Meet
the team

Dr. Jane Thornton

Director

Dr. Thornton is a Clinician Scientist and Canada Research Chair specializing in long-term athlete health, female athlete health, and physical activity in the prevention and treatment of chronic disease. She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine, with cross appointments in the Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics and School of Kinesiology.

Dr. Thornton completed her medical training at the University of Toronto and her family and sports medicine training at Western. She has completed additional training in Switzerland in preventive medicine with elective sports medicine training in seven different countries. She has treated athletes and active individuals of all ages and abilities.

She is a Member of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Academy of Sport and Exercise Medicine (CASEM) and Editor of the British Journal of Sports Medicine (BJSM). Dr. Thornton represented Canada for over a decade in the sport of elite rowing, becoming both a World Champion (2006) and Olympian (2008), and has been recognized with the 2015 AthletesCan Social Responsibility Award for her contribution to society by sport/volunteer initiatives. Outside of research, Dr. Thornton enjoys learning languages, rowing, running, cross-country skiing, and drawing with her kids.

Stacey Wanlin

Research Manager

Stacey Wanlin joined the Fowler Kennedy Sport Medicine Clinic family in January 2016 as the Research Manager. She relies on her team of experts to develop research questions, methods and analyses as she is not a scientist but loves to formulate the idea into practice. Stacey works with world-renowned faculty, collaborators and industry partners both nationally and internationally by taking the clinical protocol and obtaining ethics approval, facilitate contract negotiations, coordinate training for multi-centre led studies and support staff with day to day logistics of running the study. During the weekend, Stacey enjoys spending time with her husband and 2 children, golf, hot yoga and pool time.

Ashley Ambrose

Research COORDINATOR

Ashley joined the Fowler Kennedy Sport Medicine Research Team in November 2017. Ashley completed her Bachelor of Health Science degree in 2014 and her Master of Science degree in 2017 at Western University. Sports are a huge part of Ashley’s life. She loves combining this passion with her work in the Return to Health and Performance Lab. Ashley works to ensure all study logistics are well organized in order to run as smooth as possible. Outside of the office, Ashley enjoys volleyball, ringette, running and hiking with her husband, daughter and golden retriever.

Susie Correa

Research Assistant

Susie is joining the Return to Health and Performance Lab as a Research Assistant. She recently completed her Masters in Neuroscience and a Bachelors in Health Sciences at Western University. Susie is deeply intrigued in research that focuses on human health, physical rehabilitation, and methods for research translation. She is also passionate about contributing to the field of sports medicine and translating scientific findings into tangible benefits for athletes and individuals seeking physical wellness. Outside of the lab she loves to play sports such as skiing and snowboarding during winter and wakeboarding and mountain biking during the summer.

TEam members

Annie Boyd

Medical Student

Annie is starting her second year of medical school at the Schulich School of Medicine-Windsor campus. She completed both her BSc Hon. and MSc in Neuroscience at the University of Alberta where her thesis focused on physician knowledge and patterns of practice regarding sport-related concussion. Her current research interests include identifying injury risk factors for female athletes and reducing barriers to accessing sports medicine care. When she’s not studying, Annie enjoys dancing, going to the gym, and singing karaoke with her friends.

Emma McGinnis

Medical Student

Emma is currently a first-year medical student at Schulich School of Medicine, at the Windsor Campus. She did her undergraduate degree at Trent University in biomedical sciences, where she wrote her thesis on physical activity and mental health status of university students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Currently, her main research interest is to assess and improve physicians’ knowledge/treatment of relative energy deficiency in sport (RED-S) and hypothalamic amenorrhea. In her spare time, Emma enjoys running, swimming, weight lifting, volleyball and reading.

Emma Wardhaugh

Medical student

Emma is a second-year medical student at the Schulich School of Medicine at the London campus who is very excited to be part of the R2HP lab! She did her undergrad at Western in Health Studies, where she contributed to research on exercise in pregnancy and the effect of physical activity on the brain. Her research interests include female athlete health, hormone health, and exercise prescription in medicine. Currently, her research looks at assessing family physicians’ knowledge and treatment of Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S) and hypothalamic amenorrhea. In her spare time, Emma enjoys weightlifting, cooking, and hiking.” living! Heidi enjoys running, cross-country skiing, hiking, and road biking.

Jenna Schulz

Post-doctoral Research Fellow

Jenna is a graduate of the MPT/PhD program at Western (2022) and former member of the Varsity Cross-Country and Track & Field Teams. She is currently a combined Post-Doctoral Research Fellow and Sport Physiotherapy Fellow at Fowler-Kennedy Sport Medicine Clinic. Her doctoral research focused on inflammation in knee osteoarthritis, and she has expanded her interests into the Women’s Health/Female Athlete realm. Jenna’s physio practice encompasses the areas of sport, orthopaedics and women’s health. Outside the lab, Jenna enjoys running (especially with the other R2HP members), playing sports, travelling, baking and Trivia Thursday’s at Storm Stayed.

Olivia Gosh-Swaby

phd student

Olivia Ghosh-Swaby is a 2021 Vanier Canada Graduate Scholar and currently completing her Ph.D. in Neuroscience at the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry (SSMD). Her research interests include the impact of diet and metabolism on memory in obesity and whether exercise and anti-diabetic therapies can boost neural stem cell growth and improve cognition in diabetes. Outside of academia, she is an athlete on the WesternU Women’s Football Team as well as manages and operates the Ontario Women’s Intercollegiate Football Association.

Richard Magony

PhD student

Richard earned his B.Sc. (2018) and M.Sc. (2020) at the University of Toronto. His master’s thesis research investigated using stem cells to heal large, infected fractures in animals. He is interested in sports medicine. He is exploring physical activity and sport engagement for patients with knee osteoarthritis or at risk of post-traumatic knee osteoarthritis. He is a competitive endurance athlete and has travelled internationally to race with Triathlon Canada. He also enjoys rowing, hockey, skiing, rollerblading, and kayaking at his cottage.