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School of Health and Exercise Sciences
Faculty of Health and Social Development
University of British Columbia Okanagan
1147 Research Road
Kelowna, BC V1V 1V7
Canada

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.ca

Graduate 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.

Leslie Bryant MacLean | Adjunct Professor | Human Kinetics | leslie.bryantmaclean@ubc.ca

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.

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.ca

Graduate 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 | Senior Instructor | 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.

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).

Andrew Hughes | Adjunct Professor | Human Kinetics | andrew.hughes@ubc.ca

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.

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.

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.

Chris Marriott | School Graduate Assistant | School of Health and Exercise Sciences | chris.marriott@ubc.ca

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

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

Colin Reid | Assistant Professor | School of Health and Exercise Sciences | colin.reid@ubc.ca

Graduate student supervisor

John Sasso | Instructor | School of Health and Exercise Sciences | jpsasso@mail.ubc.ca

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.

Michelle Smith | Adjunct Professor | Human Kinetics | michelle.smith@ubc.ca

Zoe Anne Soon | Senior Instructor | School of Health and Exercise Sciences | zoeanne.soon@ubc.ca | 250.807.9400

John Steeves | Adjunct Professor | Human Kinetics | steeves@icord.org

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.

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

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