York University: Graduate Program in Kinesiology and Health Science

Faculty Research Interests and Profiles

INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY OF EXERCISE	NEUROSCIENCE & BIOMECHANICS	HEALTH & FITNESS BEHAVIOURS
Appointment and Re-Appointment Criteria for the Graduate Program in Kinesiology and Health Science
O.A.J. Adegoke, PhD (nutrition, insulin signaling, intracellular proteolysis)	J.D. Crawford, PhD (perceptual-motor coordination)	C. Ardern, PhD (Physical Activity Epidemiology; Population Health)
O. Birot, PhD (physiological & pathological conditions, angiogenesis)	D.A. Crawford, PhD (molecular neuroscience; genetics; neurodevelopmental disorders)	J. Baker, PhD (physical activity involvement; expert sports performance)
R. Ceddia, PhD (adipokines; energy metabolism; insulin resistance)	J. Drake, PhD (biomechanics; spine loading)	C. Davis, PhD (health psychology; eating disorders)
M. Connor, PhD (muscle development; cancer)	M. Fallah, PhD (visual perception; psychophysics)	F. Flint, PhD (prevention, treatment and rehabilitation related to the psychological aspects of sport injury)
T. Haas, PhD (cardiovascular physiology)	W. Gage, PhD (neuromuscular control / biomechanics)	J. Fraser-Thomas, PhD (physical and psychosocial development in children)
M. Hamadeh, PhD (human nutrition / exercise / metabolism; G93A mice)	L. Harris, PhD (multisensory integration)	L. Gagliese, PhD (health psychology; pain; aging)
D.A. Hood, PhD (muscle; heart cellular physiology)	D. Henriques, PhD (sensorimotor control and learning)	L. R. Ginsburg, PhD (patient safety culture and processes)
V. Jamnik, PhD (training adaptations; occupational fitness)	A. Moore, PhD (occupational biomechanics)	S. Grace, PhD (cardiac rehabilitation, health services, cardiac psychology)
C. Perry, PhD (training adaptations, metabolism)	L.E. Sergio, PhD (neuromotor control)	V. Jamnik, PhD (training adaptations; occupational fitness)
M. Riddell, PhD (clinical exercise physiology; metabolism)	F. Wilkinson, PhD (migraine, vision health, visual perception)	J. Katz, PhD (health psychology; pain)
A. Scimè, PhD (stem cell biology; muscle regeneration; adipose differentiation)		J. Kuk, PhD (obesity, exercise, health risks)
G. Wu, PhD (molecular immunology; mutations in diseases; cancer)		A. Macpherson, PhD (epidemiology; injury prevention; health services)
		Y. Nakamura, PhD (sport and physical activity; social inequity)
		C. Perry, PhD (training adaptations, metabolism)
		M. Riddell, PhD (clinical exercise physiology; metabolism)
		P. Ritvo, PhD (health psychology; cancer prevention/treatment)
		M.A. Rotondi, PhD (cluster randomized trials; interobserver agreement; statistical genetics)
		P. Safai, PhD (sociocultural study of health and sport)
		H. Tamim, PhD (maternal and child health)

Kinesiology and Health Science faculty members (listed by area of research interest)

INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY OF EXERCISE

Olasunkanmi Adegoke, PhD, University of Alberta
Office - 362 Bethune, x20887
oadegoke@yorku.ca

Research Interest
Molecular mechanisms regulating skeletal muscle protein metabolism and growth, and how these are modulated in different nutritional and diseased states. I study insulin and nutrient signaling leading to translation initiation, and the ubiquitin proteolytic system. Studies are carried out in rodents, as well as in humans with obesity and Type 2 Diabetes.

Publications

Marliss EB, Chevalier S, Gougeon R, Morais JA, Lamarche M, Adegoke OAJ and Wu G. Elevations of plasma methylarginines in obesity and aging are related to insulin sensitivity and rates of protein turnover. Diabetologia 2006, 49(2): 351-359.

Combaret L, Adegoke OAJ, Bedard N, Baracos VE and Wing SS. USP19 is a ubiquitin specific protease regulated in rat skeletal muscle during catabolic states. Am J Physiol 2005, 288(4): E693-700.

Adegoke OAJ, McBurney MI, Samuels SE and Baracos VE. Modulation of intestinal protein synthesis and protease mRNA by luminal and systemic nutrients. Am J Physiol 2003, 284: G1017-1026.

Olivier Birot, PhD, Université de Lyon
Office - 353 Bethune, x44043
Lab - 127 Farquharson
birot@yorku.ca
http://web.me.com/olivier.birot

Research Interest
Molecular mechanisms leading either to the regression or the growth (angiogenesis) of blood vessels in skeletal and cardiac muscle in response to physiological (physical exercise,inactivity, altitude) or pathological (heart failure, diabetes) conditions.

Publications

Roudier E, Forn P, Perry ME, Birot O. Murine Double Minute-2 is required for capillary maintenance and exercise-induced angiogenesis in skeletal muscle. FASEB Journal 26: 4530-4539, 2012

Gouzi F, Prefaut C, Abdellaoui A, Roudier E, de Rigal P, Molinari N, Laoudj-Chenivesse D, Mercier J, Birot O, Hayot M. Blunted muscle angiogenic training-response in COPD patients versus sedentary controls. European Respiratory Journal, In press 2012

Birot O. Genetic background, endurance performance and muscle capillarization: lessons from the "mini mice". Experimental Physiology 96(11): 1116-1117, 2011

Roudier E, Gineste C, Wazna A, Dehghan K, Desplanches D, Birot O. Angio-adaptation in unloaded skeletal muscle: New insights into an early and muscle-specific dynamic process. Journal of Physiology (London) 588: 4579-4591, 2010

E. Roudier, N. Chapados, S. Decary, C. Gineste, C. Le Bel, J.-M. Lavoie, R. Bergeron, O. Birot. Angiomotin p80/p130 ratio: New indicator of exercise-induced angiogenic activity in skeletal muscles from obese and non-obese rats. Journal of Physiology (London) 587: 4105-4119, 2009

Rolando Ceddia, PhD, University of Sao Paulo
Office - 225A Lumbers, x77204
Lab - 225A Lumbers, x20426
roceddia@yorku.ca

Research Interest
The physiological and molecular mechanisms that regulate glucose and fatty acid uptake and metabolism in skeletal muscle and adipose tissue. The major focus is on dysfunctional metabolic alterations associated with obesity and Type 2 Diabetes.

