{"id":42,"date":"2021-05-13T07:00:16","date_gmt":"2021-05-13T06:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmjopensem\/?p=42"},"modified":"2021-06-03T09:51:44","modified_gmt":"2021-06-03T08:51:44","slug":"meet-greet-the-team-justin-carrard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmjopensem\/2021\/05\/13\/meet-greet-the-team-justin-carrard\/","title":{"rendered":"MEET & GREET THE TEAM … JUSTIN CARRARD"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am a Swiss medical doctor working in Sport & Exercise Medicine. Currently, I am sharing my working time between two jobs: a postdoc position at the University of Basel, which involves research and teaching, and a clinical position as a 5th<\/sup>year resident physician at Altius Swiss Sportmed Center, a sports medicine and sports orthopaedics facility near Basel. Since 2017, I have also served as a board member of Sport & Exercise Medicine Switzerland (SEMS) and President-Founder of Junior Sport & Exercise Medicine Switzerland (JSEMS). Finally, as an ex-competitive swimmer, I am interested in endurance sports and regularly practice them with passion.<\/p>\n

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What is your main area of research \/ clinical expertise?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

My research interest lies in applying high-throughput metabolomics and lipidomics approaches to Sport & Exercise Medicine research questions. I am mainly interested in the metabolic determinants of healthy and physically active ageing. Finally, I have strong research and clinical interests in overtraining syndrome and related topics (fatigue, functional and non-functional overreaching, RED-S, exercise addiction).<\/p>\n

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What is your motivation to be a member of the BOSEM team?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

I really enjoy exchanging views and sharing experiences with the great and open minds populating the very diverse and international BOSEM team. Also, it is a blessing to work together with Evert Verhagen, whose enthusiasm is contagious!<\/p>\n

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What<\/strong> i<\/strong>s a work-related accomplishment that you\u2019re really proud of?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Together with young and motivated colleagues, we create in 2017 a Junior section within Sport & Exercise Medicine Switzerland to raise SEM’s awareness among medical students and the modern solutions it provides to big public health issues like non-communicable diseases. It has been an amazing journey and a great team\u2019s accomplishment! On a more personal note, I surprised myself as I learnt, during the first lockdown, how to program and run statistics on R! This led to my first paper using a lipidomics approach to unravel age-related differences within the circulating lipidome of healthy humans (https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/2218-1989\/11\/5\/287<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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Who has influenced you most when it comes to how you approach your work?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Back in medical school, I was lucky enough to meet Dr Boris Gojanovic, a brilliant mind who has done a lot for SEM in Switzerland in the last decades. He has served as my mentor and opened the doors to the Swiss SEM! I cannot be grateful enough for his support.<\/p>\n

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What\u2019s your favourite way to unwind after a busy day?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

To swim, bike or run \u2026 before having a tasty meal (perhaps with a glass of wine)!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am a Swiss medical doctor working in Sport & Exercise Medicine. Currently, I am sharing my working time between two jobs: a postdoc position at the University of Basel, which involves research and teaching, and a clinical position as a 5thyear resident physician at Altius Swiss Sportmed Center, a sports medicine and sports orthopaedics […]<\/p>\n

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