Cheri McGowan

isometric handgrip exercisesA group of participants in Uganda use isometric handgrip exercises as part of a health intervention study aimed at treating high blood pressure. Photo by Eli Reichman.

Researchers coming to grips with cardio workout

Isometric handgrip training is a form of resistance training that involves squeezing a handgrip interspersed with short periods of rest.
woman secures blood pressure cuff to student armKinesiology professor Adriana Duquette (right) demonstrates the use of a sphygmomanometer on Vincent Massey Secondary School student Nour Boussi during the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry Discovery Healthcare camp.

Aspiring physicians visit Faculty of Human Kinetics as part of summer camp

High school students aspiring to become physicians toured the Faculty of Human Kinetics last week.
Cheri McGowan, Kevin MilneUWindsor researchers Cheri McGowan and Kevin Milne are part of an international consortium studying how to get more cardiac patients participating in rehabilitation programs.

UWindsor researchers aim to improve lives of cardiac patients

UWindsor researchers are part of an international consortium studying how to get more cardiac patients participating in rehabilitation programs.

The University of Windsor's Subba Rao Chaganti, Charu Chandrasekera, Cheri McGowan and Kevin Milne attend the Royal Canadian Institute for Science's 2018 Science Exchange Dinner on May 8, 2018.The University of Windsor's Subba Rao Chaganti, Charu Chandrasekera, Cheri McGowan and Kevin Milne attend the Royal Canadian Institute for Science's 2018 Science Exchange Dinner on May 8, 2018.

UWindsor researchers eat, drink and talk science

A pair of University of Windsor professors had the opportunity to eat, drink and chat about their research with The Royal Canadian Institute for Science.

Charu Chandrasekera from the University’s Canadian Centre for Alternatives to Animal Methods and Cheri McGowan, from the Faculty of Human Kinetics, represented the University of Windsor as table hosts at the 2018 Science Exchange Dinner in Toronto last week.

“It was a career highlight for me to be there,” Dr. McGowan said following the event.