University of Lethbridge

Office Hours

By appointment 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM

Biography

I am an Assistant Professor with the Department of Kinesiology since July 2006. I have a M.Sc. (1st class, Human Movement Sciences) from the Université de la Méditerranée (Marseille, France), and I graduated in 2004 with a Ph.D. in Exercise Physiology from the Université du Sud Toulon-Var (Toulon, France). In 2005-2006, I was a Post-doctoral Research Associate at the University of Western Australia (Perth, Australia).

Selected Publications

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In The Media

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Research Interests

My research group (the Integrative Physiology Unit) is devoted to examining exercise tolerance and pacing strategies in humans. I focus on understanding the physiological responses to, and causes of, muscle fatigue in varied, high-intensity exercise conditions. Current projects involve the exploration of how brain blood flow and oxygenation influence performance.
It is also well known that human skeletal muscle fatigue is influenced by the sex of the individual. The second major objective of my research unit is to investigate women at exercise from a global, physiological approach, and then promote sex equity in the Canadian sport and wellness community.

Current Research and Creative Activity

Title	Location	Grant Information	Principal Investigator	Co Researchers
Does muscle coordination cause fatigue during repeated Wingate tests	Newfoundland	Memorial University of Newfoundland, $10,000, 2007.	Dr Basset, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Skeletal muscle fatigue revisited in males and females	Lethbridge	University of Lethbridge – Sport Science Association of Alberta, $9,000, 2007-08.	Dr. Billaut, University of Lethbridge	Dr. Billaut, University of Lethbridge
Women and exercise: infrastructure for understanding a complex integrative physiology	Lethbridge	Canada Foundation for Innovation, $160,000, 2008-09.	Dr. Billaut, University of Lethbridge

Previous Research

Title	Grant Agency	Completion Date
Effects of fatigue on muscle coordination in cycling sprints.	Ministère Français de la Recherche	2005
Effects of short-term normobaric hypoxia on anaerobic and aerobic performance in highly trained athletes.	National Sports Centre of Montreal	2005-06
Effects of time-of-day on repeated-sprint ability.	Ministère Français de la Recherche	2004
Effects of sex on repeated-sprint ability.	Ministère Français de la Recherche	2004
Concurrent vs. non-concurrent training for the development of both strength and endurance qualities in team-sport athletes.		2007

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