I am a Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Postdoctoral Fellow in Professor Stuart Phillip’s Protein Metabolism Research Laboratory (PMRL) in the Department of Kinesiology, and recently a McCall-MacBain Postdoctoral Teaching and Leadership Fellow. The focus of my research is to explore the cellular and molecular mechanisms that underpin the adaptive response of skeletal muscle to use (i.e., resistance and aerobic exercise), disuse (i.e., immobilization/bed rest), and sarcopenia of aging. Using novel and innovative scientific methods (e.g., stable isotopic tracers), often in unique populations such as master athletes, I am also keen to investigate nascent nutritional interventions to augment exercise-induced muscular adaptations to and mitigate muscle loss in response to immobilization and aging.
Supervisor: Dr. Stuart Phillips