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Rotary Club of Edmonton
Invites you to attend this presentation - in person or online
Monday May 8th noon
Chateau Lacombe Hotel

Speaker: Professor Mark Haykowsky, Faculty of Nursing, UofA

Topic: Recent research about physical activity, healthy aging and the prevention of heart attacks

Mark Haykowsky, PhD, FACC, FAHA

Mark Haykowsky is a Professor, and Research Chair in Aging and Quality of Life in the Faculty of Nursing, College of Health Sciences, at University of Alberta. His internationally recognized research program examines the biological mechanisms underpinning the decline in cardiovascular health and cardiorespiratory fitness across the healthy aging and heart failure continuum, and the role of lifestyle interventions to improve cardiovascular and skeletal muscle function. A second research area is in the cardiooncology field with specific focus on the role of exercise training to prevent cardiovascular and skeletal muscle deconditioning across the breast cancer survivorship continuum. A final research focus is in Sport Cardiology. Mark has published over 300 peer-reviewed journal articles, reviews, book chapters, and expert opinion papers.

Professor Haykowsky's current course: NURS 311 - Evidence Informed Nursing Practice

The course provides a hands on approach to evidence-informed nursing practice. This includes formulating clinical questions, systematic searching of electronic databases, reading, interpreting and critically appraising health research. Emphasis is on developing thinking and information literacy skills necessary to be an astute research consumer, and using evidence to inform clinical decision making.

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ZOOM ONLINE
For those joining us online, you will need to register in advance and pay the $10 online fee. A Zoom link will be sent by 10 am morning of the meeting. If you missed it please send an e-mail message at 10 am.