Publications

Gaidhu MP, Fediuc S, Ceddia RB. Aicar-induced AMPK phosphorylation inhibits basal and insulin-stimulated glucose uptake, lipid synthesis, and fatty acid oxidation in isolated rat adipocytes. J Biol Chem. 2006 Jul 1 (In Press).

Fediuc S, Gaidhu MP, Ceddia RB. Regulation of AMP-activated protein kinase and acetyl-CoA carboxylase phosphorylation by palmitate in skeletal muscle cells. J Lipid Res. 2006 Feb;47(2):412-20.

Ceddia RB. Direct metabolic regulation in skeletal muscle and fat tissue by leptin: implications for glucose and fatty acids homeostasis. Int J Obes (Lond). 2005 Oct;29(10):1175-83.

Michael Connor, PhD, York University
Office - 224A Lumbers, x77206
Lab - 224 Lumbers, x20589
mconnor@yorku.ca

Research Interest
The role of the cell cycle in breast cancer and muscle development; 1) the molecular link between obesity and cancer; 2) investigating how dividing muscle cells becomes fully differentiated skeletal muscle

Publications

Walker, O and M.K. Connor. Molecular links between obesity and breast cancer. F.A.S.E.B. J. 21: A927, 2007.

Connor, M.K., P.B. Azmi, V. Subramanium, H. Li and A. Seth. Molecular Characterization of Ring-finger Protein 11. Mol. Cancer Res. 3: 453-461, 2005.

Connor, M.K., R. Kotchetkov, S. Cariou, A. Resch, R. Lupetti, R.G. Beniston, L. Hengst, F. Melchior and J.M. Slingerland. CRM1/Ran-mediated nuclear export of p27Kip1 involves a nuclear export signal and links p27 export and proteolysis. Mol. Biol. Cell 14: 201-213, 2003.

Tara Haas, PhD, University of Virginia
Office - 341A Farqharson, x77313
Lab - 341 Farqharson, x77320
thaas@yorku.ca

Research Interest
Blood vessel growth (angiogenesis) in skeletal muscle; biochemical, cellular and molecular biological approaches are used to study the stimuli and signalling pathways that cause endothelial cells to initiate angiogenesis as a result of exercise or disease.

Publications

Shikatani EA, Trifonova A, Mandel ER, Liu STK, Roudier E, Krylova A, Szigiato A, Beaudry J, Riddell MC, and Haas TL. Inhibition of proliferation, migration and proteolysis contribute to corticosterone-mediated inhibition of angiogenesis. Plos One 2012 Oct, 7: e46625. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0046625

Haas TL, Lloyd PG, Yang H-T and Terjung RL. Exercise training and peripheral artery disease. Compr Physiol 2012 Oct, 2: 2933-3017. doi: 10.1002/cphy.c110065

Milkiewicz M, Roudier E, Doyle JL, Trifonova A, Birot O, Haas TL. Identification of a mechanism underlying regulation of the anti-angiogenic forkhead transcription factor FoxO1 in cultured endothelial cells and ischemic muscle. Am. J Pathol. 2011 178(2):935-944.

Gee E, Milkiewicz M and Haas TL. p38 MAPK is Activated by Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 and is essential for shear stress-induced angiogenesis. J Cell Physiol. 2010 Jan;222(1):120-6.

Mazen Hamadeh, PhD, McGill University
Office - 365 Bethune, x33552
Lab - 220A Lumbers, x21056
hamadeh@yorku.ca
http://www.yorku.ca/hamadeh

Research Interest
Animal studies: Nutrition & exercise in an animal model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS; Lou Gehrig’s disease) on functional, disease, physiological and molecular outcomes. Human studies: Nutrition and diet patterns influencing disease progression in patients with ALS, and physiologic outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Protein metabolism and/or dysregulation during exercise re: gender differences, diabetes and aging.

Publications

Gianforcaro A, Solomon JA, Hamadeh MJ. Vitamin D3 at 50x AI attenuates the decline in paw grip endurance, but not disease outcomes, in the G93A mouse model of ALS, and is toxic in females. PLoS ONE 2013;8:e30243. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0030243 http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0030243

Gianforcaro A, Hamadeh MJ. Vitamin D3 supplementation at 10x the adequate intake attenuates functional decline in the G93A transgenic mouse model of ALS, a pilot study. CNS Neurosci Ther 2012;18(7):547-57. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-5949.2012.00316.x
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1755-5949.2012.00316.x/abstract;jsessionid=E04AF21EFB09E218D1727AC3A36811FF.d03t03

Solomon JA, Gianforcaro A, Hamadeh MJ. Vitamin D3 deficiency differentially affects functional and disease outcomes in the G93A mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. PLoS ONE 2011;6:e29354. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0029354 http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0029354

Solomon JA, Tarnopolsky MA, Hamadeh MJ. One universal common endpoint in mouse models of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. PLoS ONE 2011;6:e20582. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0020582 http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0020582

David Hood, PhD, State University of New York
Office - 304A Farquharson, x66640
Lab - 304 Farquharson, x77832
dhood@yorku.ca
http://www.yorku.ca/dhood/
http://www.biol.yorku.ca/grad/faculty/davida.htm

Research Interest
Skeletal muscle and heart biochemistry and molecular biology; mitochondrial adaptations in muscle subject to chronic contractile activity, including mechanisms of mitochondrial protein import and nuclear gene expression; cardiac muscle adaptations to thyroid hormone.

Publications

Pastore S and Hood DA. Endurance training ameliorates the metabolic and performance characteristics of circadian Clock mutant mice. J. Appl. Physiol. 2013 [epub ahead of print].

Menzies KJ, Singh K, Saleem A, and Hood DA. Sirtuin 1-mediated effects of exercise and resveratrol on mitochondrial biogenesis. J. Biol. Chem. 288: 6968-79, 2013.

Ostojic O, O'Leary MF, Singh K, Menzies KJ, Vainshtein A, and Hood DA. The effects of chronic muscle use and disuse on cardiolipin metabolism. J. Appl. Physiol. 114: 444-452, 2013.

O'Leary MF, Vainshtein A, Iqbal S, Ostojic O, and Hood DA. Adaptive plasticity of autophagic proteins to denervation in aging skeletal muscle. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 304: C422-30, 2013.

Christopher Perry, PhD, University of Guelph
Office - 324 Bethune, x33232
Lab - Farquharson
cperry@yorku.ca

Profile

Research Interest
Regulation of cellular energy and redox homeostasis primarily in skeletal muscle. Examination of metabolic control (glucose/fatty acid uptake and catabolism) through redox biology in response to specific dietary and exercise interventions integrating mitochondrial, cytosolic and nuclear intercommunication.

Publications

Perry CGR*, Kane DA*, Lanza I, Neufer PD. Methods for assessing mitochondrial function in diabetes. Diabetes, 62:1041-1053, 2013. http://diabetes.diabetesjournals.org/content/62/4/1041.abstract.html

Perry CGR, Kane DA, Herbst EA, Mukai K, Wright DC, Heigenhauser GJF, Neufer PD, Spriet LL, Holloway GP. Mitochondrial creatine kinase activity and phosphate shuttling are acutely regulated by exercise in human skeletal muscle. J Physiol. 590: 5475-86, 2012. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22907058

Perry CGR*, Kane DA*, Lin CT, Kozy R, Cathey B, Lark DS, Kane CL, Brophy P, Gavin T, Anderson EJ, Neufer PD. Inhibiting myosin-ATPase reveals dynamic range of mitochondrial respiratory control in skeletal muscle. Biochem J. 437: 215-222, 2011. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21554250

Perry CGR, Lally J, Holloway GP, Bonen A, Heigenhauser GJ, Spriet LL. Repeated transient mRNA bursts precede increases in transcriptional and mitochondrial proteins during training in human skeletal muscle. J Physiol. 588: 4795-4810, 2010. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20921196

Michael Riddell, PhD, McMaster University
Office - 347 Bethune, x40493
Lab - 225B Lumbers, x22324
mriddell@yorku.ca
http://www.yorku.ca/mriddell

Research Interest
The effect of exercise, stress and diabetes on the Hypothalamo-Pituitary-Adrenal (HPA) axis. Substrate utilization and metabolism during exercise in individuals with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Publications

Yue JT, Riddell MC, Burdett E, Coy DH, Efendic S, Vranic M. Amelioration of Hypoglycemia via Somatostatin Receptor Type 2 Antagonism in Recurrently Hypoglycemic Diabetic Rats. Diabetes. 2013 Feb 22. [Epub ahead of print].

Yardley JE, Iscoe KE, Sigal RJ, Kenny GP, Perkins BA, Riddell MC. Insulin pump therapy is associated with less post-exercise hyperglycemia than multiple daily injections: an observational study of physically active type 1 diabetes patients. Diabetes Technol Ther. 15(1):84-8,2013

D'souza AM, Beaudry JL, Szigiato AA, Trumble SJ, Snook LA, Bonen A, Giacca A, Riddell MC. Consumption of a high-fat diet rapidly exacerbates the development of fatty liver disease that occurs with chronically elevated glucocorticoids. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 15;302(8):G850-63, 2012

Shpilberg Y, Beaudry JL, D'Souza A, Campbell JE, Peckett A, Riddell MC. A rodent model of rapid-onset diabetes induced by glucocorticoids and high-fat feeding. Dis Model Mech. 5(5):671-80, 2012

Anthony Scimè, PhD, McMaster University
Office - 327C Bethune, x33559
ascime@yorku.ca

Research Interest
Physiological and molecular mechanisms that regulate skeletal muscle and adipose tissue differentiation. Molecular networks that regulate adipocyte and muscle stem cell quiescence, activation, proliferation and differentiation. The ultimate aim is to understand mechanisms of muscle tissue regeneration and adipocyte cell type switching.

Publications

Scime A, Soleimani V , Gillespie MA, LeGrand F, Grenier G, Bevilacqua L, Harper ME, and Rudnicki MA. (2009). Oxidative status of muscle is determined by p107 regulation of PGC-1α. Journal of Cell Biology. In Revision.

Seale P, Bjork B, Yang W, Kajimura S, Kuang S, Scimè A, Devarakonda S, Conroe H, Erdjument-Bromage H, Tempst P, Rudnicki MA, Beier DR, and Spiegelman BM. (2008). PRDM16 controls a brown fat/skeletal muscle switch. Nature. Aug 21;454(7207):961-7

Scime A, Grenier G, Huh MS, Gillespie MA, Bevilacqua L, Harper ME, and Rudnicki MA. (2005). Rb and p107 regulate preadipocyte differentiation into white versus brown fat through repression of PGC-1alpha. Cell Metabolism. Nov;2(5):283-95.

Gill Wu, PhD, University of Toronto
Office - 314 Lumbers, x23070
gillwu@yorku.ca

Research Interest
Generation of diversity in the Immune System, V(D)J recombination, Somatic Mutation in diseases including cancer and autoimmune diseases.

Publications

Duvvuri VR, Heffernan JM, Moghadas SM, Duvvuri B, Guo H, Fisman DN, Wu J, Wu GE. The role of cellular immunity in Influenza H1N1 population dynamics. BMC Infect Dis. 2012 Nov 28;12(1):329-341. [Epub ahead of print]

Duvvuri B, Wu GE. Gene Conversion-Like Events in the Diversification of Human Rearranged IGHV3-23*01 Gene Sequences. Front Immunol. 2012;3:158-170. Epub 2012 Jun 15.

Duvvuri B, Duvvuri VR, Wu J, Wu GE. Stabilised DNA secondary structures with increasing transcription localise hypermutable bases for somatic hypermutation in IGHV3-23. Immunogenetics. 2012 (7):481-96. Epub 2012 Mar 6.

