Faculty of EducationSchool of Kinesiology

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Dr. Guy Faulkner internationally named as one of the most Highly Cited researchers for 2020 and ranked top 1% by citations for social sciences in the Web of Science™

Ranked in the top 1% by citations for social sciences in the Web of Science&#x2122

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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.

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Study: Exercising While Wearing a Mask Does Not Disrupt Oxygen Intake

A study from the American Thoracic Society.

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Increasing physical activity may facilitate smoking cessation

Research by postdoctoral fellow Carly Priebe, Kelly Wunderlich and Guy Faulkner.

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Exercise as Medicine article published in the Province

“Exercise as Medicine”, published in The Province, discusses the importance of exercise in the treatment regime of cancer patients. Don McKenzie, UBC School of Kinesiology Sports Medicine professor, exercise physiologist, and director of the Allan McGavin Sports Medicine Clinic, is quoted in the article. Don says of exercise, “Physical activity has been overlooked and underutilized […]

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The video for the “Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines for the Early Years” research , has been awarded a Gold W3 Award

About the research: UBC’s Dr. Guy Faulkner, in the School of Kinesiology, was a research contributor to the new movement guidelines on sleep, physical activity, and sedentary behavior for children under five years of age, and is playing a key role in promoting their implementation. The 24-Hour Movement Guidelines for the Early Years (0-4 years) […]

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KIN study finds exercise reduces stress, improves cellular health in family caregivers

School of Kinesiology Professor, Eli Puterman’s study on family caregivers shines light on how exercise can reduce stress and improve cellular health. The study found that exercising at least three times a week for six months reduced stress in a group of family caregivers and even appeared to lengthen a small section of their chromosomes […]

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The Origins of Balance Deficits and Falls research cluster launches new website

The Origins of Balance Deficits and Falls (OBDAF) research cluster is one of the 23 emerging research clusters funded by the UBC Grants for Catalyzing Research Clusters in 2018. The OBDAF Cluster is led by Drs. Mark Carpenter, Jean-Sébastien Blouin, and Tim Inglis, and includes five other Kinesiology researchers: Drs. Lam, Chua, Kramer, Siegmund, Dalton. […]

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KIN faculty publish paper in eLife

UBC KIN faculty member, Jean-Sebastien Blouin, as well as Romain Tisserand, Christopher J Dakin, Machiel HF Van der Loos, Elizabeth A Croft, and Timothy J Inglis have had their paper, “Down regulation of vestibular balance stabilizing mechanisms to enable transition between motor states,” published in the latest edition of the prestigious journal, eLife, which publishes […]

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