Wendy Kunin
Advisor, Research Operations
Concordia University
Sessions in which Wendy Kunin attends
- Heart Rate Recovery & Oxygen Recovery Kinetics in Individuals with Comorbid Insomnia and Obstructive Sleep Apnea Before and After Exercise alone or in combination with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia
- Background: Recovery kinetics following cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) have yet not been described in people with OSA and comorbid insomni...
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- Arthritis and Functional Impairment Compound Nutritional Risk in Older Adults: Findings from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
- Evidence suggests that people with arthritis (PWA) are vulnerable to nutritional problems. The role of functional impairment (FI) in this susceptib...
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- In Vivo Investigate the Effect of the Lactate on the Apoptosis, Necrosis, and Survival of the of Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells
- Background: Different exercise intensity has a various effect on the immune system. Lactate is one...
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- Association between physical activity and psychological distress during COVID-19: A longitudinal study of older adults in Quebec
- Background: In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Quebec government imposed physical distancing and confinement measures to curb the spread of ...
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- Art-based Rehabilitation Therapy (ART) for Sensorimotor Recovery Post-stroke: A Pilot Study
- Post stroke, ~85 of survivors present with upper limb (UL) contralateral hemiparesis (Dobkin, 2003). There has been a sufficient amount of literatu...
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- Body Composition and Morphological Asymmetries in University Level Soccer Players
- Context: While soccer is considered a lateral dominant sport, few studies have examined if limb dominancy leads to asymmetries in body composition ...
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- Active Video Game Use (Exergaming) Over 10 Years (Including During COVID-19) Among Young Adults in Canada
- Objectives: Playing active video games (also known as exergaming; combining physical activity (PA) with feedback from an external device such as a ...
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- The Child Focused Injury Risk Screening Tool (ChildFIRST) - Normative Values, Correlations, and Sex Differences for a group of Children aged 8-12.
- Childhood obesity and physical inactivity are growing problems across Canada, so the concept of ph...
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- Body composition asymmetries in university ice hockey players and their implications for lower back pain and lower limb injury
- Introduction: Right to left asymmetries in body composition has been examined across many sports, suggesting possible implications for lower back p...
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- Opening remarks
- 9:00 AM - 9:15 AM | 15 minutes
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- Metabolism, Obesity, Nutrition - MON lab from the Cell to the Whole Body
- 9:15 AM - 9:30 AM | 15 minutes
- At MON Lab we combine unique biological, physiological and nutritional techniques to investigate and understand the underlying effects of obesit...
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9:30 AM
- Will adding long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids to the diet of a 'new moms' help her baby’s immune system develop?
- 9:30 AM - 10:15 AM | 45 minutes
- The majority of immune development and the ability to ‘tolerate’ food proteins occurs after birth, during the period when most infants’ are cons...
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10:15 AM
10:15 AM
- The effects of age and age of obesity onset on adipocyte size and adipose tissue fibrosis
- 10:15 AM - 10:30 AM | 15 minutes
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10:30 AM
- Round Table / Q & A
- 10:30 AM - 10:45 AM | 15 minutes
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
- Student poster presentations
- 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 30 minutes
- The following posters will be presented:11:00am-11:05amThe Potential of Probiotics in Preventing Diet-Induced Mitochondria...
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
- Personalized fNIRS to monitor and reconstruct brain activity in realistic lifestyle conditions
- 1:00 PM - 1:15 PM | 15 minutes
- In this talk, we will present our recent developments in the context of Personalized functional Near Infra-Red Spectroscopy (fNIRS) investigatio...
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1:15 PM
- Clinical translation of diffuse optical methods
- 1:15 PM - 2:00 PM | 45 minutes
- Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) and diffuse correlation spectroscopy (DCS) are two established techniques which allow monitoring brain health ...
