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Katherine E. Iscoe B.A., M.Sc., CEP, Ph.D. Candidate
Certified with the Canadian Society of Exercise Physiology, Ms. Iscoe has completed over 200 hours of clinical and laboratory metabolic testing and has worked with top-class athletes including the National Hockey League (NHL), the Canadian men's volleyball team and the Canadian women's hockey team. Her interest in exercise stems from her own drive to lead a healthy and active lifestyle. She is currently raising funds to run a marathon for the Canadian Diabetes Association with Team Diabetes and volunteers for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Katherine was fortunate to lead the exercise physiology team for the first ever diabetes sports camp for adults, created by Dr. Corcoran, in the summer of 2006 and 2007 in the United States. The camp, with similar to the goals of Diabetes Fits, provided a holistic approach to improve diabetes control, especially during exercise. Katherine has used these skills to create Diabetes Fits where she will give talks on exercise physiology and diabetes as well as discuss current management techniques for different forms of exercise and sports. She hopes that Diabetes Fits will help all individuals with diabetes exercise more confidently and safely, regardless of their level of fitness or age. Vanessa Bussau BSc (Hons), MAAESS, AEP, PhD Candidate Vanessa is completing her PhD at The University of Western Australia on type 1 diabetes and exercise and has previously worked as a Research Associate in Dr Paul Fournier's research team. Vanessa is also a lecturer at Murdoch University in the School of Chiropractic and Sports Science. Vanessa is very excited to be involved in the Diabetes Fits camp as it is a great opportunity to encourage people with type 1 diabetes to be more active and to learn how to exercise safely. Vanessa is passionate about promoting health and fitness and has worked in numerous roles in corporate health and wellness, together with establishing her own exercise physiology private practice where she aims to educate and motivate clients of all backgrounds to achieve their health and fitness goals. When Vanessa started with the diabetes research team in 2002, she couldn't believe how little information was available about exercise for individuals with type 1 diabetes. Although there is still a lot more research to be done in the future, Vanessa has enjoyed watching knowledge and information in the field grow. This has included the team's research on type 1 diabetes and exercise that has been published in leading international Diabetes journals. Vanessa's research in particular looks at short sprints - an area of research that had never been explored before. Vanessa looks forward to sharing and discussing this information with camp participants. More importantly, she can't wait to learn more from individuals with type 1 diabetes and to hear about their experiences. Jay-Lee Longbottom
Jay-Lee represented Western Australia as a member of the State Junior and Women's Golf Team between 1999 - 2001. In 2002, she moved to the United States to play for the Women's Golf Team at Washington State University and captained the team from 2003 to the end of her college career. She was selected by the National Golf Coaches Association as one of the top 50 scholar athletes and made the academic All-American team. During her time at the University, Jay-Lee was an academic counselor to incoming student athletes and had the opportunity to work with renowned sport psychologists in performance enhancement training. At California State University, Jay-Lee gained practical experience in sports psychology training, working behind the scenes in collegiate athletics. She assisted in the development and enhancement of mental skills training in athletes from a variety of sports including track and field, baseball and gymnastics. Jay-Lee's Mental Game Tips for Success
Josh Jury
Josh completed his university training at the School of Human Movement and Sports Science, University of Western Australia (UWA) and worked in the rehabilitation field in Brisbane for two years before returning to Western Australia to complete a Physiotherapy degree at Curtin University. He currently works in a private practice in North Perth that specialises in Sporting and other Musculoskeletal injuries. Josh has recently begun study once again - this time furthering his physiotherapy learning via a Masters of Manual Therapy at the (UWA). Josh will help coach the swimming, cycling and running sessions as well as answering any questions about sports- or activity-related injuries through the Diabetes Fits weekend. Wayne Epton
Mark Shah
Julie Hardt
Julie swam competitively for 15 years, including 4 years at the University of Georgia. Her highest achievement as a swimmer came at the 2001 FINA Swimming World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan. She was a member of the 4x200m freestyle relay that won a gold medal, and in the process, she and her teammates set an American Record for that event. While she no longer competes, Julie still spends quality time at the pool as a coach. Over the past 5 years, she has coached swimming to all ages and abilities ranging from 4 years to 80 years, and she is currently coaching for the UWA-Uniswim program. She is very excited to be part of the Diabetes Fits sports camp. Peter Peeling
Nat Benjanuvatra
Nat is a busy man! In his spare time, he is completing his PhD. He is also an active member at his beloved surf life saving club at North Cottesloe. You often see him either patrolling the beach in his red and yellow uniform or helping out with the junior athletes on Sunday morning. Otherwise, you may find him on his surf ski, bike, in the gym or on the running track. Take your pick! Pixie Barrie, Patsy Wyndham & Mary Duck
Patsy, Pixie & Mary are part of the diabetes education team at the Fremantle Hospital Diabetes Unit. They will be volunteers at this weekend and will be available to offer assistance and support. Avril Fahey
Avril's diagnosis with type 1 diabetes mid-season in 2003 made a great impact to her life. In 2005, her and teammate Angele Gray challenged each other to do "something" that would raise awareness of diabetes, promote healthy lifestyles and would push each other to the edge of their own physical abilities. That little 'something' ended up being a 41-day cycling adventure from Perth to Melbourne which helped raise more than $40,000 for a sporting program for children with diabetes. Avril is now excited to be a part of the first ever Australian sports camp for individuals with diabetes. Paul Fournier
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Katherine Iscoe has been actively involved in diabetes research since her undergraduate degree in Kinesiology & Health Sciences at York University, Toronto, Canada. She then completed her Master of Science with Dr. Michael Riddell, a leader in the field of sports science & diabetes, where they examined the impact of exercise on blood glucose control in individuals with type 1 diabetes using continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) technology. These systems provide minute-to-minute glucose values without impinging on the user's behaviour and most importantly, pick up episodes of asymptomatic hypoglycemia. Her current research, with Dr. Paul Fournier at the University of Western Australia, aims to create clinical guidelines for exercise using these devices.
