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Exercise, Perimenopause and Brain Health – Dr. Cindy Barha

By nathan wei on March 14, 2024

Dr. Cindy Barha recently joined the WomensResearch podcast by the Women’s Health Research Institute to discuss our research on how exercise may affect brain health for women in perimenopause. Click here to listen to the episode!

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The role of physical activity in cognitive health

By nathan wei on March 14, 2024

Dr. Teresa Liu-Ambrose and Dr. Ryan Falck discuss the impact of physical activity and exercise in protecting brain health and preventing cognitive decline. Protecting seniors’ cognitive health AAIC 2023 | Exercise as a non-pharmacological therapy for cognitive impairment Ask an expert: What lifestyle habits can help protect my brain health?

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Physical therapy, brain health, research – Dr. Jordyn Rice

By nathan wei on February 28, 2024

Click here to listen to our postdoctoral fellow Dr. Jordyn Rice on the MedTalk: Connect podcast, discussing her work and research on the development of exercise interventions to promote healthy aging.

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How to Embrace Healthy Aging

By nathan wei on February 28, 2024

Dr. Teresa Liu-Ambrose recently appeared on Bigger Than Me Podcast to discuss healthy aging, the importance of physical exercise and sleep hygiene, and the impacts of COVID-19 on brain health. Watch the podcast here.

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Personalizing Exercise for the Aging Brain

By nathan wei on February 28, 2024

Dr. Cindy Barha shares how personalized exercise – tailored to biological sex and genetics – can help promote healthy aging and prevent dementia. Click here to watch her talk at Healthy Brains Healthy Lives, McGill University.

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Want to be a memory maintainer in old age? Take care of your brain and your body, experts say

By nathan wei on February 28, 2024

Dr. Teresa Liu-Ambrose spoke with CBC News about how our brains changes as we age – and how physical activity can help maintain brain health. Read more here.

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What Has The Pandemic Done To My Brain—And Can It Be Fixed?

By lisanne ten brinke on July 26, 2021

The pandemic: From experiencing stress and anxiety, brain fog, to feeling like the pandemic is one big blur in time? Dr. Teresa Liu-Ambrose speaks about how the pandemic impacted our brains in her latest interview with Chatelaine, read it here.

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A Home Based Exercise Program could reduce Subsequent Falls in Older Adults

By Stephanie Doherty on April 27, 2021

Our study on the Effect of a Home-Based Exercise Program on Subsequent Falls Among Community-Dwelling High-Risk Older Adults After a Fall was featured in JAMA, and concluded that a home-based exercise program could greatly reduce subsequent falls in older adults, Read all about it here!

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2021 Virtual Brain Health Symposium

By Daria Tai on April 26, 2021

The Physical Activity for Precision Health at the University of British Columbia would like to welcome you to the 2021 Virtual Brain Health Symposium! This symposium will bring together internationally renowned experts in the fields of exercise, sleep, brain injury, microbiome, physical environment, social enrichment, and cognitive training. The Brain Health Symposium will highlight and […]

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Boost Your Brain Health

By Stephanie Doherty on November 4, 2020

We spoke with Reader’s Digest about our favourite way to boost brain health – exercise! The article also covers a few other ways to improve brain health as we age. Read more here.

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Recent student awards:
Congratulations to:
Rebeca Hernández Gamboa - Alzheimer Society Research Program Doctoral Award
Jammy Zou - CIHR Master's Award
Ryu Lien - CIHR Master's Award
Victoria Cirone - CIHR Master's Award
Christine Seo - CIHR Master's Award
Daniel Elesin - UBC FoM SSRP
Ryan Stein - VAST Doctoral Award
Jordyn Rice - CAP-TAP-TALENT Fellowship
Narlon Cassio Boa Sorte Silva - STROKE-COG Fellowship
Daniel Elesin - CIHR Master's Award

June 2024:
Congrats to our research coordinator Nathan Wei for gaining admissions to the Doctor of Medicine program at the University of Alberta!

May 2024:
Congrats to our research assistant Silas Yip for gaining admissions to the Doctor of Medicine program at Western University!

May 2024:
Congrats to our prior research coordinator Stephanie Doherty for gaining admissions to Dalhousie Law School!

April 2024
Congrats to Jammy Zou for successfully defending his MSc thesis!

April 2024:
Congrats to our research assistant Sarah Heath for gaining admissions to the UBC Master of Physical Therapy program!

April 2024:
Congrats to our research assistant Leah Wong for gaining admissions to the UBC Master of Physical Therapy program!

April 2024
Congrats to Jordyn Rice on being named President of the UBC Postdoc Association!

April 2024:
Congrats to Ryan Stein on publishing his MSc thesis - "The effect of computerized cognitive training, with and without exercise, on cortical volume and thickness and its association with gait speed in older adults: A secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial" - in Journal of Alzheimer's Disease Reports!

April 2024
Congrats to Dr. Cindy Barha on her Tier 2 Canada Research Chair!

April 2024
Congrats to Dr. Lindsay Nagamatsu on her Tier 2 Canada Research Chair!

May 2023:
Congrats to our research assistant Jasmine Sindhar for gaining admissions to the UBC Master of Physical Therapy-North program!

May 2022:
Congrats to our research coordinator Alexis Bullock for gaining admissions to the UBC Master of Physical Therapy program!

May 2022:
Congrats to our research coordinator Sofia Grant for gaining admissions to the UBC Master of Occupational Therapy program!

May 2022:
Congrats to our research assistant George Gao for gaining admissions to the UBC Master of Physical Therapy-North program!

April 2022:
Congrats to Madison Welch who successfully defended her MSc thesis! Excellent work Madison!

December 2021:
Congrats to Rachel Crockett for successfully defending her PhD thesis! Amazing work, Dr. Crockett!

September 2021:
Congrats to Matthew Noseworthy for being awarded the Four Year Doctoral Fellowship (4YF)! His research will explore the impact of the aerobic exercise environment on cognitive function and overall health over a 12-week period in older adults with mild cognitive impairment.

September 2021:
Huge congratulations to Dr. Ryan Falck and Dr. Guilherme Moraes Balbim on receiving MSFHR Postdoctoral Awards!

May 2021:
Congrats to Connor Sullivan for gaining admissions to the Masters of Occupational Therapy program at McMaster University!

May 2021:
Congrats to Nancy Rutherford for gaining admissions to the Masters of Physical Therapy program at the University of Alberta!

May 2021:
Congrats to Jean Oh for receiving the NSERC URSA award and we are excited to have her in the lab this summer!

May 2021:
Congrats to Daniel Do for receiving the FoM SSRP award and we are excited to have him in the lab this summer!

December 2020:
Congrats to Kim Bennett for successfully defending her MSc thesis!

June 2020:
Congrats to Kim Bennett who successfully proposed her MSc thesis!

June 2020:
Congrats to Rebecca Harper for gaining admissions to the UBC Master of Physical Therapy program!

June 2020:
Congrats to Jasmine Kwan for gaining admissions to the UBC Master of Physical Therapy program!

June 2020:
Congrats to Cheyenne Ghag for gaining admissions to the UBC Master of Occupational Therapy program!

June 2020:
Congrats to Heather Vardy for gaining admissions to the UBC Master of Occupational Therapy program!

March 2020:
Congrats to Ryan Falck for successfully defending his PhD thesis! Amazing work, Dr. Falck!

March 2020:
Congrats to Lisanne ten Brinke for successfully defending her PhD thesis! Amazing work, Dr. ten Brinke!

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