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2:00 PM
2:00 PM
- Cardiovascular fitness does not influence relationships among sex, cortical thickness and overweight in aging
- 2:00 PM - 2:15 PM | 15 minutes
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2:15 PM
- Round Table / Q & A
- 2:15 PM - 2:30 PM | 15 minutes
2:45 PM
2:45 PM
- Student poster presentations
- 2:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 30 minutes
- The following posters will be presented:2:45pm-2:50pmThe Child Focused Injury Risk Screening Tool (ChildFIRST) - Normative...
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9:00 AM
- Sleep and cognitive health: neural mechanisms and clinical perspectives
- 9:00 AM - 9:15 AM | 15 minutes
- Sleep is important for memory consolidation and cognitives performances during the day. There is increasing evidence that brain o...
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- Children, Teens, Sleep, and School
- 9:15 AM - 10:00 AM | 45 minutes
- This talk will discuss sleep of children as they transition to teens in the context of research that examines associations between brain systems...
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- Round Table / Q & A
- 10:15 AM - 10:30 AM | 15 minutes
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- Student poster presentations
- 10:45 AM - 11:15 AM | 30 minutes
- The following posters will be presented:10:45am-10:50amThe Belief in Health Benefits of Digital Play Modulates Physiologic...
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- Sexual dimorphism in clock gene function in the striatum
- 1:00 PM - 1:15 PM | 15 minutes
- Circadian clock genes are widely expressed in mammalian brain. Despite considerable knowledge about the role of these genes in the generation of...
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- Circadian Rhythms and Sleep: Implications for Neurologic and Metabolic Health
- 1:15 PM - 2:00 PM | 45 minutes
- Sleep and circadian disturbances are common and represent risk factors for the development of some of the most prevalent and challenging chronic...
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- Multimodal assessment of sleep state misperception in insomnia disorder
- 2:00 PM - 2:15 PM | 15 minutes
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2:15 PM
- Round Table / Q & A
- 2:15 PM - 2:30 PM | 15 minutes
2:45 PM
2:45 PM
- Student poster presentations
- 2:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 30 minutes
- The following posters will be presented:2:45pm-2:50pmLoneliness and sleep quality during the COVID-19 pandemic: A longitud...
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9:00 AM
- Quantifying connectivity: Applications across the lifespan
- 9:00 AM - 9:15 AM | 15 minutes
- Regional brain function is determined by its local structure and connectivity. I will present work from our lab that strives to quantify connect...
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- Age Differences in Motor and 'Non-Motor' Brain Regions Correlate with Motor Function
- 9:15 AM - 10:00 AM | 45 minutes
- With aging, there are declines in sensorimotor functions such as fine motor control, gait and balance. Moreover, the largest age differences in ...
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10:15 AM
- Round Table / Q & A
- 10:15 AM - 10:30 AM | 15 minutes
10:45 AM
10:45 AM
- Student poster presentations
- 10:45 AM - 11:15 AM | 30 minutes
- The following posters will be presented:10:45am-10:50amMeasurement of Centre of Pressure using the Wii Balance Board in Older Adu...
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1:00 PM
- Targeted executive function training to improve mobility and cognition in older adults
- 1:00 PM - 1:15 PM | 15 minutes
- Safe mobility is vital to the functional independence of older adults. Executive functions such as working memory updating and dividing attention p...
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- Beyond the medicine cabinet: Non-pharmacological approaches to treat cognitive-motor disorders
- 1:15 PM - 2:00 PM | 45 minutes
- Disorders of gait and cognition are central to many age related conditions and diseases. While there are medications available to treat some of ...
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2:00 PM
- Round Table / Q & A
- 2:00 PM - 2:15 PM | 15 minutes
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- Presentation of awards
- 2:15 PM - 2:30 PM | 15 minutes
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2:30 PM
- Closing Remarks
- 2:30 PM - 2:45 PM | 15 minutes
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9:00 AM
- Rock your talk
- 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM | 2 hours
- An innovative workshop aimed to help attendees develop effective presentation skills. Colleen brings a unique actor’s perspective to communicati...
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- PERFORM multidisciplinary research
- 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 2 hours
- Join us to learn about the multidisciplinary research taking place at the PERFORM Centre from Concordia’s top scientists. The student scientific...
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