2011 NSERC grants and projects in Applied Health Sciences

Discovery Grants

• Allan Adkin, Kinesiology, $24,000 for a one-year project “Regulation of human balance control”
• Sandra Peters, Kinesiology, $120,000 for a five-year project “Regulation of fuel utilization in mammalian skeletal muscle: effect of diet and exercise”

Research Tools and Instruments

• Paul Leblanc, principal applicant, Community Health Sciences, Brian Roy and Rene Vandenboom, Kinesiology, $36,170 for a phase imaging upgrade for inverted Olympus confocal microscope

2011 NSERC Graduate student awards at Brock University

Postgraduate scholarships

• Rebecca MacPherson, Kinesiology

Canada Graduate Scholarships

• Carly Barron, Applied Health Sciences
• Tyler Weaver, Applied Heath Sciences