Wright, David

Wright, David

Professor

Email: david.wright@ubc.ca

Phone: 604 822 3513

Lab Website: David Wright | BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute

Office: Chan Gunn Pavilion Room 221E | 2553 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z3

Education

Ball State University, 2002, PhD, (Human Bioenergetics)

Arizona State University, 1999, MSc, (Exercise Science)

University of Calgary, 1996, BPE

Research Areas

Research Interests

Research and Teaching

My laboratory is interested in understanding the impact, and underlying mechanisms, of exercise, nutrition and pharmaceutical interventions on fat tissue (adipose) and the liver and in turn how this influences how the body utilizes and stores fat and carbohydrate. A particular area of emphasis over the past few years has been examining the metabolic side effects of antipsychotic medications, a class of drugs that are prescribed to individuals with schizophrenia. In this area of research, we have been attempting to identify the utility of lifestyle approaches, i.e. diet and exercise, to offset weight gain and hyperglycemia caused by antipsychotic medications.

Research Theme

Childhood Diseases

Research Group

Clinical Pharmacology
Diabetes
Mental Health & Behaviour

Potential Students

Students interested in pursuing a graduate degree or post-doctoral fellowship are encouraged to contact me directly at the email address listed above.

Consulting and Professional Practice

Consulting enquiries should be directed to me at the above address.

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Wilson, Brian

Professor | Director of the Centre for Sport and Sustainability (CSS)

Email: brian.wilson@ubc.ca

Phone: 604 822 3884

Lab Website: Sport, Environment, Peace, Media

Office: Auditorium Annex, Room 156D | 1924 West Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z2

Mailing Address: War Memorial Gymnasium, Room 210 | 6081 University Boulevard, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1

Publications: Research Gate

Education

Simon Fraser University, 2000, SSHRC Post-Doctoral Fellowship, (Communication)

McMaster University, 2000, PhD , (Sociology)

The University of British Columbia, 1995, MA, (Human Kinetics)

McMaster University, 1993, BPE, (Physical Education)

Courses Taught

KIN 360 Sport, Peace and Conflict

KIN 381 Sport, Leisure and Popular Culture

KIN 571 Qualitative Methods in Sport, Leisure and Health Studies

Research Area

Research Interests

Research and Teaching

See Research Gate for a list of current publications.

Research and Teaching

My research interests and projects lie in areas related to consumer culture, media, youth, the environment, social inequality, peace, social movements, qualitative methods, and sport and leisure studies generally. I am currently Principal Investigator on an ‘Insight Grant’ funded through the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) entitled Fostering ‘Sport-for-Peace Journalism’ and a Role for Sociologists of Sport. My writing and research programme continues to revolve around findings from two now-completed SSHRC-funded projects. These are entitled Corporate Environmentalism and the Canadian Golf Industry and Connected Youth: A Study of Youth-Driven Social Movements, Globalization, and Community in the Age of the Internet.

Potential Students

Students interested in pursuing a graduate degree or post-doctoral fellowship are encouraged to contact me at the email address above.

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Warburton, Darren

Professor

Email: darren.warburton@ubc.ca

Phone: 604 822 4603

Lab Website: Physical Activity Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention Unit

Office: Lower Mall Research Station, Room 208 | 2259 Lower Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4

Publications: ORCID, Google Scholar, Research Gate, Academia.edu

Education

The University of British Columbia, 2002, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Post-Doctoral Fellow, (Sports Medicine/Human Kinetics and Cardiology)

University of Alberta, 2000, PhD, (Cardiovascular Physiology, Physical Education)

York University, 1996, MSc, (Kinesiology and Health Sciences)

York University, 1994, BA, (Kinesiology)

Courses Taught

KIN 489B Advanced Clinical Exercise Prescription and Rehabilitation

KIN 489D Evidence Based Exercise Prescription in Health and Disease

KIN 500 Advanced Concepts in Cardiovascular Physiology and Rehabilitation

Research Areas

Research Interests

Publications

See ORCID, Google Scholar, Research Gate and Academia.edu for current publications.

