Devra Waldman
Name: Devra Waldman
Expected Graduation: December 2019
Degree: PhD
Supervisor: Dr. Brian Wilson
Hometown: Toronto, Ontario
New cohort in the High Performance Coaching and Technical Leadership Master
UBC Kinesiology welcomed their third cohort into the program.
Juancho Ramirez, KUS President
Expected graduating year: 2018
Stream: Kinesiology and Health Science
Hometown: Richmond, B.C.
KIN 481 to be offered online in 2017
For the first time, the popular KIN 481 Sport Marketing and Communication will be offered online in 2017, Term 2.
UBC Kinesiology PhD student named top 30 under 30 by BC Business
Harrison Brown is a 4th Year PhD student, working with Dr. Jean-Sebastien Blouin in the Sensorimotor Physiology Lab. He is being recognized for his efforts to quantify post-concussion balance using inexpensive sensors.
2017 Kinesiology Mentorship Program
UBC Kinesiology students and alumni joined together to celebrate the completion of the 2016-17 UBC Kinesiology Mentorship Program.
The program brings together student mentees and alumni mentors for professional development, networking…
Desi McEwan receives Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship
Desi McEwan, 4th Year PhD student in Dr. Mark Beauchamp’s Psychology of Exercise, Health, & Physical Activity (PEHPA) Lab within the School of Kinesiology, has been selected as one of twenty-three recipients of the 2016-2017 Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships as awarded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. Desi joins a select group of scholars […]
ICORD Parasport Research Collaboration – Cameron Gee Awarded 4-Yr Fellowship
ICORD PhD student, Cameron Gee, has won the Four-Year Fellowship from the University of British Columbia’s School of Kinesiology and a Mitacs Accelerate Award. Under the supervision of ICORD Principal Investigator, Dr. Christopher West, Gee will receive funding and support from Mitacs, the Canadian Sport Institute Pacific (CSI Pacific) and Wheelchair Rugby Canada to study […]
KIN Alumni and Current Students Competing in Rio
Best wishes for all Kinesiology Alumni and current students competing at Rio 2016!!! Blair Bann Volleyball Men’s Volleyball Edmonton, Alta. Alumni Luc Bruchet Athletics 5000m White Rock, B.C. Alumni Evan Dunfee Athletics Racewalk Richmond, B.C. Alumni Nikola Girke Sailing Mixed nacra 17 (multihull) Vancouver, BC Alumni Liz Gleadle Athletics Javelin Vancouver, BC Alumni Antoni Kindler Field Hockey Men’s Field Hockey […]
Concussion management app developed by UBC Kinesiology Master’s student Harrison Brown
By Michael Choi · March 21, 2016, 8:06 p.m. The Ubyssey | A concussion management app, Head Check Health, has been developed by a UBC Master of Kinesiology graduate and PhD candidate, Harrison Brown. Along with cofounders Kerry Costello — chief operating officer and recent MBA graduate from UBC — and Alexey Manov — manufacturing […]