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Catherine Amara

Associate Professor, Teaching Stream

Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education

  • Associate Professor, Teaching Stream
    Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education
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BIO

Dr. Catherine Amara is an Associate Dean, Undergraduate Education and Associate Professor, Teaching Stream at the University of Toronto's Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education. She graduated from York University with a BSc and Queen's University with an MSc prior to completing her PhD at Western University.

Dr. Amara's research focuses on exercise physiology in addition to muscle health and functional capacity in people experiencing ageing or food restriction/anorexia. Her research also investigates mitochondrial function, cardiorespiratory physiology, and DXA-derived bone mineral density and soft tissue composition in humans and small animals.

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Associate Dean, Undergraduate Education
    University of Toronto, Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education, Toronto, Canada1 Jul 2023 - present
  • Associate Professor, Teaching Stream
    University of Toronto, Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education, Toronto, Canada1 Jan 2016 - present

DEGREES

  • PhD
    Western University, London, Canada
  • MSc
    Queen's University, Kingston, Canada
  • BSc
    York University, Toronto, Canada

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

  • Postdoctoral Fellow
    University of Washington, Seattle, United States
    Postdoctoral Fellowship

INSTITUTIONAL STRATEGIC INITIATIVES

  • Black Research Network (BRN)

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