Read about great UBC KIN students before you and where they are today as alumni
Mannella, Staci
This Fall, Staci Mannella graduates with her MSc in Kinesiology. Her master’s thesis is a socio-psychological study on high-performance, visually impaired athletes and their relationships with their sighted guides. Under the supervision of assistant professor Dr. Andrea Bundon, Staci “explores the intersections of disability sport cultures, experiences of impairments, and athlete mental health.” Her motivation […]
Guan, Yanfei
Joining the Class of 2021 this fall, is Ph.D. Kin student Yanfei Guan! KIN doctoral candidate, Yanfei Guan, will cross the stage as part of the UBC Class of 2021 at the Fall convocation. His dissertation examines “the relationship between inter-limb asymmetry and sports injury in youth athletes.” As part of his dissertation, he led […]
Fliss, Matthew
Matthew Fliss is a graduate student, working on his Master of Science (MSc) in Kinesiology. He was recently awarded the esteemed Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology (CSEP) 2021 Graduate Student Award for MSc Poster Presentation. The award acknowledges the outstanding graduate research that is presented at CSEP’s Graduate Student Poster Award Session. Winning the award […]
Dragomir, Gerry
Graduating year: 2021
Degree: MHPCTL
As the head coach of Racewalk West, Gerry Dragomir coaches four international-level racewalk athletes. One of those athletes is Evan Dunfee, who won bronze for the men’s 50km walk at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. After graduating from the HPCTL program, Gerry hopes to “complete a doctoral program in the near future” and eventually conduct a documentary on his “40+ yearlong [career] as a sports coach.”
Smith, Mark
Graduating year: 2020
Degree: HPCTL
Upon graduating from the HPCTL program, Mark led the Canadian Women’s National Softball Team to a bronze medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo and has since retired as an international coach. “I felt this was the right time for me to move on and try something different.”
Tanvi Khurana
Hi, my name is Tanvi! I am in the Bachelor of Kinesiology and Master of Management program, specializing in Social and Behavioural Sciences. I have recently moved to Vancouver from Edmonton, Alberta. There, I was fortunate to have the opportunity to work with young children as a camp counsellor, high school students as the Secretary-General […]
Nicholas Feng
Hello everyone! My name is Nicholas Feng, and I am a 2nd-year undergrad Kinesiology student in the Neuromechanical and Physiological Sciences Stream. This year, I will be working as the communications coordinator for “Campus Kinnections,” a program that pairs upper-year students with first-year and transfer students in Kinesiology. I joined Campus Kinnections to provide incoming […]
Andrew Yong
Hi, my name is Andrew, I am the Associate Director of Campus Kinnections. I am a fourth year student in the education stream. I was the VP Student Life for 2020-2021. Within Campus Kinnections, I will be overseeing logistics as well as planning and promoting fun events. I joined this program to be more involved […]
Alexia Lee
Hello! My name is Alexia, and I’m a fourth-year undergraduate Kinesiology student in the interdisciplinary stream. I’m the director of “Campus KINnections” this year, which is a peer mentorship program in the KUS that pairs upper-year students with first-year and transfer students in Kinesiology. Campus KINnections provides students new to UBC Kinesiology with resources, tips […]
Jalalpoor, Philip
Graduating year: 2018
Degree: BKin
Philip played on the varsity basketball team for 3 years during his time at UBC, and after seasons in Spain, Austria, and Germany, he was able to compete at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics.