UBC experts on the Paris 2024 Olympic Games
The 2024 Summer Olympic Games will take place in Paris, France from July 26 to Aug. 11. UBC experts are available to comment.
Sport and exercise psychology
Dr. Mark Beauchamp
Professor, School of Kinesiology
Email: mark.beauchamp@ubc.ca
Interview languages: English
Expertise:
- Sport and exercise psychology
- Group/team dynamics and leadership
- Role perceptions and coach-athlete relationships
Dr. Andrea Bundon (she/her)
Associate Professor, School of Kinesiology
Email: andrea.bundon@ubc.ca
Interview languages: English
Expertise:
- Gender and sport
- Disability and sport
- Sport events
* Eight hours ahead of Vancouver until Aug. 4
Dr. Guy Faulkner
Professor, School of Kinesiology
Phone: 416-433-4674
Email: guy.faulkner@ubc.ca
Interview languages: English
Expertise:
- The impacts of the Olympics on physical activity in the host country and elsewhere
Sport and exercise medicine
Dr. Peter Cripton (he/him)
Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering
Phone: 604-822-6629
Email: peter.cripton@ubc.ca
Interview languages: English
Expertise:
- Head and brain injury prevention; helmets
- Hip, skull, bone fracture
- Spinal cord injury in cycling and diving
- Previously led an analysis of injuries at the Whistler Sliding Centre
* Eight hours ahead of Vancouver
Dr. Calvin Kuo (he/him)
Assistant Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering
Email: calvin.kuo@ubc.ca
Interview languages: English
Expertise:
- Wearable and remote monitoring technologies
- Concussions and brain injury biomechanics
- Lower limb injuries including ACL tears and ligament sprains
* Limited availability July 29–Aug. 1
Dr. Babak Shadgan
Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedics
Phone: 604-603-6664
Email: babak.shadgan@ubc.ca
Interview languages: English
Expertise:
- General sports injuries
- Wrestling injuries
- Injury prevention
- Medical Director of wrestling competitions at the Paris 2024 Olympics
* Available until Aug. 1
Dr. Jackie Whittaker (she/her)
Professor, Department of Physical Therapy
Email: jackie.whittaker@ubc.ca
Interview languages: English
Expertise:
- Rehabilitation, physical therapy and sport injury prevention
- ACL tears, knee injuries
- Soccer, basketball
- Female sport and female health
- Gendered environments in sport
- Contraceptive and menstrual cycle effects on performance and injury
Dr. Lyndia Wu (she/her)
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Email: lwu@mech.ubc.ca
Interview languages: English
Expertise:
- Sports concussions
- Wearable sensors
* Unavailable week of July 29
Economics
Tsur Somerville
Associate Professor, Strategy and Business Economics Division
Phone: 604-329-4585
Email: tsur.somerville@sauder.ubc.ca
Interview languages: English
Expertise:
- Economic impact of the Olympic Games
* Eight hours ahead of Vancouver until July 29
Sustainability
Dr. Hamish van der Ven (he/him)
Assistant Professor, Department of Wood Science
Email: hamish.vanderven@ubc.ca
Interview languages: English
Expertise:
- Eco-labels, sustainability standards, certifications
- Corporate social responsibility
- Corporate sponsorships and “greenwashing”
- Global environmental politics
* Unavailable July 20–31
France and French culture
Dr. Farid Laroussi
Professor of French, Department of French, Hispanic and Italian Studies
Email: farid.laroussi@ubc.ca
Interview languages: French, English
Expertise:
- Contemporary French society, culture, politics
- The place of sports in connection to collective identity
Dr. Caroline Lebrec
Assistant Professor of Teaching, Department of French, Hispanic and Italian Studies
Email: caroline.lebrec@ubc.ca
Interview languages: French, English
Expertise:
- French culture and experience living in France
- Previously competed in track and field
