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September 13, 2018Our website is LIVE
Our website is now LIVE! Please take some time to explore the many pages and get to know the researchers and our current projects
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September 13, 2018
Upcoming Research Talk - Physical Environment, Behaviour, and Health
Come and join us for a morning of presentations and discussion on the latest research in the area of physical environment, physical activity behaviour, and individual health.
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September 10, 2018Congratulations to Eli Puterman, recipient of the 2018 ISPNE Curtis Richter Award
Dr. Eli Puterman is the recipient of the 2018 International Society for Psychoneuroendocrinology (ISPNE) Curt Richter Award. ISPNE has awarded the prestigious Curt Richter Award for over 35 years to a distinguished line of young investigators in the field of psychoneuroendocrinology. The…
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July 6, 2018
Assessing Choices in Transportation in Our Neighborhoods (ACTION)
Seattle Children's Research Institute and the University of Washington are conducting a research study, the Assessing Choices in Transportation in Our Neighborhoods (ACTION) Project. The goal of the ACTION Study is to learn more about how a person’s neighborhood, commuting and travel relate…
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July 4, 2018Optimizing Movement in Children Study
Our goal with the OMiCS study is to use a personalized medicine approach to better understand the health of kids across all levels of physical activity. We know that active kids are healthy kids, what we want to know is why and how. It is now known that physical activity helps improve our…
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June 28, 2018
GrOup-based physical Activity for oLder adults (GOAL)
Purpose Statement With the low rates of physical activity for people aged 65 and older and the numerous health benefits of physical activity, we wanted to provide the opportunity to engage in the required amount of physical activity (150 minutes of moderate physical activity per week) for free,…
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June 28, 2018Empowering Pharmacists in Asthma management through Interactive SMS (EmPhAsIS)
What is EmPhAsIS? EmPhAsIS is the abbreviation for Empowering Pharmacists in Asthma management through Interactive SMS. The EmPhAsIS trial focuses on a simple intervention of education and enhanced involvement of community pharmacists in asthma management through centralized short message…
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June 27, 2018
Science of Wearables
Dr Scott is collaborating with Dr Kerry MacDonald, a consultant to the Canadian men and women’s national volleyball teams, to study the utility of wearable technology in monitoring individual training loads to prevent injuries. Drs’ Michael Hunt and Jack Taunton are also involved in…
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June 27, 2018
Identification of novel exercise factors in tendon exercise responses
In the Scott laboratory, we recently identified, using high throughput qPCR arrays, a new player in tendon adaptation (ANGPTL4). We followed up this insight by analyzing the global transcriptome response of human tendon cells to ANPTL4. The leading functions of ANGPTL4 predicted by the…
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June 27, 2018
Mechanisms of tendon adaptation in response to mechanical loading.
Tendons, which connect muscles and bones, are a dense collagenous tissue populated by specialized fibroblasts. These fibroblasts are periodically subjected to mechanical stimulation, which is important in maintaining tissue homeostasis and triggering adaptive tissue responses. Surprisingly, the…
First Nations land acknowledegement
The UBC Point Grey campus is situated on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm.