Congratulations to KIN graduate student Derek Paterson & Dr. Guy Faulkner on their recently published paper.
Congratulations to Derek Paterson & Dr. Guy Faulkner on their recently published paper, “Exploring the impact of COVID-19 on the movement behaviors of children and youth: A scoping review of evidence after the first year.” The paper aims to summarize systematically the available literature investigating the relationships between the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and […]
MSc and PhD opportunities in exercise physiology at the Centre for Heart Lung Innovation at St. Paul’s Hospital
The Cardiopulmonary Exercise Physiology (CPEP) Laboratory is recruiting new students interested in pursuing graduate studies in human exercise physiology. The CPEP laboratory is located within the world renowned UBC Centre for Heart Lung Innovation at St. Paul’s Hospital. The lab studies the physiological mechanisms and management of exercise limitation and breathlessness across the full spectrum […]
Dr. Robert Boushel’s new publication, “Functional reserve and sex differences during exercise to exhaustion revealed by post-exercise ischaemia and repeated supramaximal exercise”
Congratulations to Robert Boushel and Jose Calbet, Affiliate Professor in Kinesiology, on their new research publication in the Journal of Physiology. The study investigated mechanisms of fatigue during intense exercise. The study showed that females extracted more oxygen into muscle to produce energy, and that both males and females have a similarly large anaerobic bioenergetic reserve […]
KIN MSc student, Adam Caplin publishes research study on Exercise Intensity
Congratulations to Adam Caplin and professors Mark Beauchamp and Eli Puterman for their research study “The effects of exercise intensity on the cortisol response to a subsequent acute psychosocial stressor.” Click Here to read the study.
Congratulations to the faculty members who have won awards in recent external research grant competitions
Congratulations to the faculty members who have won awards in recent external research grant competitions. These include: SSHRC Insight Grants Dr. S. Bredin-PI, Co-I: Drs. D. Warburton, M. Norman, R. Miles Engaging Indigenous youth through traditional land-based activities Dr. P. Crocker-PI, Co-I: Drs. A. Bundon, E. Bennett Exploring psychological well-being and adaptation processes in Paralympic and Olympic […]
CHIR Indigenous COVID-19 Rapid Research Funding Approved
Congratulations to Darren Warburton, Rosalin Miles, Shannon Bredin, and Jan Hare for successfully receiving CIHR Funding for their project, “Enhancing culturally-safe ways for community wholistic health and wellness aspirations during COVID-19.” This novel Indigenous-led initiative aims to address and mitigate potential impacts on Indigenous community health and wellbeing.
Psychology of Physical Activity, co-authored by Dr. Guy Faulkner
The positive benefits of physical activity for physical and mental health are now widely acknowledged, yet levels of physical inactivity continue to be a major concern throughout the world. Understanding the psychology of physical activity has therefore become an important issue for scientists, health professionals and policy-makers alike as they address the challenge of behaviour […]
Maximizing the impact of global and national physical activity guidelines: the critical role of communication strategies
Dr. Guy Faulkner is one of the researchers (see other authors in link) who contributed to a new paper that came out in British Journal of Sports Medicine.
New paper by PhD student Jackie Lee and Dr. Guy Faulkner in partnership with NINET Lab
This is the first patient-oriented study to propose the combination of physical exercise and repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is acceptable for patients with treatment resistant depression.
Study: Exercising While Wearing a Mask Does Not Disrupt Oxygen Intake
A study from the American Thoracic Society.