Duvvuri, B., Duvvuri VR, Grigull, J., Martin, A., Pan-Hammarström Q, Wu G.E., Larijani, M. Altered spectrum of somatic hypermutation in Common Variable Immunodeficiency Disease characteristic of defective repair of mutations. Jan 2011 Immunogenetics, 63(1):1-11

NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOMECHANIC

John DouglasCrawford, PhD, University of Western Ontario
Psychology, Biology, and Kinesiology & Health Science
Office - 0003F Computer Science and Engineering Building, x88621
Lab - 0003C Computer Science and Engineering Building, x 22050
jdc@yorku.ca
http://www.yorku.ca/jdc/
http://www.cvr.yorku.ca
http://www.med.uwo.ca/neuroscience/gap/

Research Interest
Eye-hand coordination, eye-head coordination, perception and eye movements

Publications

CRAWFORD JD, HENRIQUES DYP & MEDENDORP WP (2011) Three-Dimensional Transformations for Goal Directed Action. Annual Review of Neuroscience 34: 309-31

DESOUZA JFX, KEITH GP, YAN X, BLOHM G, WANG H, & CRAWFORD JD (2011) Intrinsic Reference Frames of Superior Colliculus Visuomotor Receptive Receptive Fields During Head-unrestrained Gaze Shifts. Journal of Neuroscience 31: 18313-18326

PRIME S, VESIA M & CRAWFORD JD (2011) Cortical Mechanisms for Trans-saccadic Memory and Integration of Multiple Object Features. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 366, 540-553

VESIA M, PRIME S, YAN X, SERGIO L, & CRAWFORD JD (2010) Specificity of human parietal saccade and reach regions during transcranial magnetic stimulation. Journal of Neuroscience 30(39): 13053-13065

Dorota Anna Crawford, PhD, University of British Columbia
Kinesiology & Health Science, Biology and Neuroscience Graduate Diploma Program
York Autism Alliance Research Group
Office - 346 Bethune, x23324
Lab - 222 Lumbers, x21058 OR x21057
dakc@yorku.ca
http://www.yorku.ca/dakc/
http://www.yorku.ca/neurosci/
http://www.yorku.ca/health/AllianceinAutism.html

Research Interest
Molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying brain function in neurodevelopmental disorders

Publications

Tamiji J. and Crawford D.A. Misoprostol-induced elevation of intracellular calcium in Neuro2a cells requires protein kinase A. /Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communication/. 2010. Sept 3;399(4):565-70.

Tamiji J. and Crawford D.A. Prostaglandin E2 and misoprostol induce neurite retraction in Neuro-2a cells. /Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communication/. 2010. Jul 30;398(3):450-456.

Vallipuram J., Grenville J. and Crawford D.A. The E646D-ATP13A4 mutation associated with autism reveals a defect in calcium regulation./ Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology/. 2010. Mar;30(2):233-46. -71.

Jannesa Drake, PhD, University of Waterloo
Office – 2030 Sherman Health Science Research Centre, x33568
drake@yorku.ca

Research Interest
Understanding the acute and time varying responses of the spine to loading and unloading, associated injury mechanisms, and resulting pain pathways using in-vitro and in-vivo biomechanical testing; Biomechanical evaluation of exercise and industrial exposures.

Publications

Drake, J.D.M., Callaghan, J.P. Intervertebral neural foramina deformation due to two types of repetitive combined loading. Clinical Biomechanics. 24(1):1-6, 2009.

Drake, J.D.M., Callaghan, J.P. Do flexion/extension postures affect the in-vivo passive lumbar spine response to applied axial twist moments? Clinical Biomechanics. 23(5):510-519, 2008.

Drake, J.D.M., Callaghan, J.P. Elimination of electrocardiogram Contamination from electromyogram signals: An evaluation of currently used removal techniques. Journal of Electromyography & Kinesiology. 16(2):175-87, 2006.

Mazyar Fallah, PhD, Princeton University
Office - 326 Bethune, x20555
Lab - 0010E Computer, Science and Engineering

mfallah@yorku.ca

http://www.yorku.ca/vpalab/

Research Interest
Visual perception, attention, object processing, sensorimotor integration, oculomotor system, psychophysics.

Publications

Perry, C.J., and Fallah, M. (2012) Color speeds processing but not perception in a motion illusion. Frontiers in Consciousness Research, Special issue on Attention and Consciousness, 3(92): doi 10.3389/fpsyq.2012.00092.

Tchernikov, I. and Fallah, M. (2010) A Color Hierarchy for Automatic Target Selection. PLoS ONE, 5(2).

William Gage, PhD, University of Waterloo
Office - 2022 Sherman Health Science Research Centre, x33027
Lab - 101A Stong

whgage@yorku.ca

http://www.yorku.ca/whgage

Research Interest
The neuromuscular control and biomechanics of postural control and of joint stability, currently with a focus on the knee joint. Understanding mechanisms related to sensory-motor dysfunction and normal aging which might interrupt these levels of control, and the potential impact of changes in neuromuscular control (local factors) on the development and progression of osteoarthritis.

Publications

Gage WH, Frank JS, Prentice SD, Stevenson P. (in press). Organization of postural responses following a rotational support surface perturbation, after TKA: sagittal plane rotations. Gait and Posture.

Gage WH, Winter DA, Frank JS, Adkin AL. (2004). Kinematic and kinetic validity of the inverted pendulum model in quiet standing. Gait & Posture , 19(2), 124-32.

Gage WH, Sleik RJ, Polych MA, McKenzie NC, Brown LA. (2003) The allocation of attention during locomotion is altered by anxiety. Experimental Brain Research, 150(3), 385-94.

Laurence Harris, PhD, University of Cambridge
Office - 296 BSB

:harris@yorku.ca

http://www.yorku.ca/harris/

Research Interest
I am interested in how information from the different senses is combined. Although sensory information is rarely completely redundant, there are often instances when the best guess about what's out there can be obtained from looking across several senses. Examples including locating an event in space and time, self motion and self orientation. My laboratory uses a variety of psychophysical and response measurement techniques to assess how senses combine in normal and unusual environments, including during space travel.

