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Dr. Charlotte Usselman

Title: 
Associate Professor
Academic title(s): 

Associate Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education

Associate Investigator, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre

Dr. Charlotte Usselman
Contact Information
Email address: 
charlotte.usselman [at] mcgill.ca
Phone: 
514-396-2140
Alternate phone: 
514-396-2140
Address: 

Currie Gymnasium
475 Avenue des Pins Ouest
Montreal, Quebec H2W 1S4
Canada

Division: 
Exercise Physiology Supervisors
Department: 
Kinesiology & Physical Education
Area(s): 
Biomechanics, Neuroscience and Physiology
Sports and Exercise Sciences
Areas of expertise: 
  • Integrative physiology
  • Cardiovascular regulation
  • Sympathetic nervous system
  • Vascular function
  • Neuro-vascular transduction
  • Sex hormones
  • Cardiovascular health
  • Menopause
  • Polycystic ovary syndrome
  • Trans and nonbinary adults
     
Biography: 

Link(s): 
CHARLab
ResearchGate
Google Scholar
Instagram
Degree(s): 
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, The John B. Pierce Laboratory and Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT (2015-2017)
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Program for Pregnancy and Postpartum Health and Physical Activity & Diabetes Laboratory, Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB (2014-2015)
  • Ph.D., School of Kinesiology, Western University, London, ON (2009-2014)
  • M.Sc., School of Kinesiology, Western University, London, ON (2007-2009)
  • B.Sc., Department of Physical Education and Kinesiology, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON (2003-2007)
     
Prizes and Awards: 
FRQS Chercheurs-boursiers / Chercheuses-boursières (Research Scholar)
Awards, honours, and fellowships: 

FRQS Chercheuse-boursière (Research Scholar) Junior 2

FRQS Chercheuse-boursière (Research Scholar) Junior 1

Selected publications: 

CHARLab trainees are noted by (*). For complete list of publications, see https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/charlotte.usselman.1/bibliography/pu...

  • Saboune J*, Boyes N, Limberg J, Usselman CW. Sympathetic neural control of blood pressure across the premenopausal lifespan. Review. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol [online ahead of print].

  • Schwende BK*, Turino Miranda K*, Mei Y, Roberts LM, Shwed, A, Ahmed SB, Moreira-Bouchard JD, Al-Khazraji BK, Usselman CW. Gender considerations in physiology research: reshaping perspectives and practices. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab [online ahead of print].

  • Berbrier DE*, Huckins W*, Delage SI*, Van Berkel EK*, Hannaian SJ, Myara R, Oluwakanyisola NO, Chung T, Tulandi T, Reinblatt SL, Lord RN, Churchward-Venne TA, Usselman CW. Ketone monoester ingestion improves endothelial function during hyperglycemia in females with polycystic ovary syndrome. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab, 330(2): E196-211, 2026. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpendo.00453.2025

  • Berbrier DE*, Huckins W*, Van Berkel EK*, Delage SI*, Hannaian SJ, Myara R, Okafor K, Chung T, Tulandi T, Reinblatt SL, Lord RN, Churchward-Venne TA, Usselman CW. Oral glucose tolerance test-induced increases in femoral blood flow are absent in non-obese females with polycystic ovary syndrome. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab, 329(4): E463-76, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpendo.00286.2025

  • Chaudhry LA*, Coovadia Y*, Schwende BK*, Berbrier DE*, Huckins W*, Saboune J*, Skolnik DA**, Van Berkel EK*, Mogil JS, Usselman CW. Sex differences in the relationship between pain and autonomic outflow during a cold pressor test. Biol Sex Diff, 16: 60, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13293-025-00743-2

  • Huckins W*, Delage SI*, Berbrier DE*, Skolnik D**, Keightley H, Usselman CW. The hyperemic response to exercise is blunted in females with polycystic ovary syndrome. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 329(2): R297-307, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpregu.00263.2024

  • Turino Miranda K*, Schwende BK*, Duval A*, Streed Jr. CG, Delage SI*, Chokly K, Hodgins V, Usselman CW. Is cardiovascular disease risk in transgender, gender-diverse, and non-binary adults associated with autonomic imbalance? [Invited Review] Auton Neurosci,260: 103283, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autneu.2025.103283

  • Berbrier DE*, Coovadia Y*, Malenda D, Usselman CW. Polycystic ovary syndrome potentiates blood pressure and vascular responses to the cold pressor test. J Appl Physiol, 138(2): 404-14, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.00697.2024

  • Coovadia Y*, Schwende BK*, Taylor CE, Usselman CW. Limb-specific muscle sympathetic nerve activity responses to the cold pressor test. Autonomic Neuroscience, 251: 103146, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autneu.2023.103146

  • Usselman CW, Lindsey ML, Robinson AT, Habecker BA, Taylor CE, Merryman MD, Kimmerly D, Bender JR, Regensteiner JG, Moreau KL, Pilote L, Wenner MM, O’Brien M, Yarovinsky TO, Stachenfeld NS, Charkoudian N, Denfeld QE, Moreira-Bouchard JD, Pyke WG, DeLeon-Pennell KY. Invited Review. Guidelines on the use of sex and gender in cardiovascular research. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, 326(1): H238-55, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpheart.00535.2023 (Selected as AJP-Heart and Circulatory Physiology 2025 Best Review Article Award)

  • Cirone D*, Berbrier DE*, Gibbs JC, Usselman CW. Health-related physical fitness in women with polycystic ovary syndrome versus controls: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Arch Gynecol Obstet, 309(1): 17-36, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00404-023-07004-w

  • Duval A*, Huckins W*, Berbrier DE*, Usselman CW. Invited Review. Is polycystic ovary syndrome associated with elevated muscle sympathetic nerve activity? Exp Physiol, 108(10): 1250-6, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1113/ep091216

  • Coovadia Y*, Shoemaker JK, Usselman CW. The effects of sex and menstrual cycle phase on sympathetic action potential recruitment patterns during hypercapnic-hypoxic apnea. Auton Neurosci 247(103093), 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autneu.2023.103093

  • Berbrier DE*, Leone CA, Adler TE, Bender JR, Taylor HS, Stachenfeld NS, Usselman CW. Effects of androgen excess and body mass index on endothelial function in women with polycystic ovary syndrome. J Appl Physiol 134(4): 868-78, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.00583.2022.

Graduate supervision: 

No longer accepting new students for the 2026-27 academic year.

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