Faculty
Teaching/Research Faculty
Assistant Professor
Email: gustavo_balbinot@sfu.ca
Room: K8634
Lab: K9608
Research Interests: Neurorehabilitation, Neurorepair, Neuroplasticity, Movement analysis, Regenerative rehabilitation.
Blaber, Dr. Andrew
Professor
Phone: (778) 782-3276
Email: ablaber@sfu.ca
Room: K9646
Interview: here
Research Interests: Environmental and Aerospace Physiology
Professor, Dean of Science
Cancer Genetics Lab
Phone: (604) 675-8156
Email: arw6@sfu.ca
Research Interests: Cancer Genetics, genetics of healthy aging, lymphoma, human genetics
Clarke, Dr. David
Associate Professor
Phone: (778) 782-9777
Email: dcclarke@sfu.ca
Room: K9632
Claydon, Dr. Tom
Professor
Molecular Cardiac Physiology Group
Phone: (778) 782-8514
Email: thomas_claydon@sfu.ca
Room: L8005
Interview: here
Research Interests: Cardiac ion channel biophysics and physiology, cardiac rhythm, pathophysiological modulation of ion channel function, fluorescence-based electrophysiology
Claydon, Dr. Victoria
Professor
Cardiovascular Physiology Lab
Phone: (778) 782-8513
Email: victoria_claydon@sfu.ca
Room: L8006
Interview: here
Research Interests: Cardiovascular physiology and pathophysiology; altitude physiology; cerebrovascular control; autonomic nervous system; spinal cord injury; syncope.
Coates, Dr. Alexandra
Assistant Professor
Exercise Physiology and Performance Lab
Email: alexandra_coates@sfu.ca
Room: K9638
Research Interests: exercise physiology, training monitoring, cardiovascular physiology, overtraining, energy availability, wearable technology
Cooke, Dr. Dylan
Associate Professor
Sensorimotor Neuroplasticity Lab
Phone: (778) 782-7667
Email: dfcooke@sfu.ca
Room: L8001
Research Interests: Development and plasticity of brain organization, motor skill, recovery from brain injury, individual variation of cortical maps of the body, brain evolution
Doesburg, Dr. Sam
Professor
Phone: (778) 782-3737
Email: sam_doesburg@sfu.ca
Research Interests:
Magnetoencepalographic (MEG) brain imaging of typical and atypical brain oscillations and networks, Translational research in autism, Brain oscillations and networks in cognition and development
Professor
Locomotion Lab
Phone: (778) 782-7100
Email: max_donelan@sfu.ca
Room: K9640
Interview: here
Research Interests: Locomotion Neuromechanics
Finegood, Dr. Diane
Professor, Centre for Dialogue
Phone: (778) 782-9101
Email: finegood@sfu.ca
Room: HC 3305
Research Interests: complexity, systems thinking, obesity & chronic disease prevention, modeling, population and public health, knowledge translation and implementation
Hoffer, Dr. Andy
Professor
Neurokinesiology Lab
Phone: (778) 782-3141
Email: hoffer@sfu.ca
Room: L9003
Interview: here
Research Interests: Neuroprosthetic rehabilitation of movement disorders, diaphragm pacing
Krieger, Dr. Charles
Professor
Brain Research Lab
Phone: (778) 782-3753
Email: ckrieger@sfu.ca
Room: K9636
Interview: here
Research Interests: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, protein kinase, neurological disease, neuron death, motoneuron
Mackey, Dr. Dawn
Associate Professor, Graduate Program Chair
Aging and Population Health Lab
Phone: (778) 782-9330
Email: dmackey@sfu.ca
Room: K8629
Interview: here
Research Interests: Aging, mobility, disability, physical activity & function, osteoporosis, falls, epidemiology
MCINTOSH, DR. RANDY
Professor
BC Leadership Chair in Neuroscience and Technology Transfer Across the Lifespan
Director, Institute for Neuroscience and Neurotechnology
Phone: (778) 782-3889
Email: randy_mcintosh@sfu.ca
Research Interests: Cognitive and computational neuroscience, neuroimaging, aging & dementia
Marigold, Dr. Dan
Professor
Phone: (778) 782-3499
Email: daniel_marigold@sfu.ca
Room: K8625
Research Interests: Neural control of movement, visuomotor control, locomotion, falls
Assistant Professor
Email: cnapier@sfu.ca
Room: L8002
Research Interests: Running biomechanics; injury prevention; footwear; wearable sensors
Parkhouse, Dr. Wade
Professor & Vice-Provost and Associate VP, Academic
Metabolic Biochemistry Lab
Phone: (778) 782-4109
Email: parkhous@sfu.ca
Room: L8002
Research Interests: Exercise physiology and biochemistry
Poburko, Dr. Damon
Associate Professor
Molecular Cardiac Physiology Group
Phone: (778) 782-9464
Email: dpoburko@sfu.ca
Room: L8004
Interview: here
Research Interests: Vascular Smooth Muscle Structure-Function Relationships & Physiology, Mitochondrial Physiology, Synaptic Physiology
Reynolds, Dr. Steve
Term Practitioner Faculty, Associate Professor (Jan. 1, 2022 to Dec. 31, 2026)
T.B. Vets Charitable Foundation
Email: screynol@sfu.ca
Research Interests: Critical care
Robinovitch, Dr. Stephen
Professor, Department Chair
Injury Prevention and Mobility Lab
Phone: (778) 782-3566
Email: stever@sfu.ca
Room: K9642
Interview: here
Ruben, Dr. Peter
Professor
Email: pruben@sfu.ca
Interview: here
Research Interests: Biophysics of ion channels, congenital heart disease, congenital epilepsy, congenital skeletal muscle disease, ion channel evolution
Professor
Phone: (778) 782-3658
Email: tibbits@sfu.ca
Room: K9630
Interview: here
Research Interests: Molecular cardiac physiology, cardiac contractility, congenital heart disease, calcium regulation in the heart
ROHRS, DR. ELIZABETH
Term Practitioner
Phone:
Email: elizabeth_rohrs@sfu.ca
Vieira, Dr. Amandio
Associate Professor
Nutrition and metabolism research Lab
Phone: (778) 782-4251
Email: avvieira@sfu.ca
Room: K9634
Interview: here
Research Interests: Nutrition and metabolism, dietary antioxidants and phytochemicals, cellular and nutrient transport
Wakeling, Dr. James
Professor
Neuromuscular Mechanics Lab
Phone: (778) 782-8444
Email: wakeling@sfu.ca
Room: K9644
Interview: here
Research Interests: Neuromusclar Mechanics
White, Dr. Matthew
Associate Professor
Lab for Exercise and Environment Physiology
Phone: (778) 782-3344
Email: matt@sfu.ca
Room: K8636
Interview: here
Research Interests: Human temperature regulation, control of breathing and energy expenditure
Assistant Professor
Scientific Director - ImageTech Lab Core Facility
Email: wiesman@sfu.ca
Room: K9628
Research Interests: cognitive neuroscience, magnetoencephalography, aging, neurodegenerative disorders, neural oscillations
Teaching Faculty
Arnold, Anne-Kristina
Senior Lecturer
Phone: (778) 782-5213
Email: aarnolda@sfu.ca
Room: L8003
Research Interests:
Ergonomics, design, occupational environments, RSIY
Bedoya, Diana
Senior Lecturer
Phone: (778) 782-6623
Email: dbedoya@sfu.ca
Room: K8623
Research Interests: Obesity, behaviour change, weight management
bott, carmen
Lecturer
Phone:
Email: bott@sfu.ca
Room: K8628
Carter, Dr. Jim
Lecturer
Phone: (778) 782-4231
Email: carter@sfu.ca
Room: K8632
Dill, Ryan
Senior Lecturer, Associate Chair, Operations
Email: ryand@sfu.ca
Associate Chair Email: bpkaco@sfu.ca
Room: L8002
Wicks, Dr. Nadine
Senior Lecturer, Undergraduate Program Chair
Phone: (778) 782-3615
Email: nwicks@sfu.ca
Room: K8627
Research Interests: Ion channel biophysics and channelopathies, signal transduction and calcium handling dysfunction in disease, synaptic modelling and neuroplasticity.