Publications

Harris LR, Herpers R, Jenkin M, Allison R, Jenkin H, Kapralos B, Scherfgen D, Felsner S. (2012) “The relative contributions of radial and laminar optic flow to the perception of linear self-motion” Journal of Vision, 12(10):7, 1–10 http://www.journalofvision.org/content/12/10/7

Hoover AEN, Harris LR (2012) “Detecting delay in visual feedback of an action as a monitor of self recognition” Experimental Brain Research 222: 389-397 http://www.yorku.ca/harris/pubs/hoover_2012b.pdf

Pritchett LM, Carnevale M, Harris LR (2012) “Reference frames for coding touch location depend on the task” Experimental Brain Research 222: 437-445 http://www.yorku.ca/harris/pubs/pritchett_carnevale_harris_2012.pdf

Denise Henriques, PhD, York University
Office - 324 Bethune, x77215
Lab - 122/123A Farqharson, x30328
deniseh@yorku.ca
http://www.yorku.ca/deniseh

Research Interest
Sensorimotor control and learning; Eye, head, limb movements and coordination; Vision, haptics, kinesthesia; Sensorimotor integration; Computation simulations; Neuroimaging

Publications

Henriques, D.Y.P., Cressman, E.K. Visuomotor adaptation and proprioceptive recalibration. Journal of Motor Behavior, 44, 435-444, 2012. Invited Review.

Thompson, A.A., Henriques, D.Y.P. The coding and updating of visuospatial memory for goal-directed reaching and pointing (review). Vision Research, 51, 819-826, 2011.

Bryne, P.A., Henriques, D.Y.P.When more is less: increasing allocentric visual information can switch visual-proprioceptive combination from an optimal to sub-optimal process. Neuropsychologia, 51, 26-37, 2012.

Jones, S.A.H., Fiehler, K., Henriques, D.Y.P. Proprioceptive acuity varies with task type, target-hand, and target position, but not starting position of the target-hand. Neuropsychologia, 50, 1462-1470, 2012.

Anne Moore, PhD, University of Waterloo
Office - 2024 Sherman Health Science Research Centre, x40498
Lab - 2014 Sherman Health Science Research Centre, x22042
amoore@yorku.ca

Research Interest
Occupational Biomechanics; upper limb biomechanics; mechanisms of musculoskeletal injury in the workplace are studied using biomechanical modelling, epidemiological studies, and task simulation.

Publications

Camille J. Shanahana, Peter Vi, Elizabeth A. Salas, Vanesa L. Reider, Lana M.L. Hochman and Anne E. Moore, A comparison of RULA, REBA and Strain Index to four psychophysical scales in the assessment of non-fixed work, Work, Accepted February 2012

Menéndez, Cammie Chaumont, Amick, Benjamin C., Bazzani, Lianna, Robertson, Michelle, DeRango, Kelly, Rooney, Ted, Moore, Anne, A field intervention examining the impact of an office ergonomics training and a highly adjustable chair on visual symptoms in a public sector organization, Applied Ergonomics, doi:10.1016/j.apergo.2011.09.006. Vol 43 Issue 4 July 2012

Amick, Benjamin C., Menéndez, Cammie Chaumont, Bazzani, Lianna, Robertson, Michelle, DeRango, Kelly, Rooney, Ted, Moore, Anne, A Replicated Field Intervention Study Evaluating The Impact of a Highly Adjustable Chair and Office Ergonomics Training On Visual Symptoms, Applied Ergonomics, JERG S-11-00189. Vol 43 Issue 3 May 2012

Lauren Sergio, PhD, McGill University
Office - 336 Bethune, x33641
Lab - 129 Farqharson, x33405
lsergio@yorku.ca
http://www.yorku.ca/lsergio

Research Interest
Behavioural and electromyographic studies of eye-limb coordination; Brain mechanisms underlying visually-guided reaching; Motor control neurophysiology/neuroimaging; Control of voluntary movement in neurological patient populations.

Publications

Gorbet DJ, Sergio LE (2007) Preliminary sex differences in human cortical BOLD fMRI activity during the preparation of increasingly complex visually guided movements. European Journal of Neuroscience, 25:1228-1239

Tippett WJ, Sergio LE (2006) Impaired visuomotor integration in early stage Alzheimer's disease. Brain Research, June 2006.

Sergio LE, Hamel-Paquet C, Kalaska JF. (2005) Motor cortex neural correlates of output kinematics and kinetics during isometric-force and arm-reaching tasks. J Neurophysiol., 94: 2353-2378.

Frances Wilkinson, PhD, Dalhousie University
Psychology, Kinesiology & Health Science
Office - 426 Atkinson, x33184
Lab - 006 Computer, Science and Engineering Building, x70111
franw@yorku.ca
http://www.yorku.ca/franw

Research Interest
Migraine and vision, vision health and visual disorders of development and aging, face and object recognition

Publications

Wilkinson, F., Karanovic, O., Ross, E.C., Lillakas, L. & Steinbach, M.S. (2006) Ocular motor function in migraine with and without aura. Cephalalgia, 26, 660-671.

Loffler, G., Yourganov, G., Wilkinson, F, & Wilson, H,R, (2005) fMRI evidence for the neural representation of faces. Nature Neuroscience, 8, 1386-1391.

Wilkinson, F. (2004) Migraine auras and other hallucinations: windows on the visual system. In Roots of Visual Awareness, D.Milner & C. Haywood (Eds), Progress in Brain Research, 144: 305-320.

HEALTH AND FITNESS BEHAVIOURS

Chris Ardern, PhD, Queen’s University
Office - 344 Bethune, x23045
cardern@yorku.ca

Research Interest
Surveillance of physical inactivity, obesity, and chronic disease risk factor clustering in Canada. Assessment of the impact of lifestyle modification on population and public health and the role of lifestyle factors in prediction of cardiometabolic risk.

Publications

Ardern, C.I., P.T. Katzmarzyk, I. Janssen, T.S. Church, S.N. Blair. Revised Adult Treatment Panel III guidelines and cardiovascular disease mortality in men attending a preventive medical clinic. Circulation 2005;112:1481-8.

Ardern, C.I., I. Janssen, R. Ross, P.T. Katzmarzyk. Development of health-related waist circumference thresholds within BMI categories. Obesity Research, 2004;12:1094-1103.

