Matt Neill

Matt Neill is a PhD student in the Sport Injury Prevention Research Center. He obtained a BSc in Kinesiology at the University of Lethbridge, where he competed as a member of the varsity men’s soccer program. He then obtained an MSc in Kinesiology at Lakehead University studying the cerebrovascular implications of exercise. His current research is focused on the use of technology to assess sleep, sedentarism and the neurophysiology of concussion. Outside of the lab, Matt is an avid rock climber and ski tourer.

1. Neill, M. G., Galarneau, J. M., Kolstad, A. T., Cairns, J., Jordan, M., Smirl, J. D., & Emery, C. A. (2025). Age, power, and sport-related concussion. Is there a tension between sport performance and concussion risk in tackle football?. Journal of Sports Sciences, 1-9.
2. Neill, M. G., Fletcher, E. K., Larson, E., Fraser, K., Ramsay, S., Smirl, J. D., & Emery, C. A. (2025). Neurophysiology of Downhill Mountain Bike Athletes—Benchmark Assessments of Event-Related Potentials. Sensors, 25(17), 5388.
3. Johnson, N. E., Burma, J. S., Neill, M. G., Burkart, J. J., Fletcher, E. K., & Smirl, J. D. (2025). Hypocapnia, eucapnia and hypercapnia during “Where’s Waldo” search paradigms: Neurovascular coupling across the cardiac cycle and biological sexes. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism, 45(7), 1310-1325.
4. Neill, M. G., Burma, J. S., Miutz, L. N., Kennedy, C. M., Penner, L. C., Newel, K. T., & Smirl, J. D. (2024). Transcranial Doppler Ultrasound and Concussion–Supplemental Symptoms with Physiology: A Systematic Review. Journal of Neurotrauma.
5. Burma, J. S., Neill, M. G., Fletcher, E. K. S., Dennett, B. E., Johnson, N. E., Javra, R., Griffiths, J. K., Smirl JD. Examining the upper frequency limit of dynamic cerebral autoregulation: Considerations across the cardiac cycle during eucapnia. Exp Physiol. 2024 Oct 9.
6. Johnson, N. E., Burma, J. S., Neill, M. G., Burkart, J. J., Fletcher, E. K. S., & Smirl, J. D. (2024). Challenging Dynamic cerebral autoregulation across the physiological CO2 spectrum: Influence of biological sex and cardiac cycle. Experimental Physiology, 1–19.
7. Burkart, J. J., Johnson, N. E., Burma, J. S., Neill, M. G., & Smirl, J. D. (2024). Does exercise modality and posture influence cerebrovascular and cardiovascular systems similarly?. Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism, (ja).
8. Shepherd, H. A., Galarneau, J. M., Neill, M., Karmali, S., Turcotte, K., Williamson, R. A., ... & Babul, S. (2024). Concussion Awareness Training Tool for Youth: Impact on Concussion Knowledge, Beliefs, and Reporting Intentions. Health Education & Behavior, 10901981241263577.
9. Smith, K. J., Neill, M., & Hoiland, R. L. (2020). Scratching the surface of hypoxic cerebral vascular control: a potentially polarizing view of mechanistic research in humans. The Journal of Physiology, 598(16), 3313-3315.
10. Giersch, G. E., Charkoudian, N., Pereira, T., Edgell, H., Freeberg, K. A., Craighead, D. H., Neill, M., ... & Rodrigues, A. (2020). Commentaries on Point: Counterpoint: Investigators should/should not control for menstrual cycle phase when performing studies of vascular control. Journal of Applied Physiology (Bethesda, Md.: 1985), 129(5), 1122-1135.