Research and Teaching

Dr. Darren Warburton’s research spans the spectrum of Indigenous health and wholistic wellness, elite athletic performance, childhood health, and the treatment of persons living with chronic medical conditions.

Potential Students

Students interested in pursuing a graduate degree or post-doctoral fellowship are encouraged to contact me at the email address above.

Consulting and Professional Practice

Consulting enquiries should be directed to me at the the email address above.

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Vertinsky, Patricia

Professor | Distinguished University Scholar

Email: patricia.vertinsky@ubc.ca

Phone: 604 822 6235

Lab Website: Physical Cultural Studies and Sport History Research Group

Office: Ponderosa Annex C, Room 101 | 2021 West Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z2

Publications: Google Scholar

Education

University of Copenhagen, 2007, Honorary Doctorate in Science

The University of British Columbia, 1975, EdD, (Social Foundations of Education)

University of California, Los Angeles, 1967, MSc, (Kinesiology and Sociology)

Birmingham University , 1964, Diploma of Education

Birmingham University, 1963, BA (Hons), (Physical Education and History)

Courses Taught

KIN 383 The Modern Olympics: Power, Politics and Performance

KIN 489S Gender Matters in Sport, Health and Physical Activity

KIN 580 Graduate Seminar on Body, Exercise and Society

Research Areas

Research Interests

Publications

See Google Scholar for a list of current publications.

Research and Teaching

I am a historian of physical culture exploring the world of fitness, sport, physical activity and physical education across the last 2 centuries and in a transnational context. My research activities are funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council in Canada and through joint enterprises with academic partners in other countries. Projects include a focus on the medicalization of the female athletic body, exercise and pregnancy, gender, sport and physical activity, critical histories of female physical education, movement education and kinesiology, the flow of physical cultures such as yoga across time and space, comparisons of traditional Chinese medicine and Western biomedicine on understandings of physical activity and health, and research on modern dance and masculinities.

Potential Students

Students interested in pursuing a graduate degree or post-doctoral fellowship are encouraged to contact me at the email address above.

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Sheel, Bill

Professor & Distinguished University Scholar

Email: bill.sheel@ubc.ca

Phone: 604 822 4459

Lab Website: Health and Integrative Physiology Laboratory

Office: Chan Gunn Pavilion, Room 221B | 2553 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z3

Publications: Pub Med 

Education

University of Wisconsin – Madison, Post-Doctoral Fellow, (Medicine)

The University of British Columbia, PhD, (Kinesiology)

The University of British Columbia, MSc, (Kinesiology)

University of New Brunswick, BPE, (Kinesiology)

Courses Taught

KIN 335 Advanced Applications of Exercise Physiology

KIN 435 Pulmonary Physiology of Exercise

Research Area

Research Interests

Publications

See PubMed for a list of current publications.

Research and Teaching

The mammalian respiratory and cardiovascular systems are inseparably integrated such that manipulation of one system has consequences for the other. My program seeks to further our understanding of this fundamental biological relationship. The long-term objective of my research program is to understand how the human respiratory and cardiovascular systems interact, respond and adapt to physiological stressors such as exercise or hypoxia. Two themes are currently being pursued. The first theme explores respiratory influences on neurovascular control. The focus of the second theme is to better understand how biological sex influences the inter-relationships between airway anatomy, respiratory mechanics, distribution of blood flow, and skeletal muscle fatigue.

Editorial Activities

  • Senior Editor, Experimental Physiology
  • Associate Editor, Journal of Applied Physiology

Service to Scholarly Societies

  • Past Chair, Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology

Potential Students

Students interested in pursuing a graduate degree or post-doctoral fellowship are encouraged to contact me at the email address above.

