 596, no 6 , pp 1091 - 1102.
Hissen, S., El Sayed, K., Macefield, V., Brown, R. and Taylor, C. (2018), 'The stability and repeatability of spontaneous sympathetic baroreflex sensitivity in healthy young individuals', Frontiers in Neuroscience, vol 12 .
El Sayed, K., Macefield, V., Hissen, S., Joyner, M. and Taylor, C. (2018), 'Blood pressure reactivity at onset of mental stress determines sympathetic vascular response in young adults', Physiological Reports, vol 6, no 24 .
Gordon, C., Dodds, K., Marshall, N., Miller, C., Taylor, C. and Phillips, C. (2018), 'Getting to the heart of cardiac autonomic dysfunction in insomnia', Journal of Sleep Research, vol 27, no 6 .
Hissen, S., El Sayed, K., Macefield, V., Brown, R. and Taylor, C. (2017), 'Muscle sympathetic nerve activity peaks in the first trimester in healthy pregnancy : a longitudinal case study', Clinical Autonomic Research, vol 27, no 6 , pp 401 - 406.
Witter, T., Tzeng, Y., O'Donnell, T., Kusel, J., Walker, B., Berry, M. and Taylor, C. (2017), 'Inter-individual relationships between sympathetic arterial baroreflex function and cerebral perfusion control in healthy males', Frontiers in Neuroscience, vol 11 .
Boulton, D., Taylor, C., Macefield, V. and Green, S. (2016), 'Contributions of central command and muscle feedback to sympathetic nerve activity in contracting human skeletal muscle', Frontiers in Physiology, vol 7 .
Johnson, A., Hissen, S., Macefield, V., Brown, R. and Taylor, C. (2016), 'Magnitude of morning surge in blood pressure is associated with sympathetic but not cardiac baroreflex sensitivity', Frontiers in Neuroscience, vol 10, no 412 , pp 1 - 10.
El Sayed, K., Macefield, V., Hissen, S., Joyner, M. and Taylor, C. (2016), 'Rate of rise in diastolic blood pressure influences vascular sympathetic response to mental stress', Journal of Physiology, vol 594, no 24 , pp 7465 - 7482.
Hissen, S., Macefield, V., Brown, R., Witter, T. and Taylor, C. (2015), 'Baroreflex modulation of muscle sympathetic nerve activity at rest does not differ between morning and afternoon', Frontiers in Neuroscience, vol 9 .
Taylor, C., Witter, T., El Sayed, K., Hissen, S., Johnson, A. and Macefield, V. (2015), 'Relationship between spontaneous sympathetic baroreflex sensitivity and cardiac baroreflex sensitivity in healthy young individuals', Physiological Reports, vol 3, no 11 .
Dunn, J. and Taylor, C. (2014), 'Cardiovascular reactivity to stressors : effect of time of day?', Chronobiology International, vol 31, no 2 , pp 166 - 174.
Boulton, D., Taylor, C., Macefield, V. and Green, S. (2014), 'Effect of contraction intensity on sympathetic nerve activity to active human skeletal muscle', Frontiers in Physiology, vol 5 , pp 1 - 9.
Atkinson, G., Batterham, A., Kario, K., Taylor, C. and Jones, H. (2014), 'Blood pressure regulation VII. The "morning surge" in blood pressure : measurement issues and clinical significance', European Journal of Applied Physiology, vol 114, no 3 , pp 521 - 529.
Taylor, C., Willie, C., Ainslie, P. and Tzeng, Y. (2014), 'Assessment of human baroreflex function using carotid ultrasonography : what have we learnt?', Acta Physiologica, vol 211, no 2 , pp 297 - 313.
Willie, C., Ainslie, P., Taylor, C., Eves, N. and Tzeng, Y. (2013), 'Maintained cerebrovascular function during post-exercise hypotension', European Journal of Applied Physiology, vol 113, no 6 , pp 1597 - 1604.
Taylor, C., Willie, C., Atkinson, G., Jones, H. and Tzeng, Y. (2013), 'Postural influences on the mechanical and neural components of the cardiovagal baroreflex', Acta Physiologica, vol 208, no 1 , pp 1 - 8.
Taylor, C., Atkinson, G., Willie, C., Jones, H., Ainslie, P. and Tzeng, Y. (2011), 'Diurnal variation in the mechanical and neural components of the baroreflex', Hypertension, vol 58, no 1 , pp 51 - 56.
Willie, C., Cowan, E., Ainslie, P., Taylor, C., Smith, K., Sin, P. and Tzeng, Y. (2011), 'Neurovascular coupling and distribution of cerebral blood flow during exercise', Journal of Neuroscience Method, vol 198, no 2 , pp 270 - 273.
Willie, C., Ainslie, P., Taylor, C., Jones, H., Sin, P. and Tzeng, Y. (2011), 'Neuromechanical features of the cardiac baroreflex following exercise', Hypertension, vol 57 , pp 927 - 933.
Atkinson, G., Taylor, C., Morgan, N., Ormond, L. and Wallis, G. (2011), 'Pre-race carbohydrate dietary intake can independently influence sub-elite marathon running performance', International Journal of Sports Medicine, vol 32, no 8 , pp 611 - 617.
Chan, G., Ainslie, P., Willie, C., Taylor, C., Atkinson, G., Jones, H., Lovell, N. and Tzeng, Y. (2011), 'Contribution of arterial windkessel in low frequency cerebral hemodynamics during transient changes in blood pressure', Journal of Applied Physiology, vol 110, no 4 , pp 917 - 925.
Atkinson, G. and Taylor, C. (2011), 'Normalisation effect of sports training on blood pressure in hypertensives: regression to the mean?', Journal of Sports Sciences, vol 29, no 6 , pp 643 - 644.
Atkinson, G., Batterman, A., Jones, H., Taylor, C., Willie, C. and Tzeng, Y. (2011), 'Appropriate within-subjects statistical models for the analysis of baroreflex sensitivity', Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging, vol 31, no 1 , pp 80 - 2.
Atkinson, G., Taylor, C. and Jones, H. (2010), 'Inter-individual variability in the improvement of physiological risk factors for disease : gene polymorphisms or simply regression to the mean?', Journal of Physiology, vol 588, no 6 , pp 1023 - 1024.
Taylor, C., Jones, H., Zaregarizi, M., Cable, N., George, K. and Atkinson, G. (2010), 'Blood pressure status and post-exercise hypotension : an example of a spurious correlation in hypertension research?', Journal of Human Hypertension, vol 24 , pp 585 - 592.
Jones, H., Taylor, C., Lewis, N., George, K. and Atkinson, G. (2009), 'Post-exercise blood pressure reduction is greater following intermittent than continuous exercise and is influenced less by diurnal variation', Chronobiology International, vol 26, no 2 , pp 293 - 306.

