Centres and Units
The Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation (KSR) is directly affiliated with a number of centres and units, each with their own mandate and purpose, that play a key role in linking KSR faculty members and research to external communities.
The centres and units serve as "living laboratories", providing enriched learning environments to engage our students in their fields of study. Being able to facilitate research through our partnerships with these centres and units enables us to translate our research into practice, allowing us to positively impact the community
Centres
The Steadward Centre
The Steadward Centre serves as a research, teaching and service delivery unit within The Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation at the University of Alberta to facilitate engagement in physical activity, fitness and sport for individuals experiencing disability.
Units
Sport and Health Assessment Centre
The Sport and Healthy Assessment Centre (SHAC) provides fitness testing services for central and northern Alberta general and research communities, as well as metabolic testing to other research units within the U of A and external research institutes. KSR graduate students are often involved in ongoing projects at SHAC.
Work Physiology Laboratory
KSR researchers and graduate students are involved in many areas of research at the Work Physiology Laboratory leading projects related to the physical demands of emergency response occupations. They also conduct physical fitness evaluations for firefighter applicants.
Faculty-led Research Programs
| Research Program | Principal Investigator |
|---|---|
| ACE Lab | Craig Chapman |
| Behavioural Epidemiology Lab | Valerie Carson |
| Behavioural Medicine Lab | Kerry Courneya |
| Body, Movement and Culture Research Group | Pirkko Markula |
| Cardiovascular Stress Response Laboratory | Kyra Pyke |
| Howard Harshaw Research Program | Howard Harshaw |
| Human Neurophysiology Laboratory | Dave Collins |
| Just Movements Lab | Danielle Peers and Lindsay Eales |
| Kelvin Jones Research Program | Kelvin Jones |
| LEAPPS | Taniya Nagpal |
| Program for Pregnancy and Postpartum Health | Margie Davenport |
| Shintaro Kono Research Program | Shintaro Kono |
| TODAY Lab | Geri Ruissen |