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There are 4 seminars scheduled during each of the fall and winter terms, 2 with guest speakers, 1 at which our faculty members present, and 1 at which members of our current grad cohort present. All graduate students are expected to attend. Seminar structure is typically organizied such that the first session of each term consists of short talks from faculty members within McMaster's Kinesiology community, and the last session of each term consists of short talks given by graduate students within our program. Attendance at and involvement in the departmental seminar series are necessary components of the graduate program, and are required for those who intend to apply for departmental travel awards. [In addition to seminar attendance, those applying for departmental travel awards must be first author on a paper, provide proof of paper's acceptance, copy of paper's abstract, and original receipts for expenses incurred at the conference in question in order to be considered.]

Seminars start at 11:30am in IWC E201 unless otherwise noted. For the 2012-13 academic year, Dr. Martin GIBALA is coordinating the series.  

September 10, 2012

Room: IWC E201

KINESIOLOGY students, supervised by Dr Aimee NELSON

Michael ASMUSSEN, PhD candidate
"Short afferent inhibition during different phases of index finger movement"

Marc JACOBS, MSc student
"Investigation of intensity-dependent changes in continuous theta-burst stimulation over left primary motor cortex"

Kevin LEE, MSc student
"Modulating tactile perception in the hand using continuous theta burst stimulation over primary somatosensory cortex"

Chris ZAPALLOW, MSc student
"Theta burst repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation attentuates somatosensory evoked potentials from the lower limb"

October 15, 2012

Room: IWC E201

Dr Bob MURRAY, Sports Science Insights

"Keep it SIMPLE! And a few other tips for effectively communicating science to non-scientists" 

November 12, 2012

Room: IWC E201

Dr Kathleen MARTIN GINIS, Director of the Physical Activity Centre for Excellence (PACE)

"Setting the PACE: Introducing the Physical Activity Centre of Excellence"

December 10, 2012

Room: IWC E201

Dr Milos POPOVIC, Chair in Spinal Cord Injury Research, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute; Associate Professor, Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto

"FES Therapy for Restoration of Voluntary Reaching and Grasping Functions following Stroke and Spinal cord Injury: Randomized Control Trials"

 

 

January 14, 2013

Room: IWC E201

Kinesiology faculty members, Jim LYONS, Peter KEIR, and Jim POTVIN will speak about various collaborative aspects of the Auto Partnership Canada grant.

 

February 11, 2013

Room: IWC E201

CANCELLED - please feel free to attend either of the special seminars offered in February. No grad attendance will be taken.

February 25, 2013

Room: IWC E201

PLEASE NOTE TIME

12:30 pm

SPECIAL SEMINAR

Brenda Kritzer, Registrar, College of Kinesiologists of Ontario

As CKO Registrar, Ms Kritzer will speak about the differences between a regulatory college and a professional association, the structure of the examination, fees, issues concerning new regulations, and the processes for those who are interested in registering with the College.

February 27, 2013

Room: IWC E201

PLEASE NOTE TIME 2pm

SPECIAL SEMINAR

Dr Spenser HAYES, Visiting Scholar, John Moores University, Liverpool

"The Coding of Biological Motion during Observational Practice and Complex Imitation"

March 18, 2013

Room: IWC E201

Dr Parminder RAINA

"Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging: Advancing the Science of Populations Health and Againg through Interdisciplinary Research"

April 22, 2013

Room: IWC E201

Kinesiology graduate students

Nicholas La DELFA, PhD candidate, "Alternative signal processing methods to remove sEMG fatigue artifact during maximal dynamic efforts."

Paul SAVILLE, PhD candidate, "Coaching behaviour as a predictor of Relation Inferred Self-Efficacy (RISE) among competitive youth ice hockey players."

Michael SONNE, PhD Candidate, "Preceding force time-history affects fatigue accumulation during repetitive hand grip tasks."