Saied Jalal Aboodarda
Positions
Associate Professor
Faculty of Kinesiology
Contact information
Phone number
Office: 4032203649
Location
Office: KNB420
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Background
Educational Background
Postdoctoral Fellowship University of Calgary, 2019
Postdoctoral Fellowship Memorial University , 2015
PhD Exercise physiology, University of Malaya, Malaysia, 2012
Biography
Dr. Aboodarda joined the Faculty of Kinesiology in 2015 as a Postdoctoral Fellow under the supervision of Dr. Guillaume Millet and he became an assistant professor with the faculty on July 1, 2019.
Research
Areas of Research
Dr. Jalal Aboodarda earned his PhD in 2012 from the University of Malaya, Malaysia, where he investigated neuromuscular, hormonal, and morphological responses to variable external resistance training. Following his doctoral studies, he pursued postdoctoral research in neurophysiology at Memorial University of Newfoundland, funded by MITACS. During his three-year tenure (until 2015) in the School of Human Kinetics and Recreation, he developed significant expertise in neuromuscular fatigue and human performance research. Subsequently, Dr. Aboodarda completed a three-year postdoctoral fellowship (until 2018) under the supervision of Prof. Guillaume Millet in the Faculty of Kinesiology at the University of Calgary, supported by the Eyes High Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. His research during this period focused on elucidating the mechanisms of acute and chronic fatigue in individuals with multiple sclerosis, as well as in healthy young and older adults.
In 2020, Dr. Aboodarda joined the University of Calgary as an assistant professor. Since then, his research has focused on acute and chronic neuromuscular, perceptual and cardiorespiratory responses determining exercise tolerance in healthy individuals and people with neurodegenerative diseases. He uses neurophysiological techniques such as magnetic and electrical stimulation of the corticospinal-peripheral pathway and electroencephalography to explore the effect of pain and fatigue stimuli on central and peripheral systems regulating exercise performance.
Participation in university strategic initiatives
Courses
| Course number | Course title | Semester |
|---|---|---|
| KNES 373 LEC 01 01 | Exercise Physiology | Since 2020 |
| KNES 475 LEC 01 01 | Physiology of Athletic Performance | Since 2024 |
| KNES 203 | Activity: Health, Fitness, and Performance | Since 2022 |
Awards
- The Students' Union’s annual Teaching Excellence Awards., 2023
- The Students' Union’s annual Teaching Excellence Awards., 2024
Publications
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