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Meegan Walker
BHK British Columbia, MSc Calgary
Position: Associate Lecturer, Exercise Science - Clinical (Currently on maternity leave)
Office: T1.04
Tel: +61 7 5459 4615
Fax: +61 7 5459 4650
Email: mwalker@usc.edu.au
Teaching Areas
- Athlete testing
- Chronic disease management
- Exercise prescription
- Applied skills and clinical practice
Research Areas
- cardiovascular adaptations to high volume training, high intensity training, and taper periods
- peripheral and biochemical adaptations to high intensity training
- strategies to enhance cycling performance
Profile
Meegan Walker is the Exercise Science Clinical Coordinator. Her role involves coordinating and supervising professional placements for students in clinical exercise science programs. She contributes to both teaching and research in the School of Health and Sport Sciences.
Prior to her Associate Lecturing position, Meegan was the Laboratory Coordinator for Sport and Exercise Science, overseeing teaching laboratories, research activities, and laboratory standards. Through her work in quality assurance, Meegan developed ties to both the National Sport Science Quality Assurance program and the athlete testing programs at the Australian Institute of Sport.
Meegan came to USC from the University of Calgary, where her research included testing and training athletes from the Canadian National Sports Centre.
Publications
Many of Meegan's publications are available from the Coast Research Database under the two following links.