The 17th Annual Life & Health Sciences Research Day was held on March 12th in the Education Gymnasium. Abstracts were presented by College honours, M.Sc. and Ph.D. students.
The College is very grateful for the contributions that Kori Fisher (Ph.D. student) made, as part of the organizing committee, to this very successful day.
Congratulations to our College prize winners:
Leah Ferguson (Supervisor: Dr. Kent Kowalski): 1st place - Kinesiology (Behavioural).
Parminder Flora (Supervisor: Dr. Larry Brawley): 2nd place - Kinesiology (Behavioural).
Blair Healey (Supervisor: Dr. Karen Chad): 1st place - Kinesiology (Physiology).
Andrew Frank (Supervisor: Dr. Saija Konulainen): 2nd place - Kinesiology (Physiology).
Hayley Wourms (Supervisor: Dr. Jon Farthing): 3rd place Kinesiology (Physiology).
Several Faculty from the College of Kinesiology acted as volunteer judges including Dr. Adam Baxter-Jones, Dr. Jon Farthing, Dr. Saija Kontulainen, and Dr. Joel Lanovaz. Undergraduate and graduate students from the College served as judging assistants.
Julianne Rooke, M.Sc. student at the College of Kinesiology, won first place in the category of processing and utilization at the poster competition at the Pulse Days Conference in Saskatoon on January 11th. Her poster was titled “Effect of a lentil-based sports nutrition bar versus the PowerBar on endurance exercise performance”.
Two College of Kinesiology Graduate Students, Candace Bloomquist and Serene Smyth, were recently featured in Bridges Newsletter, a pulbication of the The Gwenna Moss Centre for Teaching Effectiveness.
See Candace’s article on page 10 of Bridges vol 8.2
Click here to read Serene’s article
From January 14-17, the College of Engineering presented their student-run exhibition, Spectrum. This year, students from the College of Kinesiology participated in the show and set up a display highlighting the use of technology in the study of human movement. The display included EMG, motion capture and force data. The students did an excellent job and were rewarded by having their display named “Best Overall Display” by the Spectrum committee judges. Congratulations to Tyler Judd, Mike Smith, Trevor Barss, Valerie Wellens, Brendan Pikaluk, and David Kobylak!
Read about the display on page 16 of the Spectrum 2010 Magazine.
Congratulations to Stefan Jackowski, Ph.D. Candidate (Supervisor: Dr Adam Baxter-Jones) recipient of the young investigator award at the XXVth International Symposium of Pediatric Work Physiology held in Le Touquet Paris Plage, France, September 2009. Stefan’s poster presentation was entitled ‘Does maturational timing compromise bone mineral content in adulthood? (co-authors: RL Mirwald, RA Faulkner, DA Bailey and ADG Baxter-Jones). Marta Erlandson, Ph.D. Candidate (Supervisor: Dr Adam Baxter-Jones) also attended the meeting and presented a poster entitled ‘The effect of early childhood gymnastic on subsequent bone density and strength (co-authors: S Kontulainen, S Jackowski and ADG Baxter-Jones).
Pictured from left to right are Stefan Jackowski, Marta Erlandson and Adam Baxter-Jones.
Congratulations to College of Kinesiology M.Sc. Candidate, Amanda Froehlich, the first place female finisher in Queen City Marathon held in Regina on September 12, 2009. This is the third year in a row Amanda has won this event, this year setting a course record of 2:58:09.
Good job Amanda!
The College of Kinesiology had another strong presence at the 3rd Annual EPOWC conference hosted this year by the University of Manitoba. This conference was the largest this year, with over 30 student/post-doc presentations. USTEP funded summer student Kyle Friesen (supervisor: Dr. Jon Farthing) won the runner up prize in the undergraduate category. Congratulations Kyle! In total, there were 5 presentations from the college, including 3 presentations in the M.Sc. category (Julianne Rooke, Christine Bennett, and Brendan Pikaluk; supervisor Dr. Phil Chilibeck), 1 in the Undergraduate category (Kyle Friesen), and 1 in the Post-doc category (Dr. Saman Abeysekara; supervisor Dr. Phil Chilibeck). All presenters represented the college very well. In addition to the presenters from the college and their supervisors, the conference was also attended by the Dean of Kinesiology, Dr. Carol Rodgers. The UofS contributed more presentations than any other University in attendance, other than the host University of Manitoba.
Faculty from the College of Kinesiology have secured research funding in the recent CIHR operating grant competitions. Dr. Saija Kontulainen (Co-investigators: Dr. Adam Baxter-Jones, College of Kinesiology; Dr. David Cooper, College of Medicine; Dr. James Johnston, College of Engineering; Dr. David Leswick, College of Medicine; and Dr. Hassanali Vatanparast; College of Pharmacy and Nutrition) was awarded an operating grant for her work exploring the relationship of bone development and physical activity during the adolescent growth period to bone strength at wrist and hip in young adulthood. This study is an extension of the Saskatchewan Pediatric Bone Mineral Accrual Study (PBMAS Director Dr Adam Baxter-Jones) which measured children growth, bone mass accrual and lifestyle factors over 7 years (1991-1998) in childhood (age 8-20 years) and 5 years during young adulthood (2002-2007; 20 to 30 years). These participants are now entering their 4th decade of life. The proposed study provides a unique opportunity to address an important question: Do growth and lifestyle factors during childhood and adolescence affect long-term bone strength?
Dr. Adam Baxter-Jones was a co-applicant on a successful four-year operating grant in collaboration with researchers at Brock University entitled “Effect of Physical Activity on Muscle Function in growing children: Implications for adult health” (Principle Investigator: Dr. Bareket Falk; co-applicants: Dr. Adam Baxter-Jones, Dr. Raffy Dotan, Dr. David Gabriel and Dr. Nota Klentrou). The results of this study will provide the basis of neuromuscular function during childhood, which can then be applied in various childhood chronic diseases that affect the neuromuscular system.
Photo of Saija Kontulainen courtesy of the Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation, photo of Adam Baxter-Jones by Kevin Hogarth for the U of S.
Congratulations to Chantal Bennett (Supervisor: Dr. Saija Kontulainen) and Serene Smyth (Supervisor: Dr. Louise Humbert), recipients of 2009/10 CIHR Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Masters Scholarships.
Both Chantal and Serene are M.Sc. candidates at the College of Kinesiology. Chantal’s research project is entitled ”The relationship of muscle strength development and physical activity during childhood and adolescence to radius bone strength at 50 years of age”.
Serene’s project is entitled “Understanding the social and cultural factors that affect body weight in urban Aboriginal adolescents.”
Click here to learn more about the CIHR Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarship program.
M.Sc. candidate Amanda Froehlich’s (supervisor: Dr. Louise Humbert) masters work will be funded through a Saskatchewan Pulse Growers grant. Amanda’s research will investigate the experiences of early years caregivers in rural Saskatchewan. She will be interviewing caregivers in rural care centers to determine the barriers and facilitators perceived by caregivers when they are providing opportunities for physical activity and healthy eating for children in their care. Amanda’s project titled “Supporting healthy development in the early years: Perceptions of rural caregivers around the promotion of physical activity and pulse crop consumption” was funded under the Saskatchewan Pulse Growers Value added Processes category.
Click here to access a podcasts with the Vanier Scholarship winners, including Carly Priebe, College of Kinesiology M.Sc. Candidate.
Congratulations to all the students who graduated at the 2009 Spring Convocation Ceremony. 81 undergraduate, 4 Ph.D., and 6 M.Sc. degrees were conferred. The College commends all the graduating students on their degrees and the hard work that has brought them to this point.
Click here to view photos from the ceremony
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