About Ira
Doctor of Medical Sciences (clinical physiology), Karolinska Institute, Sweden, 1981
Master of Human Kinetics (exercise physiology), University of Windsor, 1978
Diploma in Physical Education and Teaching Licence (physical education), Wingate Institute, Israel, 1976
Exercise physiology
Human skeletal muscle metabolism
Physiological adaptations to acute short-term, high intensity exercise
Nutritional and/or pharmacological interventions affecting exercise performance
Exercise pharmacology
Physiological responses and adaptations to environmental extremes
Farra, S., C. Kessler, J. Duffin, G.D. Wells, I. Jacobs. Clamping end-tidal carbon dioxide during graded exercise with control of inspired oxygen. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 231 :28-36, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resp.2016.05.013
Ahmed, M., I. Mandic, W. Lou, L. Goodman, I. Jacobs, M. L’Abbé. Validation of a tablet application for assessing dietary intakes compared with the measured food intake/food waste method in military personnel consuming field rations. Nutrients 9 (3), 200, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu9030200
Farra, S., S. Cheung, S. Thomas, I. Jacobs. Rate dependent influence of arterial desaturation on self-selected exercise intensity during cycling. PLoS ONE 12(3), 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0171119
McLaughlin, M. I. Jacobs. Exercise is medicine, but may interfere with medicine. Exerc Sport Sci Rev 45 (3) : 127-135, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1249/JES.0000000000000111
Mandic, I., M. Ahmed, S. Rhind, L. Goodman, M. L’Abbe, I Jacobs. The effects of exercise and ambient temperature on dietary intake, appetite sensation, and appetite regulating hormone concentrations. Nutrition & Metabolism 16: Article number: 29, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12986-019-0348-5
Gavel, E.H.,H. Logan-Sprenger, J. Good, I. Jacobs, S.Thomas. Menthol mouth rinsing and cycling performance in females under heat stress. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance 16: 1014-1020, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1123/ijspp.2020-0414
Ahmed, M., I. Mandic, W. Lou, L. Goodman, I. Jacobs, M.R. L’Abbé. Consumption of Canadian Armed Forces field rations compared with usual home dietary intakes and military dietary reference intakes. Military Medicine usab222, 12 June 2021. https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usab222
O’Brien, L., I. Jacobs. Methodological variations contributing to heterogenous responses to ischemic preconditioning. Front. Physiol. 12: Article 656980, April 2021. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2021.656980
Divito, B., M. Mackenzie, I. Jacobs. The effects of L-citrulline on blood-.actate removal kinetics following maximal-effort exercise,. Journal of Dietary Supplements, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1080/19390211.2021.1926392
Pharmacokinetics and Performance Effects in Humans of Ingesting Modafinil Combined with Caffeine.
Effects of Alpha-Lipoic Acid Dietary Supplementation on Skeletal Muscle Glycogen Repletion Rates.
Physiological Adaptations to Three Weeks of Combined Aerobic and Anaerobic Training.
Skeletal Muscle Fatigue and +Gz Tolerance in Humans.
Effects of Caffeine Combined With Ephedrine on Muscular Strength and Endurance.
Skeletal Muscle Substrate Availability and Temperature Regulation During Cold Water Immersion in Humans.
Creatine: A Potential Ergogenic Aid
Feed-Forward Regulation of Self-Selected Exercise Intensity in Response to Different Rates of Arterial Deoxygenation
Effects of Environmental and Physical Stress on Energy Expenditure, Energy Intake, and Appetite
The Effects of Aerobic Exercise on the Distribution and Metabolism of Select Xenobiotics
An Examination of the Effects of Localized Ischemic Preconditioning on Anaerobic Arm Cycling Performance in Water Sport Athletes
Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences
Fellow of the U.S. National Academy of Kinesiology
Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine
Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology