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maria Gallo
Background |
1996-2000 |
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B.Sc. Honours in BioMedical Sciences, University of Guelph. |
2001-2007 |
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Ph.D. (Muscle/Exercise Biochemistry), Physical Education and Recreation, University of Alberta (transfer from M.Sc., 2002). |
2008-Present |
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Post-Doctoral Fellow (Blood Doping), School of Human Kinetics, University of British Columbia. |
Teaching Experience
Principal Instructor: Physical Activity Course – Rugby (2001), Human Gross Anatomy (2007)
Teaching Assistant: Exercise Physiology (2002, 2002), Structural Anatomy (2004), Human Gross Anatomy (2004, 2005)
Guest Lecturer: Selected Topics in Advance Exercise Physiology (2006)
Specialization
Adaptive responses to endurance training and creatine feeding (Phd Dissertation)
publications
Maria Gallo, Tessa Gordon, Neil Tyreman, Yang Shu and Charles T. Putman. Reliability of Isolated Isometric Function Measures in Rat Muscles Composed of Different Fibre Types. Experimental Physiology. 89(5): 583-592, 2004.
Maria Gallo, Tessa Gordon, Daniel Syrotuik, Yang Shu, Neil Tyreman, Ian Maclean, Zoltan Kenwell and Charles T. Putman. Effects of long-term creatine feeding and running on isometric functional measures and myosin heavy chain content of rat skeletal muscles. Pflügers Archiv: European Journal of Physiology. 452(6):744-55, 2006.
Charles T. Putman, Karen Martin, Maria Gallo, Gary Lopaschuk, Jean Pearcey, Ian MacLean, Ryan Saranchuk and Dirk Pette. α-catalytic subunits of 5’AMP-activated protein kinase display fibre specific expression and are up-regulated by chronic-low frequency stimulation in rat muscle. American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology 293(3): R1325-1334, 2007.
Maria Gallo, Ian MacLean, Neil Tyreman, Karen J.B. Martins, Daniel Syrotuik, Tessa Gordon and Charles T. Putman. Adaptive responses to creatine loading and exercise in fast-twitch rat skeletal muscle. American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 294(4): R1319-28, 2008.
Karen J.B. Martins, Gordon K. Murdoch, Yang Shu, Luke Harris, Maria Gallo, Walter T. Dixon, George R. Foxcroft, Tessa Gordon and Charles T. Putman. Satellite cell sterilization attenuates short-term fast-to-slo fibre type transformations in rat fast-twitch skeletal muscle. Pflugers Arch (Jan 8 2009. Epub ahead of print PMID 19130076).
Maria Gallo, Karen J.B. Martins, Yang Shu, Neil Tyreman, Gordon Murdoch, Walter Dixon, Tessa Gordon, Daniel Syrotuik and Charles T. Putman. Creatine loading attenuates chronic low frequency stimulation induced fiber type transitions in rat skeletal muscle. American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology (February 2009).
Other Activities
University of Alberta Teaching Program Certificate (2006)
Member of the Women’s Senior National 7s Rugby Team (1999-Present: Captain)
Member of the Women’s Senior National 15s Rugby Team (2008-Present: Captain)
Athlete Council Member (Rugby Canada, 2008-Present)
Assistant Coach – University of British Columbia Women’s Varsity Rugby Team
Member of the Women’s National Bobsleigh Team (2003-2004)
Fellowships and Awards
Academic
Isaak Walton Killam Memorial Scholarship
Andrew Stewart Memorial Graduate Prize
Royal Bank of Canada Award
Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada PGS M/D
Walter H. Johns Graduate Fellowship Art Quinney Scholarship
Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology Graduate Award Finalist
Last reviewed
02-Jul-2009
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