Kinesiology
Graduate Research Day

May 23rd, 2025 at Thea's Lounge

Advancing science through shared discoveries

The Kinesiology Graduate Research Conference is a kinesiology gathering of graduate students dedicated to the study of kinesiology and all it entails. This event provides an opportunity for students from various subfields — exercise physiology, biomechanics, neurophysiology, sport psychology, and more —to share their research and engage in meaningful discussions.

Whether you are conducting laboratory experiments, clinical studies, or preclinical studies, this conference is a chance to showcase your contribution to the vast field of kinesiology, while expanding your academic and professional network.

Submit your abstract

For students who wish to attend, only fill out the registration form.

For students who wish to attend and present, fill out the registration form and submit an abstract.

Registration is required for abstract submission

Keynote Speakers

Dr. Daniel Keir

Daniel Keir is an Assistant Professor in the School of Kinesiology at The University of Western Ontario. He is an integrative physiologist with experience in both exercise and clinical physiology. and holds an exercise physiologist certification from the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology (CSEP) and the position of Affiliate Scientist at the Lawson Health Research (London) and Toronto General Research Institutes.

He is one of a few Canadian investigators with expertise in exercise physiology who are capable of simultaneously acquiring gas exchange, ventilatory, cardiovascular, and sympatho-neural signals in humans. He uses these techniques to understand how the respiratory, cardiovascular, sympathetic, and muscle metabolic systems respond, interact, and adapt to environments, activities and conditions that challenge oxygen availability and blood gas homeostasis in health and chronic disease. Key areas of interest are chemoreflex control of breathing and the circulation, mechanisms of exercise (in)tolerance, and development of innovative ways to translate exercise assessments into exercise prescriptions, particularly in cardiovascular disease.

He has received, as a principal investigator, $1,435,000 in competitive grants for research operating and infrastructure costs from agencies including NSERC, the Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI), and the Heart Stroke Foundation of Canada (HSFC). He recently received a New Investigator Award from the HSFC in the 2023-24 competition.

Dr. Stephen Cheung

Dr. Stephen Cheung is a Professor and Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Kinesiology and directs the Environmental Ergonomics Lab at Brock University. His research ranges from the effects of heat stress on the brain’s ability to recruit muscles through to the blood flow of fingers in the cold and its effect on frostbite risk and marine survival.

He has partnered with the Toronto Fire Service to improve heat exposure guidelines and recovery protocols, the Search & Rescue Secretariat to improve survival models in the North Atlantic and the Arctic, and various occupational and athletic clothing manufacturers on developing more thermally efficient and comfortable clothing. Cheung authored Advanced Environmental Exercise Physiology, the primary graduate text in the field, along with two books on the science of cycling. Dr. Cheung obtained his M.Sc. from Simon Fraser University, his Ph.D. from the University of Toronto, and an Honours diploma from the International Space University.

Cheung has a deep love for cycling, rockclimbing, snowboarding, Nordic skiing, and pretty much all forms of physical activity. None of his success would have been possible without the love and support of his parents Tom and Daisy, his wife Debbie Hoffele, and awesome sons Zach and Jake.

The Venue

Thea's Lounge

6331 Crescent Rd, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2

*Images from https://gss.ubc.ca/theas-lounge/

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