Gallo, Maria

Professor of Teaching | Director, Masters of High Performance Coaching & Technical Leadership

Email: maria.gallo@ubc.ca

Phone: 604 822 5084

Office: Robert F. Osborne, Unit 2, Room 204 | 6108 Thunderbird Boulevard, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A1

Please Note: Maria does not supervise students wishing to undertake a Masters or PhD study.

Education


University of Alberta, 2007, PhD, (Exercise Physiology)

University of Guelph, 2000, BSc, (Bio-Medical Sciences)

Courses Taught


KIN 103 Active Health

KIN 462 Skeletal Muscle Physiology: From Generation to Regeneration

KIN 585 Performance Planning

KIN 596 High Performance Sport Inquiry

Research Interests

Research and Teaching


As a trained coach and retired national team athlete (rugby and bobsleigh), Maria is able to supplement her teaching and can interest the students further with real-life examples and cases encountered in the world of sports science. Her current role as the Head Coach of the Women’s Varsity Rugby Team compliments her duties as the primary advisor of the Master in Kinesiology (coaching stream) and the new Graduate Program in High Performance Coaching and Technical Leadership. Maria is strongly committed to the highest pedagogic standards and dedicated to achieving outstanding distinction in areas of instruction and service. 

Please note: Maria does not supervise students wishing to undertake a Masters or PhD study.