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Chronic disease focused CEP with a geeky love of cool research used in practice. UBC grad student 🤓. Kamloops is home. Exercise is medicine.

Kamloops, British Columbia
Joined October 2017
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I hope something good happens to you today.
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Join us virtually on Nov 19 at the @BCCancer Summit for breakout sessions on supportive care - physical function, #bonemets, physio, nutrition etc with @KLCampbellPhD @DrCarlaPrado @Jen_Edgecombe & more! Free registration bccancersummit.ca/event/keyn… #physicalfunction #psychooncology
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Share what you think about different physiotherapy programs for after breast cancer surgery. This study involves a 30-minute online survey. 3 participants will be randomly chosen to win a $50 Indigo gift card. If interested, please go to bit.ly/BrCaPhysio to learn more.
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Join us for EIM Ireland's Webinar Series: 2pm-3pm (GMT), Feb 17th via Zoom for "Exercise is Medicine in Advanced Cancer Patients: Very Much Alive" with founder of the Moving Through Cancer Initiative, Dr. Katie Schmitz (@fitaftercancer). Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi… @PAfH_UL
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👏🏻 please 👏🏻 enable 👏🏻 your 👏🏻 patients 👏🏻 to 👏🏻 move 👏🏻 after 👏🏻 #breastcancer surgery Start overhead ex in the first 2 weeks! NO need to wait a month! #cancerrehab Early Upper Limb Ex After MRM & Immediate Implant-Based Reconstruct Are Safe & Beneficial pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3272…
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The #exerciseoncology #acsm20 wrap party is THIS SUNDAY, 14 JUNE via zoom! All welcome. BYOB 🥳. DM me for a link. 8pm Perth 10pm Melbourne 2pm Copenhagen 1pm London 8am Toronto/ New York 7am Chicago 5am Vancouver
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CANCER SURVIVORS! I am collecting data for my thesis to reveal the impact of a healthcare providers’ physical activity prescription among cancer survivors. If you are at least one year cancer free, I would appreciate it if you could take my survey! lnkd.in/dtiKW3G
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Ok people. The #ExerciseOncology #acsm20 wrap party is going to be on Sunday June 14th. 8pm Perth / 10pm Melbourne / 2pm Copenhagen / 1pm London / 7am Chicago / 8am Toronto and New York / 5am San Fran and Vancouver (we drew the short straw!). Via zoom. Invites coming (DM me!).
So, for an #ExerciseOncology #ACSM20 #wrapparty (EU friendly) Date TBD Time: 8pm Perth, 10pm Melb, 2pm Copenhagen, 1pm london, 7am Chicago, 8am Toronto/New York, 5am San Fran/Vancouver. Answer the poll to let me know which date works best (& comment if many or none work)
22%Sunday May 31
67%Sunday June 14
11%Saturday June 20
0%Other (please suggest)
9 votes • Final results
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Outbreaks from exercise classes in South Korea •all instructors were asymptomatic when they transmitted •high intensity classes accounted for all transmission •none in Yoga and Pilates •no transmission in classes <5 people #covid19 wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26… – at Boston, MA
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This is how we solve training and distance in EXHALE. 2 meters between the squares and the squares are 2x2.5 meters
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On World Cancer Day - consider supporting exercise oncology - we must see this as standard cancer care! #IAmAndIWill #WorldCancerDay Cancer Care: Exercise in Cancer Care - Sign the Petition! chng.it/y57hqgL6 via @CdnChange
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The excitement is growing! Be sure to join us on October 17 for the #ExOncTC and make sure to check out @ExOncTc tomorrow as we reveal the full program. You DO NOT want to miss this year‘s lineup!
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These people are just the best! The @cityofkamloops and @youryogaloft have been teaming together for some time now to create an exceptional prostate cancer and exercise community in Kamloops! Tell a survivor to join the program today! kamloops.ca/parks-recreation… @Jen_Edgecombe
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Delighted to share ⁦@mcquadeMDLAc⁩ and my newest review on modifiable host factors in melanoma. Lots of work to do on mechanism and translating this into effective therapies, but modifiable host factors are a promising avenue to enhance tx response! link.springer.com/article/10…
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1 in 5 people living with cancer in the UK find it difficult to seek help for symptoms or side effects because they feel embarrassed 😳 We want to change that 💚 #CancerTaboos
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Pre-radiotherapy daily exercise training in non-small cell lung cancer: A feasibility study. This is finally out. Hopefully we will start including for a larger trial. authors.elsevier.com/a/1ZG27…
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Interested in a "live" journal club? Join us today on twitter as we discuss this paper on pre-op HIIT training in colorectal cancer patients. We'll be posting key take-aways & considerations from the live discussion on the @CEPL_UBC group, as it happens. #ExOnc_JournalClub
*Thread* #ExOnc_JournalClub Short-term pre-operative high-intensity interval training does not improve fitness of colorectal cancer patients ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3111… This is @CEPL_UBC's monthly in-person journal club article, discussing today at 2pm PDT. Tune in for more! 1/
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Im looking for an Exercise Physiologist to join our team for the @NIH funded #MoTrPAC study. @TexasACSM @ACSMcareers careers.acsm.org/jobs/121748…
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Check them out the #ExOnc Dream Team in action!!👇👇
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