Lee, Dr. Sabrina
Lecturer
Email:sabrina_sm_lee@sfu.ca
Room: K8638 Research Interests: Biomechanics, neuromuscular mechanics, rehabilitation, stroke, cerebral palsy, gait
Lunnie,Kevin
Lecturer
Email:kevin_lunnie@sfu.ca
Room:K8621
Ramer, Dr. Leanne
Senior Lecturer
Email: leanne_ramer@sfu.ca
Room: L9004
Sessionals and Term Lecturers
Ng, Dave
Term Lecturer
Email: yna10@sfu.ca
Associate Members
Dr. M. Faisal Beg
Engineering Science
Email: mfbeg@sfu.ca
Research Interests: Computational anatomy and medical image analysis
Dr. Bonnie Gray
Engineering Science
Email: bgray@sfu.ca
Research Interests:
Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and microfluidics as applied to medicine and biology
Dr. Marinko V. Sarunic
Engineering Science
Email: msarunic@sfu.ca
Research Interests: Biomedical imaging, optical coherence tomography (OCT), microscopy, low-coherence interferometry, BioMEMS
Dr. Glenn Chapman
Engineering Science
Email: glennc@encs.sfu.ca
Research Interests: Building, techniques, and design of Large Area Restructurable Silicon Systems
Dr. Carlo Menon
Engineering Science
Email: cmenon@encs.sfu.ca
Research Interests: Robotics and Biomimetics
Dr. Edgar Young
Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
Email: youngec@sfu.ca
Research Interests: Biochemistry
Dr. Jonathan Choy
Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
Email: jonathan.choy@sfu.ca
Research Interests: T-cell biology, transplantation immunology, and vascular biology
Dr. Andrew Rawicz
Enginnering Science
Email: rawicz@sfu.ca
Research Interests: Reliability physics and engineering; optic device engineering; medical engineering; biomedical engineering
Adjunct Professors
Dr. Sam Goodchild
Xenon Pharmaceuticals, Canada
Email: sam.goodchild@gmail.com
Dr. James Reynolds
Kids Brain Health Network, Canada
Queens University, Canada
Email: jnr@queensu.ca
Dr. A. William Sheel
University of British Columbia, Canada
Email: bill.sheel@ubc.ca
Research Interests: Exercise, cardio-respiratory and environmental physiology
Dr. Kouhyar Tavakolian
University of North Dakota, USA
Email: kouhyart@gmail.com
Research Interests: Cardiac vibration signals, ballistocardiography and seismocardiography
Dr. Anita Cote
Trinity Western University, Canada
Email: anita.cote@twu.ca
Dr. Leif Hove-Madsen
Institut Català de Ciències Cardiovasculars, Spain
Email: LHove@csic-iccc.org
Research Interests: Cardiac physiology
Dr. Darren E. R. Warburton
University of British Columbia, Canada
Email: darren.warburton@ubc.ca
Research Interests: Cardio-respiratory physiology, environmental physiology and rehabilitation science
Dr. Vasily Vakorin
Behavioral & Cognitive Neuroscience Institute, Canada
Email: vasenka@gmail.com
Dr. Michael Koehle
University of British Columbia, Canada
Email: michaael.koehle@ubc.ca
Research Interests: Environmental physiology; intermittent hypoxia and acute mountain sickness
Dr. Igor Mekjavic
Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana
Email: mekjavic@icloud.com
Research Interests: Environmental physiology and ergonomics
Dr. Shubhayan Sanatani
BC Children's Hospital, Canada
Email: ssanatani@cw.bc.ca
Research Interests: Cardiovascular physiology and medicine
Dr. Xiaowei Song
Fraser Health Authority, Canada
Email: xiaowei.song@fraserhealth.ca
Research Interests: Aging and dementia, brain health and general health relationships, MRI techniques and applications
Dr. Deyar Asmaro
Langara College
Email: dasmaro@langara.ca
Research Interests: Neuroscience of addiction, cognitive/executive functioning in hypobaric environments
Emeritus and Retired Faculty
Dr. Josephine Anthony
Email: janthony@sfu.ca
Research Interests: Human Anatomy, Histology, Neuromuscular Anatomy
Dr. Parveen Bawa
Neurophysiology Lab
Email: bawa@sfu.ca
Research Interests: Neuroscience, spinal cord, reflexes, motoneuron
Dr. Allan Davison
Email: adavison@sfu.ca
Research Interests: Biochemistry, oxygen and antioxidant vitamins
Dr. Donald G. Hedges
Email: doctordon@shaw.ca
Dr. James Morrison
Email: jmorriso@sfu.ca
Research Interests: Bioengineering and environmental ergonomics
Tony Leyland
Email: leyland@sfu.ca
Craig Asmundson
Email: rasmunds@sfu.ca
Dr. Tom Calvert (Joint Appt with Cmpt, Ensc and Kines)
Email: tom@sfu.ca
Research Interests: Human figure animation (dance) and human computer interaction
Dr. John Dickinson
Email: johnlizatmb@hotmail.com
Research Interests: Motor learning and human factors
Dr. Christine MacKenzie
Human Motor Systems Lab
Email: christine_mackenzie@sfu.ca
Research Interests: Motor control, human skills, human-computer interaction, laparoscopic surgery, expression and music performance
Dr. William Ross
Phone: (604) 531-5049
Email: rosscraft@shaw.ca
Dr. Miriam Rosin
Email: rosin@sfu.ca
Stephen Brown
Email: sbrown@sfu.ca
Dr. Will Cupples
Email: wcupples@sfu.ca
Research Interests: Renal autoregulation and hypertensive renal disease
Dr. David Goodman
Email: goodman@sfu.ca
Research Interests: Motor control and learning
Dr. Ron Marteniuk
Email: ron_marteniuk@sfu.ca
Research Interests: Motor control, motor learning and interlimb coordination
Dr. Mike Walsh
Email: mwalsh@sfu.ca
Dr. Richard Ward
Email: richard_ward@sfu.ca