Congratulations Atila Ozkaplan (BHK 01, MSc 04), Alumni Builder Award Recipient!
Created in 2017 as part of the 100th year of alumni UBC, the Alumni Builder Awards recognize a cross-section of alumni representing both campuses who have significantly contributed to the university and enriched the lives of others, and in doing so, have supported alumni UBC’s mission of realizing the promise of a global community with shared ambition for a […]
Dr. Eli Puterman on Combatting Depression Through Exercise
Congratulations to Kin assistant professor Eli Puterman on his study in combatting depression through physical activity. Depression levels have significantly increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. The question of finding a practical solution to reduce it is more relevant now than ever before. Dr. Puterman was recently featured on CBC News. Eli and his research team […]
Congratulations Dr. Jasmin Ma For Her Newly Published Study!
Congratulations to Dr. Jasmin Ma for her published study, “Implementation of the spinal cord injury exercise guidelines in the hospital and community settings: Protocol for a type II hybrid trial.” Her research aims to evaluate the implementation of coordinated physical activity (PA) coaching delivered by physiotherapists and spinal cord injury (SCI) peers during the transition […]
Congratulations to Erica Bennett on her New Paper on Interpersonal Relationships and Older Canadian Men’s Body Image
Congratulations to Erica Bennett with co-authors Laura Hurd, Elizabeth Pritchard, Tayler Colton, and Peter Crocker for their recently published article, “‘You’re part of something bigger’: interpersonal relationships and older Canadian men’s body image” in the January 2022 issue of Psychology and Health. The objective of the study was to examine older men’s body image, with […]
Airway Luminal Area and the Resistive Work of Breathing During Exercise in Healthy Young Females and Males
Congratulations to Dr. Carli Peters, (Ph.D. 2021) on her published study, “Airway luminal area and the resistive work of breathing during exercise in healthy young females and males”, with Kin professor Dr. Bill Sheel, and co-authors Michael Leahy, Geoffrey Hohert, Pierre Lane, Steven Lam, Don Sin, and Don McKenzie) in the December issue of the […]
Congratulations to Moss Norman (Co-Principal Investigator, KIN) for his successful CIHR Indigenous Gender and Wellness Team Grants application.
A hearty congratulations to Assistant Professor Moss Norman (Co-Principal Investigator, KIN) for his successful CIHR Indigenous Gender and Wellness Team Grants application. Co-Lead on the project is Dr. Michael Hart (U of Calgary). Dr. Moss and team were funded for $375,120 for their project titled Knowing Ourselves, Re-Membering Our Roles and Responsibilities: Pathways to the […]
Dr Mark Beauchamp speaks about the important role that social structures play in people’s ability to stick with workout routines.
Mark Beauchamp, a professor of exercise and health psychology at the University of British Columbia, said previous research has highlighted the important role social structures play in people’s ability to stick with behavior changes. “Exercise is a very complex behavior, and inexpensive nudge-type interventions that provide marginal behavior shifts can have major impacts,” said Beauchamp, […]
Congratulations to the Tri-Council (SSHRC, NSERC & CIHR) Graduate Student Award winners
The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) support and promote high-quality research in a wide variety of disciplines and areas. The KIN student tri-council award winners are: Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Canada Graduate Scholarship: Masters Award: […]