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Prof Verhagen is a senior researcher at the Department of Public and Occupational Health of the VU University Medical Center and the EMGO Institute in Amsterdam. He specializes in Prevention of sports and physcial activity related injuries (including cost-effectiveness and implementation issues) and physical activity promotion integrated in everyday life.
Cheetahs are fast, but springbok are faster over the long haul. Why? What causes muscle fatigue in the hunter,
while the hunted keeps going? And how can high-performance athletes benefit from the research?
The Inaugural Department of Human Biology Learnership Program was hosted by the Division of Exercise Science and Sports Medicine on the 7th October 2015. 60 learners from Belgravia High, Curro Schools and other learners from the 2015 Sports Science Institute Careers Program participated in this full day program.
Dr James Brown successfully defended his PhD thesis at Vrije University Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Supported through the Desmond Tutu Programme of the Vrije University Amsterdam and the South African National Research Foundation, James now holds the PhD degree from the University of Cape Town and the Vrije University Amsterdam.