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Ahmed El-Sohemy
Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Arts and Sciences
- Campus
- Department
Areas of Expertise
- Caffeine
- Coffee
- Genetic testing
- Microbiome
- Nutrigenetics
- Nutrigenomics
- Nutrition
- Personalized nutrition
Office: 416-946-5776
Mobile: 416-669-8791
Email: a.el.sohemy@utoronto.ca
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Catherine Sabiston
Professor, Department of Exercise Sciences, Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education
Canada Research Chair in Physical Activity and Mental Health
- Campus
- Faculty
- Department
Areas of Expertise
- Body image and self-conscious emotions
- Breast cancer survivorship
- Cancer and exercise
- Emotional well-being
- Mental health
- Physical activity motivation
- Psychosocial oncology
Office: 416-978-5837
Mobile: 416-831-6543
Languages (in addition to English): French
Website
Email: catherine.sabiston@utoronto.ca
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Darlene Reid
Professor, Department of Physical Therapy
KITE, Toronto Rehab, University Health Network
- Campus
- Faculty
- Department
Areas of Expertise
- Cool devices to evaluate how much muscle recruited during physical activity and signs that it is failing.
- Exercise for people who are less fit
- Exercise physiology
- How muscle responds to exercise and is slow to respond or fails to respond when older or if suffering from a chronic disease
- Musculoskeletal biology and physiology
- Why exercise is an important investment for life
Office: 416-978-2769
Mobile: 647-919-0273
Email: darlene.reid@utoronto.ca
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Jack Goodman
Professor, Department of Exercise Sciences, Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education
Adjunct Scientist, Clinical Cardiovascular Research Laboratory, UHN/MSH Division of Cardiology
- Campus
- Faculty
- Department
Areas of Expertise
- Cardiac consequences of ‘excessive’ exercise
- Cardiac rehabilitation and effects on cardiovascular function
- Cardiovascular risks of exercise
- Effects of prolonged exercise on heart function
- Exercise and the risk of arrhythmias
- Exercise-related sudden death
Office: 416-978-6095
Mobile: 416-994-3451
Email: jack.goodman@utoronto.ca
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Steve Joordens
Professor of Psychology at U of T Scarborough
- Campus
- Department
Areas of Expertise
- Anxiety; Social pressure; Managing boundaries
- Attention
- Connecting psychology to world events
- Consciousness
- Family and interpersonal relationships
- How epidemics affect those with anxiety
- How physical distancing will forever change the ways we interact
- Memory
- Mental well-being
- Trauma
Office: (416) 287-7469
Email: steve.joordens@utoronto.ca
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