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Jasmin Ma

Clinician Investigator, PhD, P.Kin

 

Appointments

  • Assistant Professor of Teaching, School of Kinesiology, University of British Columbia

 

Research Interests

  • Physical activity interventions for individuals with chronic disease and disability.
  • Strength training behaviour change

Dr. Jasmin Ma is an assistant professor of teaching in the School of Kinesiology at the University of British Columbia. She teaches and provides training in the areas of exercise testing, prescription, and physical activity program design and delivery. Her educational leadership activities involve the development and knowledge translation of inclusive physical activity counselling and prescription approaches and the implementation of end-user engaged experiential learning opportunities in community-based exercise settings.

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Funded by CIHR, the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research, and the Arthritis Society, she completed a Post-Doctoral Fellowship in the Department of Physical Therapy at the University of British Columbia and at Arthritis Research Canada with Dr. Linda Li where her work focused on supporting strength training behaviour change and developing methods for tailored physical activity interventions among people with chronic disease and disability. Combining her research and role as a practicing kinesiologist (BCAK) and inclusive fitness trainer (ACSM), she works with clinicians and community members to provide physical activity participation opportunities for people with diverse physical abilities.

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