Assist. prof. Shawnda Morrison, Ph.D.
E-mail: shawnda.morrison@fsp.uni-lj.si
Phone: 01-520-77-28
COBISS: Cobiss
SICRIS: Sicris
Room: 31006
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Description
Dr. Shawnda Morrison (PhD, CSEP-CEP) is a clinical exercise physiologist specialising in extreme environments. Her research interests include thermoregulation, countermeasures to exertional heat strain, sleep, and paediatric exercise science. She received her undergraduate and Master’s training at the University of New Brunswick, Canada, before completing a PhD from the University of Otago, New Zealand, and a Postdoctoral Fellowship from the Canadian Space Agency at the University of Waterloo where she led a series of bedrest studies on location in Toulouse, France. Later, with the European Space Agency and Jozef Stefan Institute, Slovenia, Dr. Morrison investigated the deleterious effects of physical inactivity and confinement during hypoxic bedrest. Aside from her ongoing, collaborative efforts with the SLOfit team, University of Ljubljana, she recently completed a two-year research stay at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore as Technical Lead for the project ‘Cooling Singapore 2.0’, an interdisciplinary initiative investigating how physical activity in hot, humid conditions impacts vulnerable populations like young children and older adults.
Dr. Morrison is Principal Investigator or member representative for the Republic of Slovenia on several international initiatives aimed to get kids moving, including: WHO-HEPA Europe, WHO-WMO Global Heath Health Information Network, Outdoor Play Canada, the FitBack Network, SLOfit, and the Global Youth Fitness Consortium. She is Founder of Active Healthy Kids Slovenia, and Executive Board member of the Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance, a non-profit organisation comprising over 900+ child physical activity experts worldwide, who are working to achieve its vision of a world of active, healthy kids.
ACADEMIC LINKS
PubMed | Google Scholar | Research Gate | LinkedIn | LOOP
SUBJECTS
Expert Guest Lecturer:
- Napredna okoljska športna fiziologija/ Advanced environmental exercise physiology - Doctoral study 3rd level – Kinesiology
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