UBC experts available on 2018 Winter Olympics
UBC researchers are available to comment on the 2018 Winter Olympics, which will take place in PyeongChang, South Korea, from Feb. 9 to 25.
Business and law
James Brander
UBC Sauder School of Business
Tel: 604.808.7021
Email: brander@sauder.ubc.ca
- Economics of sport, ice hockey
Joe Weiler
Peter A. Allard School of Law
Tel: 604.822.4246
Email: weiler@allard.ubc.ca
- Sports law, anti-corruption efforts and the law
- Cyberspace law
- Law and the Olympic Games
Korea and international relations
Donald Baker
Department of Asian Studies
Email: don.baker@ubc.ca
- South Korea, North Korea, inter-Korean relations, and Gangwon Province (the site of the Winter Olympics)
Julian Dierkes
Institute of Asian Research
Email: julian.dierkes@ubc.ca
- Olympic volunteering
- Sports diplomacy, especially in East Asia, Japan and Mongolia
Sports medicine and exercise
Adam Lund
Department of Emergency Medicine
Email: adam.lund@ubc.ca
- Medical and paramedic services at special events and mass gatherings
- Sports, marathon, and triathlon medicine
Kathleen Martin Ginis
School of Health and Exercise Sciences
Email: kathleen_martin.ginis@ubc.ca
- Mental preparation for Paralympic athletes
- Benefits of sport for people with disabilities
- Exercise for people with spinal cord injuries
Robert McCormack
Division of Sports Medicine
Tel: 604.526.7885
Email: drbobmccormack@me.com
- Chief Medical Officer of the Canadian Olympic Team
- Medical issues related to Canadian athletes
- Anti-doping
- Knee and shoulder injuries
- Sport medicine, cartilage repair and transplantation
Kevin Reilly
Pathonix Innovation Inc. (UBC startup)
Cell: 604.313.9149
Email: kevin.t.reilly@gmail.com
- Co-developed wearable sensors and software that can help coaches track and optimize performance of elite sports teams
Jack Taunton
Division of Sports Medicine
Cell: 604.454.7694
Email: jack.taunton@ubc.ca
- Sports medicine and athlete health
- Doping and doping education for athletes
