Events

Liam Foulger MSc Thesis Defence

Title: The role of uncertainty in the vestibular control of balance during locomotion Thesis Supervisor: Dr. Jean-Sébastien Blouin Committee members: Dr. Romeo Chua, Dr. Calvin Kuo Defence Chair: Dr. Mark Carpenter Abstract: Uncertainty is always present in the sensory information that we receive, worsening confidence in our self-motion estimates. This includes information from the vestibular […]

Gayatri Raghavan’s MKin Major Paper Presentation

Title: A comparison of magnetic resonance imaging and dual energy X-ray absorptiometry for the assessment of thigh muscle mass Supervisor: Dr. Robert Boushel (and Joshua Bovard, PhD Candidate) Second Reader: Dr. Cameron Mitchell Abstract: Quantifying exercising muscle mass is of great interest to exercise physiologists as it facilitates relative calculations of physiological measurements and therefore […]

Ethan Schmitt’s MSc Thesis Proposal

Title: Fatigue in Ultramarathon Running: Relationships between race distance, performance, and countermovement jump force-time characteristics Supervisor: Dr. Darren Warburton Committee members: Dr. Michael Koehle, Dr. Andrew Perrotta Abstract: BACKGROUND: Mountain Ultramarathons lie on the extreme end of endurance sport duration. Extended exercise and strenuous events can be useful models of health and the effects of […]

Aishwarya Ramachandran’s PhD Thesis Defence

Title: The fate of the somatotype: Examining the afterlives of a body classification system Thesis Supervisor: Dr. Patricia Vertinsky Committee Members: Dr. Brian Wilson, Dr. Mona Gleason External Examiner: Dr. Vanessa Heggie University Examiners: Dr. Jason Ellis, Dr. Moss Norman Chair: Dr. Kenneth Craig Abstract: While the story of the “somatotype” really begins with William […]

Jessica Liang’s MA Thesis Defence

Title: ‘Do this to live longer’: A study of health and fitness magazine representations of older women Thesis Supervisor: Dr. Laura Hurd Committee members: Dr. Brian Wilson, Dr. Alison Phinney Defence Chair: Dr. Erica Bennett Abstract: In this study, I investigated how aging and older women were represented in health and fitness magazine advertisements and […]

Paul Belzner’s MSc Thesis Defence

Title: Representation of space and time for the perception and control of standing balance Thesis Supervisor: Dr. Jean-Sébastien Blouin Committee members: Dr. Patrick Forbes, Dr. Calvin Kuo Defence Chair: Romeo Chua Abstract: While balancing upright, dynamic changes in body spatial representation occur as time progresses. Although space and time are often considered independent processes, I […]

Huiyu Jia’s MSc Thesis Proposal

Title: The Efficacy of Oculomotor Therapy in the Recovery of Persistent Post-concussive Symptoms Supervisor: Dr. Darren Warburton Committee members: Dr. Shelina Babul, Dr. Donald McKenzie Abstract: BACKGROUND: A concussion is a mild traumatic brain injury caused by a forceful blow to the head or body, causing headaches, dizziness, cognitive, balance, and visual problems. The visual […]

UBC Exercise, Kinesiology & Health Seminar Series: Dr. Thomas Curran

The Perfection Trap This talk will be all about the hidden epidemic of perfectionism in the Western world. Dr. Curran will discuss the overzealous, hypercriticality that germinates in a society that always wants more, and how, while perfectionism ostensibly seeks to improve us, it ultimately leads to hugely negative consequences for our personal wellbeing, performances, […]

Heather Pudwell’s MSc Defence

Title: Measuring balance deficits in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy Thesis Supervisor: Dr. Mark Carpenter Committee members: Dr. Michael Berger, Dr. J. Timothy Inglis Defence Chair: Dr. Romeo Chua   Abstract: Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) is an immune-mediated peripheral polyneuropathy leading to progressive demyelination of (primarily) spinal nerve roots, proximal nerve trunks, and major nerve […]

Brook Haight’s MSc Thesis Defence

Title: COVID-19 Pandemic and Exercise for Healthcare Workers (COPE HCW) trial: Secondary analyses examining the effects of at-home exercise on healthcare workers’ multidimensional well-being Thesis Supervisor: Dr. Eli Puterman Committee members: Dr. Mark Beauchamp, Dr. Guy Faulkner Defence Chair: Dr. Nicola Hodges   Abstract: Background. Current research on employee well-being largely entails focus on physical […]

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