Philip Ainslie | Professor | School of Health and Exercise Sciences |
philip.ainslie@ubc.ca | 250.807.8089
Graduate student supervisor
Research Interests: The specific focus of Ainslie's research is directed to the integrated mechanisms which regulate human cerebral blood flow in health and disease.
Gordon Binsted | Dean | Faculty of Health and Social Development, Office of the Provost and Vice-President, School of Health and Exercise Sciences |
gordon.binsted@ubc.caGraduate student supervisor
Research Interests: Dr. Binsted’s research interests focus on understanding of how the human brain detects and uses sensory information to control movement.
Brian Dalton | Assistant Professor | School of Health and Exercise Sciences |
brian.dalton@ubc.ca | 250.807.9513 | ART 125
Graduate student supervisor
Research Interests: Dr. Dalton’s research interests focus on understanding the sensorimotor control of the human nervous system using various models of study (neuromuscular fatigue, healthy adult aging, and traumatic brain injury.
Courses & Teaching: Dr. Dalton currently teaches HMKN 202 – Human Motor Behaviour I and HMKN 499 – Project in Human Kinetics.
Greg duManoir | Associate Professor of Teaching | School of Health and Exercise Sciences |
greg.dumanoir@ubc.ca | 250.807.9958 | Art 138
Courses & Teaching: HMKN 200: Exercise Physiology I
HMKN 310: Exercise Physiology II
HMKN 311: Exercise Prescription
HMKN 312: Laboratory Techniques in Cardiorespiratory Physiology
HMKN 391: Advanced Functional Anatomy
HMKN 495K: Advanced Training Techniques
HMKN 336: Tissue Injury & Repair
Neil Eves | Professor | School of Health and Exercise Sciences |
neil.eves@ubc.caGraduate student supervisor
Research Interests: Eve's primary research interests are in the integrative aspects of pulmonary, cardiac and vascular physiology and how the cardiovascular and pulmonary systems can be manipulated to optimally improve the health of individuals with chronic respiratory disease.
Tanya Forneris | Associate Professor of Teaching | School of Health and Exercise Sciences |
tanya.forneris@ubc.ca | 250.807.9569
Research Interests: Forneris's interests centre on how to help youth learn to become successful contributing adults.
Courses & Teaching: Research Methods
Community Programming
Sport Psychology
Glen Foster | Associate Professor | School of Health and Exercise Sciences |
glen.foster@ubc.ca | 250.807.8224
Graduate student supervisor
Research Interests: Foster's research aims to approach complex physiological problems using integrative and applied experimental approaches that focus on multiple systems in vivo.
Courses & Teaching: Dr. Foster currently teaches HMKN 414 – Advanced Circulatory Physiology, and supervises students in HMKN 499 and 449.
Heather Gainforth | Associate Professor | School of Health and Exercise Sciences |
heather.gainforth@ubc.ca | 250.807.9352 | Art 129
Graduate student supervisor
Research Interests: Gainforth's research aims to close the gap between health behaviour change research and practice by examining knowledge translation – the act of moving research evidence into the hands of research users.
Courses & Teaching: Dr. Gainforth teaches HMKN 499 (Projects in Human Kinetics) and HMKN 421 (Advanced Theories of Health Behaviour Change).
Jennifer Jakobi | Professor | School of Health and Exercise Sciences |
jennifer.jakobi@ubc.ca | 250.807.9884
Graduate student supervisor
Research Interests: The long term objective of Jakobi's research program is to develop prehabilitation programs that focus on maintaining functional independence in older adults.
Mary Jung | Associate Professor | School of Health and Exercise Sciences |
mary.jung@ubc.ca | 250.807.9670 | RHS 119
Graduate student supervisor
Research Interests: Jung's major research area is self-regulation of health behaviours, with a specialization in exercise, physical activity, and dietary behaviours, and the creation of community-based self-regulatory skills interventions for individuals at risk or living with Type 2 Diabetes.
Jonathan Little | Associate Professor | School of Health and Exercise Sciences |
jonathan.little@ubc.ca | 250.807.9876 | RHS 122
Graduate student supervisor
Research Interests: Little's research is focused on understanding how the metabolic disruptions that characterize type 2 diabetes affect cellular inflammation and explore how different exercise and nutritional strategies can be used to reduce inflammation and improve overall cardiometabolic health.
Kathleen Martin Ginis | Professor | Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Management, School of Health and Exercise Sciences |
kathleen_martin.ginis@ubc.ca | 250.807.9187 | Reichwald Health Sciences Centre
Research Interests: Martin Ginis focuses on understanding and changing physical activity behaviour. I have a particular interest in physical activity among people with spinal cord injury and other types of physical disabilities.
Courses & Teaching: HMKN 201 Exercise Psychology
Ali McManus | Professor | School of Health and Exercise Sciences |
ali.mcmanus@ubc.ca | 250.807.8192
Graduate student supervisor
Research Interests: McManus's research focuses on the physiological consequences of sedentary behavior in children.
Courses & Teaching: Body Composition, Pediatric Exercise Physiology, and Graduate Statistics
Chris McNeil | Associate Professor | School of Health and Exercise Sciences |
chris.mcneil@ubc.ca | 250.807.9664 | Art 133
Graduate student supervisor
Research Interests: McNeil's program of research uses an integrative approach to investigate the performance and plasticity (adaptability) of the human neuromuscular system.
Courses & Teaching: HMKN 315 – Laboratory Techniques in Sensorimotor Neuroscience
HMKN 415 – Muscle Fatigue
Robert Shave | Professor | School of Health and Exercise Sciences |
rob.shave@ubc.ca | 250.807.9708
Graduate student supervisor
Research Interests: Shave's work examines the acute and chronic effects of exercise and/or environmental stress upon the heart.
Zoë Soon | Associate Professor of Teaching | Biology |
zoeanne.soon@ubc.ca | 250.807.9400 (email is preferred) | TBA
Research Interests: Scholarship of Teaching and Learning; Research in Innovative Teaching Strategies designed for Higher Education
Courses & Teaching: Anatomy and Physiology, Lifespan Motor Growth and Development; Pathophysiology
Paul van Donkelaar | Associate Vice Principal, Research | Faculty of Health and Social Development, Research & Innovation Office (VPRI) |
paul.vandonkelaar@ubc.ca | 250.807.8858 | FIP 320
Graduate student supervisor
Research Interests: van Donkelaar's research focuses on gaining a better understanding of traumatic brain injury (TBI) due to sports concussion or intimate partner violence.
Gina Whitaker | Lecturer | School of Health and Exercise Sciences |
gina.whitaker@ubc.ca | 250 807-8078 | Arts 159
Courses & Teaching: HMKN 190 Anatomy & Physiology I
HMKN 191 Anatomy & Physiology II
HMKN 201 Exercise Psychology
HMKN 322 Physical Activity & Health Promotion
HMKN 331 Physical Dimensions of Aging