University of Oregon Medical School Dr. McKean is a comparative physiologist with a primary interest in the cardiovascular system.
Current studies involve gene expression during hypoxia in salamander hearts.
Also studies on cardiac adaptation to hypoxia in freshwater diving mammals such as muskrats are in progress. Funding for Dr. McKean's research has most recently come from the National Institutes of Health and the American Heart Association. Click here to see Dr. McKean's Home Page .