Ardern, C.I., P.T. Katzmarzyk, I. Janssen, A.S. Leon, J.H. Wilmore, J.S. Skinner, D.C. Rao, T. Rankinen, J-P. Després, C. Bouchard. Race and sex similarities in the multivariate associations between exercise-induced changes in blood lipids and fatness. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 2004;36:1610-5.

Joseph Baker, PhD, Queen's University
Office - 338 Bethune, x22361
Lab - 116 Bethune, x20553
bakerj@yorku.ca
http://www.yorku.ca/bakerj

Research Interest
Development and maintenance of expert sport performance, physical activity participation throughout the lifespan, aging stereotypes and physical activity involvement.

Publications

Loffing, F., Schorer, J., Hagemann, N., Lotz, S., & Baker, J. (2012). On the advantage of being left-handed in volleyball: Further evidence of the specificity of skilled visual perception. Attention, Perception and Psychophysics, 74, 446–453.

Koz, D., Fraser-Thomas, J. & Baker, J. (2012). Accuracy of professional sports drafts in predicting career potential. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, 22, e64-e69.

Wattie, N. & Baker, J. (2013). Happy birthday? Relative age and its influence on human development. The Psychologist, 26, 110-113.

Meisner, B. & Baker, J. (2012). An exploratory analysis of aging expectations and health care behavior among aging adults. Psychology and Aging: doi 10.1037/a0029295

Caroline Davis, PhD, York University
Office - 343 Bethune, x77327
Lab - 223 Bethune, x77239
cdavis@yorku.ca

Research Interest
Health psychology with an emphasis on addictive behaviours, eating disorders, and psychobiological risk factors for overeating and obesity.

Publications

Davis C, Fattore L, Kaplan AS, Carter JC, Levitan RD, Kennedy, J. L. The suppression of appetite and food consumption by methylphenidate: The moderating effects of gender and weight in healthy adults. Int J Neuropsychopharmacol. 2012;15:181-187.

Davis C, Levitan RD, Yalmaz Z, Kaplan AS, Carter JC, Kennedy JL. (2012) Binge eating disorder and the D2 receptor: Genotypes and sub phenotypes, Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry. 2012;38:328-335.

Davis C. (in press) Compulsive overeating as an addictive behaviour: Overlap between food addiction and binge eating disorder. Curr Obes Rep.

Davis C, Loxton NJ. (in press) Addictive behaviours and addiction-prone personality traits: Associations with a dopamine multilocus genetic profile. Addict Behav.

Frances Flint, PhD, University of Oregon
Office 330 Stong, x77321
fflint@yorku.ca

Research Interest
i) Prevention, immediate treatment and long term rehabilitation related to the psychological aspects of sport injury
ii) Assessment and management of sport-related concussion and spinal cord injury

Publications

Flint, F. A. (2007). Seeing helps believing: Modeling in athletic injury rehabilitation. In D. Pargman (Ed.). Psychological bases of sport injuries. 3rd. Ed. (pp. 95-107) Morgantown: WV: Fitness Information Technology.

Flint, F. A. (2007). Matching psychological strategies in physical rehabilitation: Integrated rehabilitation. In D. Pargman (Ed.). Psychological bases of sport injuries. 3rd. Ed. (pp. 319-334) Morgantown: WV: Fitness Information Technology.

Flint, F. A. (1998). Psychology of sport injury. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.

Flint, F. A. (1998). Integrating sport psychology and sports medicine in research: The dilemmas. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 10(1), 83-102.

Jessica Fraser-Thomas, PhD, Queen’s University
Office - 350 Bethune, x20952
jft@yorku.ca

Research Interest
My primary research interests are in positive youth development through sport. In particular, I am focused on how youth sport contexts can be better designed to facilitate children and adolescents’ healthy physical and psychosocial development. Secondary research interests include pedagogy (e.g. coaching and teaching in sport and physical education) and mental skills training.

Publications

Dionigi, R., Fraser-Thomas, J., & Logan, J. (2012). The nature of family influences on sport participation in master athletes. Annals of Leisure
Research, 15, 366-388.

Fraser-Thomas, J., Côté, J., & MacDonald, D. J. (2010). Community size in youth sport settings: Examining developmental assets and sport withdrawal. PHENex Journal, 2(2), retrieved July 15, 2010 from http://ojs.acadiau.ca/index.php/phenex/article/view/8.

Fraser-Thomas, J. & Côté, J. (2009). Understanding adolescents’ positive and negative developmental experiences in sport. The Sport Psychologist, 23, 3-23.

Baker, J., Cobley, S., & Fraser-Thomas, J. (2009). What do we know about early sport specialization? Not much! High Ability Studies, 20(1), 77 89.

Lucy Gagliese, PhD, McGill University
Office - 367 Bethune, x77234
Lab - 101B Stong
gagliese@yorku.ca

Research Interest
Pain in the elderly; cancer pain, pain mechanisms, measurement and assessment; psychological factors in pain; predictors of pain chronicity; gender and pain.

Publications

Gagliese, L., & Katz, J. Medically unexplained pain is not caused by psychopathology. Pain Research and Management. 5. 251-257, 2000.

Gagliese, L., Jackson, M., Ritvo, P., Wowk, A., & Katz, J. Age is not an impediment to effective use of patient controlled analgesia by surgical patients. Anesthesiology. 93. 601-10, 2000.

Liane Ginsburg, PhD, University of Toronto
Health Policy & Management, Kinesiology & Health Science
Office - 413 Health, Nursing and Environmental Studies Building, x33925
lgins@yorku.ca
Current Research Projects

Research Interest
Improving patient safety, Health care quality, Performance measurement, Knowledge utilization / translation, learning and culture change in organizations

Publications

Ginsburg, L., P.G. Norton, S. Lewis, A. Casebeer. (2005) An educational intervention to enhance nurse leader perceptions of patient safety culture. Health Services Research. 40(4): 997-1020

Soberman Ginsburg, L. (2003). Factors That Influence Line Managers’ Perceptions Of Hospital Performance Data. Health Services Research. 38(1): 261-286.

Soberman Ginsburg, L. (2001). Total quality management in health care: A goal setting approach. In J.D. Blair, J.D., Fottler, M.D., & Savage, G.F. (Eds.). Advances in Health Care Management: Volume 2. Greenwich, CN: JAI Press.

