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Stacey Acker

Associate Professor

Specialization: Biomechanics

Teaching, expertise, tools and technologies: Lower limb biomechanics, occupational biomechanics, knee joint modeling, Knee osteoarthritis initiation and progression.

Michael Barnett-Cowan

Associate Professor; Associate Chair of Graduate Studies

Specialization: Neuroscience

Teaching, expertise, tools and technologies: psychophysics, sensory assessment, virtual reality, motion simulation, eye and head movement, brain imaging and stimulation (EEG/ERP, TMS,tDCS), aging

Tyson Beach

Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream

Tyson studies the biomechanics of movement coordination, control, and musculoskeletal injury. His applied research focuses on movement screening, assessment, and training for health and performance.

Specialization: Biomechanics

Teaching, expertise, tools and technologies: Content - biomechanics, ergonomics, injury mechanics, exercise, instrumentation, biomechanical modeling.

Tools / techniques - electromyography, medical imaging, mechanical tissue testing, motion analysis, kinetic measurement, wearable sensor technology, occupational ergonomic evaluation.

Alan Cudlip

Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream

Teaching, expertise, tools and technologies: Shoulder and wrist biomechanics, occupational biomechanics and ergonomics, instrumentation, electromyography, human motion capture

Specialization: Biomechanics

Teaching, expertise, tools and technologies: Shoulder biomechanics, digital human modeling, ergonomics, motion capture, upper limb biomechanics, computational musculoskeletal modeling, in vitro analysis.

Kaylena Ehgoetz Martens

Associate Professor

Specialization: Neuroscience

Teaching, expertise, tools and technologies: Aging and neurodegeneration movement disorders; gait kinematics; neuropsychology and neurocognitive assessment; mood, emotion and cognition; fear, threat, anxiety and depression; virtual reality

Steven Fischer

Associate Professor; Associate Chair of Applied Research, Partnerships and Outreach

Specialization: Biomechanics

Teaching, expertise, tools and technologies: task analysis, occupational biomechanics, ergonomic aspects of occupational musculoskeletal injuries.

Sheereen Harris

Assistant Professor

Specialization: Neuroscience

Teaching, expertise, tools and technologies: Exercise and health psychology; health behaviour change; behavioural science; mental fatigue; motivation, ecological momentary assessment (EMA)

Andrew Laing

Associate Professor

Specialization: Biomechanics

Teaching, expertise, tools and technologies: musculoskeletal biomechanics related to injury, impact biomechanics,  balance, falls, and mobility, occupational biomechanics, ergonomics.

Bill McIlroy

Professor

Specialization: Neuroscience

Teaching, expertise, tools and technologies: Content expertise - neuroscience, balance and gait, exercise, neurologic disorders, aging.

Experimental tools / technologies - electroencephalography, electromyography, transcranial magnetic stimulation, magnetic resonance imaging, peripheral nerve stimulation, galvanic skin measurement, eye-tracker, motion analysis, kinetic measurement, wearable sensor technology.

Laura Middleton

Associate Professor

Specialization: Neuroscience

Teaching, expertise, tools and technologies: Physical activity and aging, dementia, prevention of dementia, social inclusion of dementia, motor disorders, physical activity tracking and assessment, neurocognitive assessment, electroencephalography

Marina Mourtzakis

Professor; Associate Dean, Research

Specialization: Physiology and nutrition

Teaching, expertise, tools and technologies: Expertise - skeletal muscle health, body composition, muscle quality in metabolic conditions, nutrition, exercise, muscle metabolism, dietary protein. Tools and technologies - movement assessment and exercise prescription, integrative energy metabolism in health and disease,ultrasound, computed tomography (CT), dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA), bioelectrical impedance analysis(BIA), high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)

Ewa Niechwiej-Szwedo

Associate Professor

Specialization: Neuroscience

Teaching, expertise, tools and technologies: Teaching - visuomotor control: eye movements, hand-eye coordination, binocular vision: depth perception, stereopsis, visual and motor development, motor learning.

Tools and technologies - eye tracking, limb tracking, psychophysics.

Michelle Ogrodnik

Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream

Teaching, expertise, tools and technologies: Health and exercise psychology, cognition and mental health, sociology of health, and science communication.

James W.E. Rush

Professor; Vice-President Academic and Provost

Specialization: Physiology and nutrition

Teaching, expertise, tools and technologies: cardiovascular physiology, blood vessel health, endothelium, vascular smooth muscle, isolated blood vessels, endothelium-derived contracting and relaxing factors, resveratrol, prostanoids, vascular effects of exercise.

Ken Stark

Professor

Specialization: Physiology and nutrition

Teaching, expertise, tools and technologies: Content expertise - nutrition, dietary intake assessmets, fatty acid and lipid metabolism, analyticial biochemistry.

Research models - human intervention, rodent models, cell culture.

Chris Vigna

Associate Professor, Teaching Stream; Associate Chair Undergraduate Studies

Specialization: Physiology