Athletics Meets Science

Programa

“Athletics meets Science” will feature a photographic exhibition, documentary screenings and talks covering the following topics:

1) Sensory and biometric Analyses: Study of Jamaican athletes selected for World Championships 2017

Dr. Rachael Irving, PhD, Senior Research Fellow and Author of Jamaica Gold - Jamaican Sprinters

2) Yams: Natural steroids or myths?

Professor Helen Asemota, PhD, Professor of Biochemistry and former Consultant FAO, United Nations

3) Sprint or hypertensive genes: What are the causes of increased blood pressure in people of Afro-Caribbean descent

Dr. Simon Anderson, MRCP, FESC, Specialty Registrar in Cardiology, Manchester Heart Centre, Manchester Royal Infirmary

4) Preventing injuries and maintaining the health of elite athletes

Dr. Warren Blake, MD, Orthopedic Surgeon, Sport Medicine Consultant, President of Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA)

5) Understanding the mind games that influence performance

Nicholas Powell, Performance Psychology Consultant, USA

6) Securing the after competition Sport: Leveraging Law and Legal Arrangement for Economic Stability and Sustainability

Dr. Christopher Malcom, FCIArb, Deputy Dean - External Affairs & Director, Mona Law Institutes Unit Faculty of Law University of the West Indies, Former Attorney General, British Virgin Islands