Physical Activity Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention Unit
CPR, LEARN, & KNOW Laboratories at the University of British Columbia
We are pleased to announce the Jean Burrows was recently awarded the CIHR Doctoral Scholarship for her PhD studies under the supervision of Dr. Shannon Bredin. This is an extremely competitive and prestigious national award. A sincere congratulations to Jean Read More …
The Canadian Association of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation (CACPR) is the national leader in cardiovascular disease prevention and rehabilitation. The CACPR offers prestigious Student Research Awards on an annual basis with the winners presenting their abstracts at the annual symposium. Read More …
On behalf of the Physical Activity Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention Unit we would like to acknowledge the departure of our friend and colleague, Nana Wu. Nana visited from Shanghai (China) and became a valued and trusted member of our Read More …
A heartfelt congratulations to Alis Bonsignore who successfully defended her MSc in Experimental Medicine (Faculty of Medicine) recently. Alis has received widespread acclaim for her work in clinical exercise physiology and rehabilitation. Alis has accepted recently an offer from the Read More …
A heartfelt congratulations to Josh Robertson who successfully defended his MKIN recently. Josh has brought distinction to our high performance research team. Josh has worked closely with our national men’s and women’s field hockey teams. We look forward to our Read More …
We are extremely pleased to announce that our mentor and friend Dr. Jack Taunton was inducted into the BC Sports Hall of Fame. We are proud to have had the opportunity to work with Dr. Taunton on various initiatives. He Read More …
Competitor Magazine has recently listed Fat Dog as one of North America’s hardest races. For the full story please go to Competitor Magazine. Photos courtesy of Heather Macdonald (Fat Dog 120).
We are extremely proud to announce that Heather Foulds (PhD Candidate, Experimental Medicine) has been offered and accepted a faculty position at the University of Saskatchewan. This is a truly remarkable feat considering that Heather interviewed and accepted her position Read More …
We are excited to announce that Lauren Buschmann has received a prestigious NSERC Industry Partnered Scholarship for her MSc studies. A heartfelt congratulations.
We are extremely pleased to announce that Andrew Perrotta has received the prestigious NSERC Industry Partnered Scholarship for his PhD work in Experimental Medicine (Faculty of Medicine). A heartfelt congratulations!