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Physical Activity Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention Unit

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Dr. Warburton is a Canadian Institutes of Health Research New Investigator and a Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Scholar. His internationally renowned work spans the spectrum of elite athletic performance, childhood health, Quality of Life in the elderly, and the treatment of patients with chronic disease and/or disability (including individuals with heart disease, obesity, diabetes, osteoporosis, and spinal cord injury). His research has been highlighted on numerous media venues including Maclean's magazine, the National Post, CTV, CBC Newsworld, Chalk TV, BCCTV, Vancouver Province, Vancouver Sun, Edmonton Journal, Edmonton CTV, CityTV, Kidsworld Magazine, and CBC radio. Dr. Warburton is currently the Chair of the CSEP Health and Fitness Program of BC, and is an executive member of the national CSEP Health and Fitness Program.

RainForest Trail Run

September 30, 2019May 10, 2020 admin

What an amazing day for our trainees, staff, and athletes who participated in the inaugural RainForest Trail Run. The RainForest Trail run was conceived by the Vancouver Sun Run founders as a way to promote Indigenous ways of understanding and Read More …

News, Recent EventsIndigenous, Indigenous Wellness, performance, physical activity, reconciliation, sport

Waneek Horn-Miller Selected to the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame

September 11, 2019May 10, 2020 admin

A sincere congratulations to Waneek Horn-Miller on her prestigious selection to the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame. We are extremely proud of Waneek and all of her accomplishments. We are honoured to have Waneek as a MSc student in our Read More …

Recent Eventshealth, Indigenous, Indigenous Wellness, physical activity, reconciliation, sport, wholistic

Air Quality and Exercise In Persons Living with Coronary Artery Disease

February 24, 2019May 10, 2020 admin

Congratulations to Dr. Warburton and his team on the publication of a paper in the prestigious Journal of Clinical Medicine. This work was the culmination of a Health Canada funded project that examined the effects of air pollution in persons Read More …

Recent Eventsair quality, health, heart disease, wellness

Article Published in Prestigious Journal of Clinical Medicine

February 7, 2019May 10, 2020 admin

A sincere congratulations to Nana Wu (PhD Student) and other members of our team on the publication of a systematic review in the prestigious Journal of Clinical Medicine (Impact Factor = 5.583). We are honoured to say that this publication Read More …

Recent Eventsdiabetes, health, wellness

CIHR Project Grant: Great News

January 24, 2019January 24, 2019 admin

Congratulations to Dr Warburton (@warburtonlab) and his team (including Dr Shannon Bredin) on receiving the prestigious 5 year CIHR Project grant ($707,625) for their project “Engaging Indigenous Ways of Knowing to Enhance Health and Wellness.”

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Congratulations to Shawn Hanna, Kai Kaufman, and Henry Lai

January 17, 2019January 24, 2019 admin

Congratulations to Shawn Hanna, Kai Kaufman, and Henry Lai from the @warburtonlab on being selected to participate in the prestigious CIHR Indigenous Gender and Wellness: Idea Fair and Learning Circle. Well done!

Recent EventsIndigenous, Indigenous Health, Indigenous Wellness, research trainees

“Fit but unhealthy? UBC study finds hidden heart disease risk in athletes”

September 2, 2018May 10, 2020 admin

We are pleased to say that one of our studies was highlighted recently on various media outlets and by the BMJ journals. This work was conducted as part of Barb Morrison’s graduate work (Experimental Medicine) under the supervision of Dr. Read More …

Recent Eventshealth, high performance, pre-participation screening, screening, sport

“Yes, hot yoga is awesome. Science says so”

July 18, 2018May 10, 2020 admin

Research from the Cardiovascular Physiology and Rehabilitation Laboratory was recently highlighted in the Globe and Mail. The article by Alex Hutchinson discusses the potential benefits of training in a hot yoga environment in elite Olympic field hockey players. This work Read More …

Recent Eventshigh performance, olympic, sport

Pacific Thunder

June 23, 2018July 18, 2018 admin

We are pleased to say that our senior boys hockey team (UBC Pacific Thunder) are scheduled to play in the upcoming Whistler International Allstar Hockey Tournament. Our 2005 aged boys will participate in this prestigious tournament as part of the Read More …

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New Centre

May 29, 2018May 10, 2020 admin

We are honoured to announce that our main research laboratories have been moved to the Lower Mall Research Station. We are particularly proud of our new program, Indigenous Studies in Kinesiology.

Recent Eventshealth, Indigenous, Indigenous Wellness, physical activity, reconciliation, sport, wholistic

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