Sherry Grace, PhD, University of Windsor
Office - 368 Bethune, x72364
Lab - 222B Bethune, x20575
sgrace@yorku.ca
http://www.yorku.ca/sgrace

Research Interest
Behavioural cardiology, cardiac rehabilitation, referral and participation patterns by gender and ethnocultural background, health system disparities

Publications

Gravely, S.*, Anand, S.S., Stewart, D.E., & Grace, S.L. (Epub; Mar 11 2013). Effect of cardiac rehabilitation referral strategies on utilization among men and women. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology.

Grace, S.L., Warburton, D.E.R., Stone, J.A., Sanderson, B., Oldridge, N., Jones, J., Wong, N., & Buckley, J.P. (2013). International charter on cardiovascular prevention and rehabilitation: A call for action. JCRP, 33:128-31. March/April.

Polyzotis, P.*, Suskin, N., Unsworth, K., Reid, R., Jamnik, V., Parsons, C., & Grace, S.L. (2013). Primary care provider receipt of cardiac rehabilitation discharge summaries: Are they getting what they want to promote long-term risk reduction? Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality & Outcomes, 6:83-89. January.

Grace, S.L., Angevaare, K., Reid, R.D., Oh, P., Anand, S., Gupta, M., Brister, S., & Stewart, D.E. (2012). Effectiveness of inpatient and outpatient strategies in increasing referral and utilization of cardiac rehabilitation: A prospective, multi-site study. Implementation Science, 7(1):120. December.

Veronica Jamnik, PhD, University of Toronto
Office - 355 Bethune, x22995
Lab - 126 Bethune
ronij@yorku.ca

Research Interest
Mechanisms underlying the heterogeneity in individual training adaptations. Enhancing the screen for physical activity participation. Bona fide occupational fitness screening protocols for physically demanding occupations.

Publications

Riddell, M., V. Jamnik, K. Iscoe, B. Timmons, N. Gledhill. Fat Oxidation Rate and the Exercise Intensity that Elicits Maximal Fat Oxidation Decreases with Pubertal Status in Young Males. J Appl Physiol August 105 (2): 725-733, 2008.

Jamnik, V. K. , N. Gledhill and R. Shephard. Revised clearance for participation in physical activity; greater screening responsibility for qualified university-educated fitness professionals. Appl Physiol Nutri Metab. 32: 1191-1197, 2007

Martino, M., N. Gledhill and V. Jamnik. High VO2max with no history of training is primarily due to high blood volume. Med. Sci. Sport Ex. 34(6): 966-971, 2002.

Joel Katz, PhD, McGill University
Office - 232 Behavioural Science Building, x40557
jkatz@yorku.ca

Research Interest
Health Psychology, acute and chronic pain mechanisms and management, pain measurement.

Publications

Salomons, T., Wowk, A., Fanning, A., Chan, V. & Katz, J. (2002). Factors contributing to patient refusal to participate in a clinical trial involving epidural anesthesia. Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, 49, 583-587.

Katz, J. (2001). Phantom limbs. In J.L. McClelland and R. Thompson (eds.), International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences, Oxford, Elsevier Press., pp.11353-11357.

Katz, J., Wowk, A., Culp, D. & Wakeling, H. (1999). A randomized, controlled study of the pain and tension-reducing effects of 15-minute workplace massage treatments versus seated rest for nurses in a large teaching hospital. Pain Research and Management , 4, 81-88.

Jennifer Kuk, PhD, Queen's University
Office - 2002 Sherman Health Science Research Centre, x20080
jennkuk@yorku.ca

Research Interest
Characterizing obesity and related health risks (cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes) and examining the influence of physical activity using both exercise interventions and epidemiological approaches.

Publications

Abramovitch SL, Reddigan JI, Hamadeh MJ, Jamnik VK, Rowan CP, Kuk JL. Underestimating a serving size may lead to increased food consumption when using Canada's Food Guide. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab. 37:923-30, 2012

Yates EA, MacPherson A, Kuk JL: Secular trends in the diagnosis & treatment of obesity among U.S. adults in the primary care setting. Obesity – Sep;20(9):1909-14, 2012.

Wharton S, VanderLelie S, Sharma AM, Sharma S, Kuk JL: The short term effectiveness of a medically supervised, interdisciplinary program for obesity management in a Canadian setting (Canadian Family Physicians – Jan;58(1):e32-8, 2012).

Reddigan JI, Riddell MC and Kuk JL: Physical activity level is as critical as glycemic control in predicting cardiovascular death and all cause mortality in the US population (Diabetelogia –Mar;55(3):632-5, 2012).

Alison Macpherson, PhD, University of Toronto
Office - 337 Bethune, x77216
Lab - 222 Bethune, x20229
alison3@yorku.ca

Research Interest
My primary research interest relates to the epidemiology and prevention of childhood injuries, using an approach that examines factors related both to children and their social context. A secondary research interest is related to children’s emergency department and hospital use for injuries and other health problems, including the reasons why children seek care (e.g., the incidence of different types of injury), and researching the best way to provide care (e.g., reducing medication errors).

Publications

Rzeznikiewiz D , Tamim H , Macpherson AK. Risk of death in crashes on Ontario's highways. BMC Public Health, December 2012.

Grenville J, Goodman D, Macpherson AK. Characteristics of Self-harm Behaviour among Identified Self-Harming Youth in Care. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction 2012; 10:646-659.

Brual J, Gravely S, Suskin N, Stewart DE, Macpherson A, Grace SL. The role of clinical and geographic factors in the use of hospital versus home-based cardiac rehabilitation. International Journal of Rehabilitation research. 2012.

White HL and Macpherson AK. Capturing paediatric injury in Ontario: differences in injury incidence using self-reported survey and health service utilisation data. Injury Prevention: 18 (32-27). January 2012.

Yuka Nakamura, PhD, University of Toronto
Office - 349 Bethune, x22372
nakamura@yorku.ca

Research Interest
I study how unequal power relations, enacted through the social categories of race, gender and class, shape our lives, identities and opportunities to participate in sport and physical activity. In doing so, I hope to identify ways in which to resist social inequity.

