Portrait of Jem Arnold

Jem Arnold

PhD candidate · Physiotherapist · Sport & Data Scientist

I am a PhD candidate in Kinesiology at the University of British Columbia, a registered physiotherapist, and a sport & data scientist based in Vancouver, Canada.

Clinically, I work with endurance athletes with a sport related vascular condition: flow limitations in the iliac arteries (FLIA). My clinical research focuses on screening, monitoring, management, and return-to-sport for athletes with this condition.

My PhD dissertation included extensive work with muscle near-infrared spectroscopy (mNIRS) to evaluate muscle oxygenation kinetics. I develop the {mnirs} open-source R package for reading, processing, and analysing mNIRS data.

I consult with university lab groups, clinicians, and endurance coaches on experimental methodology, exercise & performance testing, data processing architecture, and stats analysis related to sport & exercise physiology research. I provide education and consulting for clinicians and patients on endurance sport-related vascular conditions.