Conference Papers

Boulton, D., Taylor, C., Macefield, V. and Green, S. (2012), 'Neural control of blood flow to a contracting muscle: roles of central command and metaboreceptors', Sydney 2012 Joint AuPS/PSNZ/ASB Meeting, Sydney.

I am a cardiovascular physiologist, with a background in exercise science. Following my PhD in blood pressure control (Liverpool John Moores University, UK), I was recruited to Western Sydney University (WSU) in 2011 where I trained in microneurography – direct recordings of sympathetic activity from peripheral nerves in humans. My research is focused on the autonomic nervous system, and includes the impacts of exercise, circadian rhythms, and clinical pathologies on the control of blood pressure. I have developed an international reputation for my work investigating sex differences in baroreflex function. In 2021 the Physiological Society (UK), the world’s most esteemed society outside of North America, invited me to give a seminar on ‘methods of assessing sympathetic baroreflex sensitivity’, attended by people from 13 countries. I have been invited to research laboratories overseas to lead microneurography workshops, deliver keynotes, and lead the setup of their labs for neural recordings. I am regularly contacted to provide expertise in baroreflex sensitivity analysis, and international laboratories send their HDR students to me for microneurography training. I have received funding as PI to support a project on the autonomic pathophysiology of chronic fatigue syndrome and long COVID. This is a multi-site study involving academics and clinicians in Sydney and Melbourne. My work on vagus nerve stimulation for addressing autonomic imbalance in chronic fatigue syndrome has attracted partnership funding from industry.