Motivating Change: Intervention Techniques that Increase Physical Activity in People Living with SCI
Speaker: Dr. Kathleen Martin Ginis
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Biography
Dr. Kathleen Martin Ginis is a Distinguished University Scholar and a Professor in the Department of Medicine (Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation) and in the School of Health and Exercise Sciences at The University of British Columbia. The focus of Dr. Martin Ginis’s research is placed on understanding and changing physical activity behaviour. She has a particular interest in physical activity among people with spinal cord injury. She is deeply committed to knowledge translation; specifically, the development and implementation of evidence-based best-practices to improve health and well-being among people with disabilities. By example, Dr. Martin Ginis spearheaded the formulation and knowledge translation of scientific exercise guidelines for adults with spinal cord injury. These guidelines have been translated into over a dozen languages and are now being used worldwide in clinical and community settings. Dr. Martin Ginis has received over $20 milion in research funding and published nearly 350 scientific papers. Recently, she led the first-ever paper on physical activity in people with disabilities, for the Lancet’s quadrennial Physical Activity Series. Dr. Martin Ginis lives in Kelowna, British Columbia where she enjoys running, kayaking and snowshoeing.