Jay-Lee obtained her Bachelor's of Science degree in Psychology from Washington State University and completed her Master's of Arts degree in Psychology at the California State University, Fullerton. Jay-Lee is currently working on her PhD in Sport and Exercise Psychology at The University of Western Australia (UWA) and works as the Fitness Director for UWA Corporate Fitness.
Josh is a middle distance track and cross country runner, and as a junior raced at state and national level. While he still trains, his focus is on longer events, including such races as the City to Surf, Perth Marathon Relay and the Bridges 10k.
Wayne Epton completed a Bachelor of Science in Nutrition and Food Science with Honours in Dietetics in 2003. Wayne is currently working at Royal Perth Hospital as a Dietitian covering Haematology, Stroke and Neurology specialties. Wayne is a Type 1 Diabetic on insulin pump therapy and is a keen runner. Wayne has completed two marathons and five half marathons in the last two years and aims to complete the Sydney marathon this year and Seoul international marathon next march. Wayne would also like to complete an ironman triathlon in the future.
Mark Shah is a husband and father of two children, aged 5 and 7. Mark works at the Princess Margaret Hospital for Children as a Nurse Practitioner in Diabetes, specialising in the management of childhood type 2 diabetes. His current work role includes diabetes education and previously, insulin pump therapy for type 1 diabetes. Mark is a keen cyclist riding to and from work each day in attempt to reduce his carbon footprint. In addition to his individual training, he rides with a group clocking in an impressive 150-300km per week. Mark has just finished his second Ride to Cure Diabetes which included a hilly 160km ride through the Barossa Valley, SA. He has lived with type 1 diabetes for 18 years and is looking forward to being a part of the Diabetes Fits sports camp.
Julie Hardt is currently a PhD student in the School of Sport Science, Exercise and Health at The University of Western Australia (UWA), where she is studying the prevention and management of injury in competitive swimming. She has a B.S. degree in Psychology and a B.S. degree in Exercise Science, both from the University of Georgia in the United States, and she has a M.Sc. degree in Human Movement from UWA.
Peter has recently submitted his doctoral thesis at the School of Sports Science, Exercise & Health at UWA where he researched iron deficiency in athletes. His work focused on a hormone produced after activity that prevents the absorption of dietary iron. Pete has been involved in endurance sports for 15 years, and has completed challenges including the Rottnest Channel Swim, both as a soloist and a team participant (mixed-teams winner, February 2008). He has also participated in the RAID World Cup (Oregon, USA) which is a long-distance, non-stop race lasting 48 hours and covers distances often in excess of 200km. Pete is excited to be a part of Diabetes Fits and will be helping out during the Sunday mini Tri-a-Tri.
Nat Benjanuvatra is an associate lecturer at the School of Sport Science, Exercise and Health, UWA. While his core teaching and research areas are in biomechanics, motor learning and control, he has a strong interest in the sport of swimming. This interest has led to a number of publications on swimming research in peer review journals. While Nat works as an academic, he is a believer of bridging the gap between research and practice. Nat spearheads the coaching team at Uniswim, a swimming education program operated at the university and serves on the advisory board as tertiary representative for AUSTSWIM (the Australian Council for the Teaching of Swimming and Water Safety). Nat was a guest presenter at last year's King Neptune Aquatic Education Conference.
Avril Fahey grew up in Busselton and moved to Perth to attend university and advance her cricket career. She was selected to play cricket for Australia in 1994 and continued to represent her country until 2001, including a successful World Cup campaign in 1997. She is the current captain of the Western Fury and is looking forward to playing her 100th game for the state this year. She works as an occupational therapist for Silver Chain and is studying for her Masters degree at UWA exploring the effects of exercise on type 1 diabetes.
Dr Paul Fournier is an exercise biochemist and physiologist from the School of Sport Science, Exercise and Health at the University of Western Australia who has directed a number of research programmes in exercise biochemistry, diabetes research, evolutionary biology, and nutrition biochemistry involving over 31 postgraduate students and a number of state, interstate and international collaborators. In particular, his research on diabetes has focused on exercise-induced hypoglycaemia and the use of exercise as a therapeutic tool for the prevention of hypoglycaemia in type 1 diabetes mellitus. Dr Fournier and his collaborators from the Department of Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes at Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Perth, have been very successful in receiving funding from national (National Health Medical Research Council, Australian Research Council) as well as international competitive (International Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation) research funding organisations, totalling in the vicinity of $2,500,000. As a result, he has published extensively in high quality journals, has been an invited speakers at a number of national and international conferences, and his research on diabetes has attracted several PhD, Masters and Honours students. Dr Fournier will be lecturing on the physiology of exercise and diabetes during the Diabetes Fits weekend.