TORONTO, January 29, 2010 -- York University experts will be available to discuss the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games with members of the media.
Olympic Experience
Cindy Hughes, head athletic therapist/manager, Sport Injury Clinic, (416)736-2100 ext. 77232, chughes@yorku.ca
- Hughes was chief therapist for the Canadian Olympic team at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. She was also a member of the Canadian medical team for the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympic Games.
Patricia Murray, former York Athletic Director, Associate Lecturer, School of Kinesiology & Health Science, (416)736-2100 x 55469, pmurray@yorku.ca
- Murray attended six Olympic Games as a coach and administrator for synchronized swimming. She is a former vice president of the Canadian Olympic Committee.
Frances Flint, Associate Professor, School of Kinesiology & Health Science, (416)736-2100 ext. 77321, fflint@yorku.ca
- Flint can comment on physical or psychological aspects of injury, psychological aspects of performance, sports medicine (not related to performance-enhancing drugs or doping). She has previous experience with Olympic Games in Barcelona and four Pan Am Games teams.
Sheila Forshaw, Executive Officer, Sport and Recreation, (416)736-2100 ext. 22845, sforshaw@yorku.ca
- Forshaw played field hockey at the Olympic Games in 1984 and 1988. She was a member of the 1980 team that boycotted the Moscow Olympics.
Hernán E. Humaña, Associate Lecturer, School of Kinesiology & Health Science/Head Coach Women's Volleyball, (416)736-2100 x 66910, hhumana@yorku.ca
- Humaña was coach of the Men's Indoor Volleyball Team in 1992 Olympics and the Canadian Men’s beach volleyball team at the 1996 and 2000 Olympic Games. He also teaches a third-year course, “Politics of the Olympic Games,” an historical and political overview of the modern Olympics.
Sport and Performance
Joe Baker, Associate Professor, School of Kinesiology & Health Science, (416) 736 2100 ext. 22361, bakerj@yorku.ca
- Baker can comment on athlete training and development, psychological stress associated with performance.
Mazyar Fallah, Associate Professor, School of Kinesiology & Health Science and the Centre for Vision Research, (416) 736-2100 ext. 20555, mfallah@yorku.ca
- Fallah’s research focuses on vision, attention, perception, reaction times, eye movements, systems neuroscience, and cognitive neuroscience.
Lauren Sergio, Assistant Professor, School of Kinesiology & Health Science, (416)736-2100 ext. 33641, lsergio@yorku.ca
- Sergio’s research includes: Brain control of limb movements, eye-limb coordination (racquet sports, ball sports etc.).
Ira Jacobs, Chair, School of Kinesiology & Health Science, (416)736-2100 ext. 21088, ijacobs@yorku.ca
- Jacobs can comment on the physiology of exercise, performance-enhancing drugs, nutritional strategies to enhance performance, muscle strength and heat stress.
Parissa Safai, Assistant Professor, School of Kinesiology & Health Science, (416)736-2100 ext. 23040 psafai@yorku.ca.
- Safai can comment on the socio-cultural study of risk and risk-taking in sport; cultures of risk, pain and injury in sport (e.g., the tolerance of health-compromising practices in sport); the social determinants of athletes' health; and the social organization and history of sport medicine in Canada.
Sports Psychology
Myriam Mongrain, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, (416)736-2100 x 66193, mongrain@yorku.ca
- Mongrain’s research has focused on the personality factors involved in depression. She has also studied the role of personality in athletic competition and can comment on athletes' response to loss or failure.
Jessica Fraser-Thomas, Assistant Professor, School of Kinesiology & Health Science, (416) 736-2100 ext. 20952, 647-298-0936, jft@yorku.ca
- Fraser Thomas can comment on sport psychology, mental training, youth sport, talent development, dropout, psychosocial influences of sport (parents, coaches and peers).
Advertising/Marketing
Alan Middleton, Assistant Professor of Marketing, Schulich School of Business.
(416)736-2100 ext. 33180, amiddleton@schulich.yorku.ca
- Middleton can comment on advertising and promotion, international marketing, marketing management and marketing strategy.
Ethics/Social Responsibility
Wesley Cragg, Professor Emeritus, Business Ethics Program, Schulich School of Business
(416)736-2100 x 20686 cragg@yorku.ca
- Cragg can comment on business ethics; professional ethics; ethics and work; law and ethics; moral, social, political and legal theory.
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Media Contact:
Jeannine Flint, Media Relations, York University, 416 736 5585/ jflint@yorku.ca.
