Congratulations to the following teams for their successful application for the UBCV/UBCO Collaborative Catalyst Grant in Kinesiology, Health, and Exercise Sciences:
- Drs. Stephen Wright, Neil Eves, and Bill Sheel, for their submission titled, ‘Lower-body Negative Pressure as a Novel Approach to Enhance Exercise Tolerance in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction’.
- Drs. Hashim Islam, Jonathan Little, and Robert Boushel, for their submission titled, ‘Linking immune cell and skeletal muscle mitochondrial structure and function across the healthspan: Impact of biological sex and obesity’.
A sincere thanks to the adjudication committee (Drs. Ali McManus and Dr. Chris McNeil from UBC-O, Dr. Tania Lam and Dr. Guy Faulkner from UBC-V).