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June 25, 2025BFRC Trainee Awarded Mitacs Grant in Partnership with Lululemon
We are thrilled to announce that Keara Sutherland, PhD student in Dr. Mark Carpenter’s Lab at UBC, was awarded an 18-month Mitacs Accelerate Grant in partnership with Lululemon to investigate ‘The effects of vibratory stimulation on static and dynamic balance control: interactions between…
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June 2, 2025New BFRC research reveals how balance adjustments happen outside our conscious perception
Scientists at the BFRC have uncovered fascinating insights into how our balance system works without us even noticing! Published in The Journal of Physiology, this research shows that our inner ears can detect and respond to subtle signals - so small we don’t feel them - to keep us upright. …
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May 31, 2025BFRC Trainees Presented at the UBC Kinesiology Graduate Research Day
Our Balance and Fall Research Center trainees presented their research at last Friday’s annual UBC Kinesiology Graduate Research Day. This event provided a great opportunity for our graduate students to enhance their presentation skills, receive valuable feedback on their research projects, and…
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May 15, 2025Call For PhD Applications For A New PhD Position Within The UBC Balance And Falls Research Centre
Research Area: Advancing accessible technological solutions for detecting, monitoring and improving balance dysfunctionThe research involves the development and validation of novel low-cost technologies to advance innovation in balance-assessment tools and balance-assistive devices designed for…
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May 12, 2025Congratulation to Josh Donald for defending his MSc Thesis!
We are pleased to announce that Josh Donald, under the supervision of Dr. Mark Carpenter in the Neural Control of Posture and Movement Lab, has successfully defended his master’s thesis titled "Peripheral and central vestibular contributions to perception of rotation in healthy aging".Using a…
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May 8, 2025Workshop: Data Management Plans for Balance and Falls Research
Workshop: Data Management Plans for Balance and Falls ResearchSpeakers: Eugene Barsky (School of Information), Scott Baker (ARC), Wendy Traas (Education Library)Date & Time: Tuesday, May 27th 1:00 PM - 2:30 PMLocation: Chan Gunn Pavilion, Room 200Description: The…
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May 6, 2025Northwest Biomechanics Symposium 2025
Congratulation to the BFCR trainees who presented excellent talks and poster at the 20th annual Northwest Biomechanics Symposium, held at UBC on May 2-3, 2025. Focusing on student learning, collaboration and knowledge transfer, the symposium celebrates biomechanical research across the Pacific…
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May 6, 2025Assistant Professor (tenure-track) or Associate Professor (tenured) in Biomechanics of Human Movement
Position Closes: June 15, 2025View the job description here
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March 27, 2025How Emotions Can Modulate Vestibular-Motor Responses
A newly published study in the Journal of Physiology, by co-first authors Dr. Martin Zaback and Solenne Villemer, demonstrates that emotional and arousal states can modulate balance responses evoked by the vestibular system. This research was conducted in Dr. Mark Carpenter’s Lab in collaboration…
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March 21, 2025Congratulations to Solenne Villemer on Defending her master’s Thesis!
We are pleased to announce that Solenne Villemer, from the Neural Control of Posture and Movement Lab, has successfully defended her Master’s thesis titled "Implicit adaptation to galvanic vestibular perturbations during goal-directed postural movements".Under the supervision of Dr. Mark Carpenter…