Publications

Nakamura, Y. (In press). The study of Asians and their sporting endeavours: Considerations and cautions. In R. King (ed.) Asian/Americans and Athletics. Routledge.

Nakamura, Y. (2009). Understanding the challenges of pursuing physical activity. Physical and Health Education Journal, 75, 2, 18-23.

Nakamura, Y. (2002). Beyond the hijab: Female Muslims and physical activity. Women in Sport and Physical Activity Journal, 11, 2, 21-48.

Michael Riddell, PhD, McMaster University
Office - 347 Bethune, x40493
Lab - 225B Lumbers, x22324
mriddell@yorku.ca
http://www.yorku.ca/mriddell

Publications

S. Fediuc, J.E. Campbell and M.C. Riddell, Effect of voluntary wheel running on circadian rhythm of the HPA axis and responsiveness to restraint stress in male Sprague-Dawley rats. Journal of Applied Physiology 100:1867-75, 2006.

A.E. Coutinho, S. Fediuc, J.E. Campbell, and M.C. Riddell. Effect of voluntary exercise on plasma glucocorticoids, tissue glucocorticoid receptor content and the _expression and activity of 11[beta]-HSD1 in the Syrian hamster. Journal of Applied Physiology, 100:1483-8, 2006.

M.C. Riddell and B.A. Perkins. Type 1 Diabetes and Exercise - Part I: Applications of Exercise Physiology to Patient Management During Vigorous Activity. Canadian Journal of Diabetes 30: 63-71, 2006.

Paul Ritvo, PhD, California School of Professional Psychology
Office - 138 Chemistry, x22390
Lab - 104 Bethune, x22398
pritvo@yorku.ca

Research Interest
Health behaviour change in the prevention and treatment of chronic disease, particularly cancer. Emphasis on intervention delivery via group therapy, telephone, print and interactive internet programming. Further emphasis on evaluating effects through innovative approaches to quality of life assessment.

Publications

Ritvo, P., Robinson, G., Irvine, J., Brown, L., Murphy, K.J., Stewart, D.E., Styra, R., Wang, C. and Rosen, B., A. Longitudinal Study of Psychological Adjustment to Familial Genetic Risk Assessment in Ovarian Cancer. Gynecologic Oncology, 1999; 74: 331-337.

Ritvo, P., Irvine, J., Katz, J., Shaw, B.F. Cognitive Group Therapy with Medical Patients. In F. Farmer, J. White: Cognitive Group Therapy, Washington, DC: American Psychological Association Books, 2000, pp.263 - 280.

Michael Rotondi, PhD, University of Western Ontario
Office - 364 Bethune. x22482

mrotondi@yorku.ca

Research Interest

My principal research objective is the development and application of statistical techniques to problems in kinesiology, the health sciences and epidemiology. Specific research areas include the design and analysis of cluster randomized trials, studies of interobserver agreement and statistical genetics.

Publications

Rotondi M, Donner A. A confidence interval approach to sample size estimation for studies of interobserver agreement with multiple raters and outcomes. journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 2012; 65(7):778-784.

Rotondi M, Donner A. Sample size estimation in cluster randomized trials: An evidence-based perspective. Computational Statistics and Data Analysis. 2012; 56(5):1174-1187 (In Press).

Rotondi M, Donner A. Sample size estimation in cluster randomized trials: An evidence-based perspective. Computational Statistics and Data Analysis. In press.

Rotondi MA, Khobzi N. Vitamin A supplementation and infant mortality in the developing world: An application of the meta-regression of cluster randomized trials. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 2010; 88(9):697-702

Donner A, Rotondi M. Sample size requirements for interval estimation of the intraclass kappa statistic for interobserver agreement studies enrolling multiple raters. International Journal of Biostatistics. 2010; 6(1):31.

Parissa Safai, PhD, University of Toronto
Office - 335 Bethune, x23040
psafai@yorku.ca

Research Interest
My research interests, to date, have focused on the critical sociocultural study of sport and physical activity at the intersection of risk, health and healthcare including such key themes as: sport’s ‘culture of risk;’ the sociohistorical development of sport medicine in Canada and the social organization of sport medicine in Canada; and the social determinants of athletes’ health.

Publications

Harvey, J., Horne, J. and Safai, P. (2009) “From ‘One World, One Dream’ to‘Another Sport is Possible’: Alter-globalization, (New) Global Social Movements and Sport.” Sociology of Sport Journal, 26(3).

Safai, P. (2007). A critical analysis of the development of sports medicine in Canada, 1955-1980. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 42(3), 321-341.

Safai, P., Harvey, J., Levesque, M. and Donnelly, P. (2007). Sport Volunteerism in Canada: Do Linguistic Groups Count? International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 42(4), 425-441.

Safai, P. (2005). The demise of the Sport Medicine and Science Council of Canada. Sport History Review, 36(2), 91-114.

Hala Tamim, PhD, McGill University
Office - 359 Bethune, x33338
htamim@yorku.ca
http://www.yorku.ca/htamim

Research Interest
My research interests have focused on maternal and child health (research topics include postpartum depression, weight gain during pregnancy, breastfeeding, folic acid intake and others) and effects of exercise programs on musculoskeletal fitness and psychological well being of older adults.

Publications

Giannotti M, Al-Sahab B, McFaull S, Tamim H. Epidemiology of acute soccer injuries in Canadian youth. Pediatr Emerg Care. 27(2):81-5, 2011.

Al-Sahab B, Hamadeh MJ, Ardern CI, Tamim H. Early menarche predicts incidence of asthma in early adulthood. Am J Epidemiol. 173(1):64-70, 2011.

Al-Sahab B, Adair L, Hamadeh MJ, Ardern CI, Tamim H. Impact of Breastfeeding Duration on Age at Menarche. American Journal of Epidemiology. 173(9):971-7, 2011.

Tamim H, Castel ES, Jamnik V, Keir P, Grace SL, Gledhill N, Macpherson AK. Tai Chi workplace program for improving musculoskeletal fitness among female computer users. Work: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment & Rehabilitation. 34(3):331-8, 2009.