Mapping the New Knowledges

Research Cafe II

Living healthier, living better, living longer”

Presentations by faculty and graduate student researchers from Brock’s Faculty of Applied Health Sciences
Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012

4:30 to 6:45 p.m.

Pond Inlet (Map with location and Pay and Display public parking)

Moderator: Neil McCartney,
Dean, Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, Brock University

Light refreshments will be available.
This is a FREE public event.

For information and to RSVP please contact: Heather Junke at hjunke@brocku.ca

Everyone wants to age gracefully. But how do we do that?
A panel of researchers and graduate students from Brock University’s Faculty of Applied Health Sciences will help to answer that question at the Wednesday, Feb. 8 Research Café II, “Living healthier, living better, living longer.”

The Brock community and general public are invited to attend the café free of charge. It is being held as part of the 2012 Mapping the New Knowledges Graduate Student Research Conference.
Light refreshments will be served beginning at 4:30 p.m. with the program to begin at 4:45 p.m. and run to 6:45 p.m.
The panel presenters include Brock researchers Allan Adkin, Wendy Ward, Panagiota (Nota) Klentrou and Kim Gammage. They will be joined by graduate student researchers Larkin Lamarche and Izabella Ludwa, both PhD candidates; Deborah Jehu, Yasmeen Mezil and Jacob Pfeiffer, all MSc candidates; and Lindsay Cline, a recent graduate of the MA program in Applied Health Sciences.
Gary Libben, Vice-President, Research, will moderate the informal panel presentations and a QandA .
Before and following the panel presentation, guests will have an opportunity to view research posters and speak with faculty and graduate student researchers about healthy living.
For information and to RSVP please contact: Heather Junke at hjunke@brocku.ca

Faculty panel presenters:
• Allan Adkin is an associate professor in the Department of Kinesiology at Brock University. His research aims to advance understanding of the neural mechanisms underlying human balance control.
• Wendy Ward is a Canada Research Chair in Bone and Muscle Development in the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences at Brock University. Her research aims to develop dietary strategies, in conjunction with other lifestyle factors that protect against fragility fracture and
osteoporosis.
• Panagiota (Nota) Klentrou is a professor in the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, and the current Associate Dean Research and Graduate Studies of the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences. Her research focuses on the effects of exercise and training on health and performance primarily in children and adolescents.
• Kimberley Gammage is an associate professor in the Department of Kinesiology at Brock University. Her research examines social-psychological factors related to participation in physical activity and other health behaviours across the lifespan.

Graduate student presenters

PhD students
• Larkin Lamarche completed her undergraduate and master’s degrees at Brock University, and is currently completing her PhD under the supervision of Professors Klentrou and Gammage. Her research focuses on the interaction of physiological (e.g., cortisol) and psychological factors in relation to physical activity behaviour. In addition to her primary work, she is also currently the coordinator of a study examining the effects of an exercise program on psychological and balance outcomes in older adults.

• Izabella Ludwa is a senior PhD student under Professor Klentrou’s supervision and is also working with Professors Falk, Ward and Gammage. Izabella’s current thesis research is studying how exercise and diet interact in children and adolescents to influence the relationship between muscle and bone strength during growth. Izabella is a graduate of the University of Toronto. Her MSc work, also at Brock University with Professor Klentrou, involved understanding how participation in synchronized swimming affects bone strength and bone metabolism during puberty.

MSc students

• Yasmeen Mezil is a first-year MSc student working with Professors Klentrou, Tsiani and Ward. Yasmeen’s thesis research uses a cell culture system to understand the cellular mechanisms by which physical activity has positive effects on bone metabolism. Yasmeen is a graduate of the Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences at Brock.

• Jacob Pfeiffer is a first-year MSc student working with Professor Adkin. Jacob’s research is studying the effects of different emotional (i.e., fear) and cognitive (i.e., attention) factors on balance control. Jacob is a graduate of the Bachelor of Kinesiology degree program at Brock.

• Deborah Jehu is a second year MSc student studying with Professor Adkin in the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences at Brock University. Working on a project with Drs. Gammage, Klentrou, and Adkin, Deborah’s research explores the impact of an exercise and balance training program on perceived and actual balance in older adults. Deborah is a graduate of the Bachelor of Kinesiology degree program at Brock University.

Also presenting:

Brock graduate Lindsay Cline has undergraduate and master’s degrees from Brock and will be starting her PhD in the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences in September under the supervision of Professor Gammage. Her research is centered on examining how body image impacts physical activity behaviour throughout the lifespan. She has also been involved in the exercise intervention for older adults. Currently, she is coordinating two studies at Brock University, one investigating the effects of a school-based Type 2 diabetes prevention program and the other a study examining the effects of feedback on balance control.