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Puterman, Eli

Associate Professor | Canada Research Chair Tier 2 in Physical Activity & Health | Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Scholar

Email: eli.puterman@ubc.ca

Phone: 604 822 2854

Lab Website: Fitness, Aging, & Stress (FAST) Lab

Office: Medical Sciences Block C, Room 104 | 2176 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z3

Mailing Address: War Memorial Gymnasium, Room 210 | 6081 University Boulevard, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1

Publications: ORCID, Google Scholar, Research Gate

Education

The University of British Columbia, 2009, PhD, (Psychology)

The University of British Columbia, 2004, MA, (Psychology)

Concordia University, 2001, BA, (Psychology)

McGill University, 1995, BSc, (Physiology)

Courses Taught

KIN 489X Psychobiology of Physical Activity

Research Areas

Research Interests

Publications

See ORCID, Google Scholar and Research Gate for a list of current publications.

Research and Teaching

My research seeks to understand the interplay among stress, aging, and exercise. It is unquestionable that habitual physical activity promotes health. My recent randomized controlled trial is the first to demonstrate that 6 months of exercise can reverse cellular aging of the immune system in previously inactive, highly stressed adults. These results invite a compelling question: does exercise benefit the immune system simply by bolstering basic cell mechanisms associated with aging or additionally by bolstering adaptive psychological and biological stress processes that can directly improve immune function? I am currently developing new intervention trials and laboratory based studies to disentangle the extent to which both acute and long-term exercise can strengthen both psychological and biological stress responses and immune function in children and adults alike.

Potential Students

Students interested in pursuing a graduate degree or post-doctoral fellowship are encouraged to contact me at the email address above.

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Norman, Moss

Associate Professor

Email: moss.norman@ubc.ca

Phone: 604 827 5786

Lab Website: Dr. Moss Norman’s Research Group

Office: Auditorium Annex, Room 156G | 1924 West Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2

Other Address: Lower Mall Research Station, Room 214 | 2259 Lower Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4

Publications: Google Scholar

Education

University of Toronto , 2009, PhD, (Exercise Sciences)

University of Ottawa, 2000, MA, (Human Kinetics)

York University, 1997, BA, (Kinesiology)

Courses Taught

KIN 161 Leisure & Sport in Society

KIN 489C Indigenous Studies in Kinesiology

Research Areas

Research Interests

Publications

See Google Scholar for a list of current publications.

Research and Teaching

Moss uses a socio-cultural approach in the study of youth, gender (masculinity, in particular), health, and physical culture. He has done extensive research using critical and feminist theories to examine how differently situated people take up and experience health messaging related to body weight, shape and size within the context of the “obesity epidemic”. Recently, his research has shifted into the area of Indigenous masculinities. With this line of inquiry Moss is learning about Indigenous worldviews and he is increasingly incorporating Indigenous methodologies into his research. He also maintains secondary but active research interests in rurality and recreation. Moss is currently the principal investigator on a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) funded project that uses a community-based research design to explore Indigenous masculinities and physical cultures in Fisher River Cree Nation (Manitoba).

Potential Students

Students interested in pursuing a graduate degree or post-doctoral fellowship are encouraged to contact me at the email address above.

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Mitchell, Cameron

Associate Professor

Email: cameron.mitchell@ubc.ca

Phone: 604 827 2072

Office: Chan Gunn Pavilion, Room 221C | 2553 Westbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z3

Lab Address: Lower Mall Research Station (LMRS), Room 328, 332B

Mailing Address: War Memorial Gymnasium, Room 210 | 6081 University Boulevard, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1

Publications: Google Scholar, Research Gate

Education

McMaster University, 2014, PhD, (Kinesiology)

Brock University, 2009, MSc, (Kinesiology)

McMaster University, 2007, B.Kin, (Kinesiology)

Research Areas

Research Interests

Publications

See Google Scholar and Research Gate for an up-to-date list of publications.

Research and Teaching

I am interested in the mechanisms of muscle growth and loss as well as how these relate to chances in physical function. This research is primarily conducted in humans and employs a range of techniques from molecular biology to exercise interventions. My research seeks to understand the mechanisms that drive age related muscle loss and identify interventions which can attenuate or reverse this loss, including resistance training and increasing protein intake. Past studies have examined the role of microRNA in skeletal muscle, identified ideal post exercise protein strategies using stable isotope methods and tested the effects of different resistance training and protein intake patterns on muscle mass. Future mechanistic studies will look to identify the role of muscle extra cellular matrix in regulating resistance training and age induced changes in physical function. While future clinical trials will look to test optimal exercise prescription and diet to promote increased physical function in older adults.

Potential Students

Students interested in pursuing a graduate degree or post-doctoral fellowship are encouraged to contact me at the email address above. Students interested in both the molecular biology of exercise and more applied exercise and nutritional interventions are welcome. Undergraduate students interested in 4th year research projects are also encouraged to contact me.

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McEwen, Carolyn

Associate Professor of Teaching

Email: carolyn.mcewen@ubc.ca

Phone: 604 822 0210

Office: Robert F. Osborne Centre Unit 2, Room 208 | 6108 Thunderbird Boulevard, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A1

Mailing Address: War Memorial Gymnasium, Room 210 | 6081 University Boulevard, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1

Education

The University of British Columbia, 2016, PhD, (Kinesiology)

Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, 2010, MSc, (Kinesiology and Physical Education)

Wilfrid Laurier University, 2008, BA, (Kinesiology and Physical Education)

Courses Taught

KIN 231 Sport and Exercise Psychology

KIN 371 Introduction to Statistics in Kinesiology

KIN 373 Research Methods in Kinesiology

KIN 572 Research Methods in Sports Coaching

Research Area

Research Interests

Research and Teaching

I teach courses in research methods, statistics, and sport and exercise psychology in the School of Kinesiology. As an instructor I work towards creating connections between course content and students’ personal experiences and future goals to develop understanding of the application of acquired knowledge. I am committed to curriculum design that challenges students to develop information and research literacy skills, while exploring quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods approaches to research in Kinesiology. I also provide statistical guidance to members of the School of Kinesiology, including undergraduate and graduate students working on research projects.

Consulting and Professional Practice

Consulting enquiries should be directed to me at the the email address above.

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McCrudden, Emma

Lecturer

Email: emma.mccrudden@ubc.ca

Phone: 604 827 3165

Office: Robert F. Osborne Centre Unit 2, Room 206 | 6108 Thunderbird Boulevard, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z3

Mailing Address: War Memorial Gymnasium, Room 210 | 6081 University Boulevard, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1

Education

Loughborough University, 2008, MSc, (Sport and Exercise Nutrition)

University of Ulster Coleraine, 2007, BSc, (Hons Dietetics)

Courses Taught

KIN 489A Sport Nutrition

FNH 474 Sport Nutrition

Research Area

Research Interests

Research and Teaching

Emma trained as a Dietitian in the University of Ulster in Northern Ireland and progressed to achieve a Masters with distinction in Loughborough University, England in Sports Nutrition and Exercise Physiology. She has worked as an applied Performance Dietitian for the English Institute of Sport and was also the lead dietitian for Leinster Rugby, a decorated professional rugby team based in Ireland. She moved to Canada in 2013 where she joined the Canadian Sport Institute. She supported the Canadian Women’s Soccer team, Swim Canada and multiple winter sports competing in domestic and international competitions and the Olympic games. She moved to UBC in January 2016 where she teaches Sport Nutrition on both the Kinesiology and Food Nutrition and Health programmes and provides sports dietetics support to the Thunderbirds Athletics teams. Emma focuses on the specialist application of the science of nutrition to enhance performance in sport, aiming to maximize training adaptation, optimize body composition and minimize risk of injury, over-training, illness and burnout.

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