Dr. Darren Warburton is the founder and director of the Cardiovascular Physiology and Rehabilitation Laboratory at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. He is a Canadian Institutes of Health Research New Investigator and a Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Clinical Scholar.
He is a lead investigator in the Top Secret Own the Podium program, and oversees the training and assessment of high performance athletes from various sports. He is also leading the development and implementation of the Physical Activity Line of BC.
His internationally renowned work spans the spectrum of elite athletic performance, childhood health, quality of life in the elderly, and the treatment of patients with chronic disease and/or disability.