Dr. Charlotte Usselman, PI of the Cardiovascular Health and Autonomic Regulation Laboratory (CHARLab) in KPE, was the Early Career Keynote Speaker at the Ontario Exercise Physiology Conference in Alliston, ON (July 27-29, 2022).
Published on: 15 Aug 2022
Congratulations to KPE's Rachelle Aucoin for winning best oral presentation award at the Dyspnea 2022 meeting in Oxford, UK.
Rachelle, a PhD candidate in the Clinical Exercise and Respiratory Physiology Laboratory (Supervisor: Prof. Dennis Jensen), won for her presentation titled:
Impact of trigeminal nerve stimulation on measures of central inspiratory neural drive with implications for management of breathlessness: A systematic scoping review.
Published on: 9 Aug 2022
Prof. Dennis Jensen, from the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education, was recently interviewed by the New York Times on why athletes choose cannabis for pain.
“There’s a lot of anecdotes, there’s a lot of individual athlete reports, but the research does not necessarily support or refute anything that they’re saying as of yet.”
Published on: 9 Aug 2022
Congratulations to KPE's Rachelle Aucoin for securing doctoral funding from the Fonds de Recherche de Québec Santé (FRQS) and the Canadian Respiratory Research Network (CRRN)
Rachelle Aucoin, PhD Student in the Clinical Exercise and Respiratory Physiology Laboratory, has secured doctoral funding from both the Fonds de Recherche de Québec Santé (FRQS) and the Canadian Respiratory Research Network (CRRN).
She was awarded a 4-year funding package from FRQS totalling $84,000 and a $10,500 scholarship from the CRRN.
Published on: 12 Jul 2022
Congratulations to our Recipient of 2022 McGill Sports Science Post-Doctoral Fellowship
Zachary William Bell
Supervisor: Dr. Tyler Churchward-Venne
Project Title: Estimates of dietary protein requirements in endurance-trained older male and female Master's athletes as determined by the Indicator Amino Acid Oxidation (IAAO) method
Published on: 23 Jun 2022
Congratulations to our awardees of this year’s McGill Sports Science Fellowships!
These three students are being awarded fellowships to support their research projects outlined below:
Published on: 31 May 2022
The Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education would like to congratulate this year's NSERC (USRA) Award Recipients.
Published on: 2 May 2022
The Department of Kinesiology & Physical Education would like to congratulate the five recipients of the 2022 Adriano Tassone Internship Award.
Established in 2009 by Vincent and Sabina Tassone along with friends and family, in memory of their son Adriano Tassone, to help Faculty of Education students in the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education who have completed U1 and/or U2 gain practical and research experience in Kinesiology through an internship award.
Published on: 29 Apr 2022
Congratulations to KPE's George Shi for being awarded a $10,000 scholarship from the Quebec Rehabilitation Research Network (REPAR).
Title of George Shi's work: “Implementation of hospital-based peer support program for people living with spinal cord injury.”
George Shi is a PhD Candidate with Dr. Shane Sweet's Theories and Interventions in Exercise and Health Psychology (TIE) Lab.
Published on: 19 Apr 2022
Laura Hallward, recent PhD from the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education, was interviewed on CTV News by Mitsumi Takahashi about her research on compulsive exercise. She defines compulsive exercise, talks about some research findings, and the main take-home messages she wanted to share with the public. Watch the full interview here.
Published on: 14 Apr 2022
In honour of National Biomechanics Day, we want to highlight some of the biomechanics research happening in the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education with Drs. Julie Côté and David Pearsall.
Published on: 6 Apr 2022
We are excited to announce that Jason Dellatolla, first year PhD student in Kinesiology Sciences, supervised by Dr. Lindsay Duncan, will be competing in the McGill University 3-Minute-Thesis Finals, today, on April 6th from 3-5pm. Jason is tasked with the challenge of presenting his research on innovative education and treatment approaches for mental health issues in no more than three minutes.
Published on: 6 Apr 2022
The Education Curriculum Resources Centre (ECRC) has new operating hours for April.
The Curriculum Resources Centre contains:
• Reserve Collection – material for your courses on short-term loan
• Curriculum teaching materials
• Children’s and Young Adult Literature Collection
• A/V collection
• Self service check out
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Published on: 1 Apr 2022
International Women’s Day is a global day that celebrates the political, economic, social, and cultural achievements of women. With this year’s theme of “breaking the bias” we reflect upon the strong female role models we have in what many assume to be male-dominated fields. McGill’s Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education is particularly proud to celebrate their women academics and researchers, including professors from several disciplines including exercise and health psychology, biomechanics and neuroscience, and exercise physiology.
Published on: 8 Mar 2022
Bradley Crocker, a PhD candidate in the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education, published a piece in The Conversation about the spread of misinformation online.
Read the full article here.
Published on: 4 Mar 2022
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