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CCDPM Visiting Scholar: Dr. James Bilzon
July 10 at 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
The Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Management is pleased to host Visiting Scholar Dr. James Bilzon, Director, Centre for Clinical Rehabilitation and Exercise Medicine (CREM), Department for Health, University of Bath UK. On July 10th, Dr. Bilzon will present Is upper body exercise training sufficient to protect against cardiometabolic diseases following spinal cord injury? to the UBC Okanagan community.
A reception in the RHS foyer will follow the presentation. RSVP is required. Please register by July 2nd.
For more info or questions, contact Aleksandra Jevdjevic at aleks.jevdjevic@ubc.ca.
Biography
Professor James L J Bilzon BSc MSc PhD
Department for Health, University of Bath UK
Director, Centre for Clinical Rehabilitation and Exercise Medicine (CREM)
James joined the University of Bath in 2008 following a 13-year career as a human scientist in various Ministry of Defence (MoD) departments, including the Institute of Naval Medicine (INM, 1995-2002) and the Headquarters Army Recruiting & Training Division (ARTD, 2002-2008). For the last four years of his MoD career, he was the Senior Scientific Advisor to the ARTD, coordinating a large research programme, producing evidence-based policy and guidance related to injury prevention and exercise rehabilitation across MoD.
He was promoted to full Professor of Human and Applied Physiology in 2016, while completing a 6-year term as Chair of the Department for Health. He has secured >£10 million in research grant funding and published over 140 peer-reviewed journal articles, primarily in the area of injury prevention and exercise rehabilitation. His current research is primarily focused on ‘exercise medicine’ for: 1) exercise rehabilitation following traumatic injury; 2) exercise for the prevention of chronic disabling conditions and; 3) the efficacy of healthcare and assistive technologies in rehabilitation.
He has a specific interest in the biological determinants of cardiometabolic diseases following spinal cord injury and the role of diet and exercise in the prevention and management of these conditions. In 2018 he took a 6-month sabbatical to work with Professor Mark Nash at the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis. He is now Director of the Bath Centre for Clinical Rehabilitation and Exercise Medicine (CREM).
