Congratulations to Drs. Mark Beauchamp, Darren Warburton and their co-authors for their newly published study.
Congratulations to Drs. Mark Beauchamp, Darren Warburton and their co-authors for their newly published study on the American Journal of Preventative Medicine, that found in first-time parents, mothers may be more responsive than fathers to couple-based planning skills intervention to support physical activity. For the full paper, Click Here.
Congratulations to Robert Boushel on receiving the 2021 Spirit Award in Excellence in Partnership.
Dr. Boushel was recognized for his visionary leadership supporting exercise and diet intervention directly into primary care practice. The Pacific Northwest Primary Care Network (PCN) is the first in the province, and country, to officially recognize kinesiologists in team-based health care professions. The Spirit Award is modelled after the rare and elusive Spirit Bear, the […]
Congratulations to Drs. Eli Puterman, Mark Beauchamp, Michael Koehle and to Benjamin Hives, Nicole Grishin, Stacy Hutton, and Nicole Mazara for their new published paper.
New findings: COVID-19 Pandemic and Exercise (COPE) trial: a multigroup pragmatic randomised controlled trial examining effects of app-based at-home exercise programs on depressive symptoms. Congratulations to Drs. Eli Puterman, Mark Beauchamp, Michael Koehle and to Benjamin Hives, Nicole Grishin, Nicole Mazara, Stacy Hutton, and Nicole Mazara for their new paper published by the British Journal […]
Congratulations to Drs. Robert Boushel, HC Holmberg, Jose Calbet on their new paper on COVID receptor expression.
Drs. Robert Boushel, Jose Calbet (Affiliate professor), Hans Christer Holmberg (Affiliate Professor), and colleagues have published a study investigating Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2 (ACE2) in skeletal muscle. ACE2 enzymes generate proteins that control blood pressure. The SARS-CoV-2 virus penetrates human cells by binding to ACE2 receptors, causing COVID-19 infections. The study found that muscle ACE2 protein expression is higher in […]
Congratulations to Nikki Hodges & Pearson Wyder-Hodge for their published Topical Review: Perceptual-cognitive Skills, Methods, and Skill-based Comparisons in Interceptive Sports
In this article, the authors provide “definitional clarity regarding whether a skill is primarily visual attentional (ranging from fundamental/low-level skills to high-level skills) or cognitive”, and review those skills that have been studied using sport-specific stimuli or tests, such as postural cue anticipation in baseball, as well as those that are mostly devoid of sport […]
The Canadian Kinesiology Alliance KinStartUpKit for Kinesiology students & graduates
The Canadian Kinesiology Alliance (CKA) KinStartUpKit is a free, online educational tool to help kinesiology graduates navigate through the kinesiology industry upon finishing their studies.
UBC Indigenous Strategic Plan One Year Anniversary
Funding: New Indigenous Strategic Initiatives (ISI) Fund is now open! Up to $4 million are available for students, faculty and staff projects across both UBCV and UBCO campuses. Find out more on the new ISP website: https://isp.ubc.ca/implementation/isi-fund/ Are you a faculty or staff member? Are you thinking about applying for an Indigenous Strategic Initiatives grant? […]
Squamish-founded organization building playground for Lytton First Nation
Dr. Rosalin Miles, a Lytton First Nation community member and UBC Indigenous scholar and research associate with Indigenous Studies in Kinesiology (ISK) at the School of Kinesiology, has a family home and a rental home in the Village of Lytton. Her tenant had about 10 minutes to flee and had to leave almost all […]