Garry Kuan

PeerJ Author & Reviewer

Summary

Associate Professor Dr Garry Kuan is a lecturer of the Exercise and Sports Science Programme, School of Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, and the Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Brunel University, London, United Kingdom. Currently, Garry is the Secretary-General and managing council of the Asian-South Pacific Association of Sport Psychology (ASPASP), the Secretary-General of the Malaysian Sport Psychology Association (MASPA), the executive board member of the Asian Council of Sports Science (ACESS) and Asian Exercise & Sport Science Association (AESA), and the scientific committee of the World Exercise Medicine. In 2019, he was appointed as the chair of the international network of the Young Scientist Network - Academy of Science Malaysia (YSN-ASM) and the Sport Psychology Panelist for the National Coaching Academy, Malaysia. Garry has published over 50 scholarly on high-impact journals and served as an editor and reviewer for numerous international journals. Besides, he had been invited to deliver over 10 keynotes and 30 invited presentations globally. Previously, Garry was a contract Sports psychologist with the Australia Institute of Sport (AIS). Garry research had won numerous awards internationally. He received the “A-CIPA Young Researcher Award” at the 27th International Congress of Applied Psychology, International Scholars Award at the ICSEMIS pre-Olympic conference, and the Atsushi Fujita Research Scholarship at the 6th ASPASP conference.

Cognitive Disorders Kinesiology Neuroscience Psychiatry & Psychology Public Health Science & Medical Education

Past or current institution affiliations

Universiti Sains Malaysia

Brunel University

Work details

Associate Professor

Universiti Sains Malaysia

May 2013

School of Health Sciences

Associate Professor Dr Garry Kuan is a lecturer of the Exercise and Sports Science Programme, School of Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, and the Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Brunel University, London, United Kingdom. Currently, Garry is the Secretary-General and managing council of the Asian-South Pacific Association of Sport Psychology (ASPASP), the Secretary-General of the Malaysian Sport Psychology Association (MASPA), the executive board member of the Asian Council of Sports Science (ACESS) and Asian Exercise & Sport Science Association (AESA), and the Asia representative of ENYSSP and the scientific committee of the World Exercise Medicine. In 2019, he was appointed as the chair of the international network of the Young Scientist Network – Academy of Science Malaysia (YSN-ASM) and the Sport Psychology Panelist for the National Coaching Academy of Malaysia. Garry has published over 90 scholarly on local and high-impact journals and served as an editor and reviewer for numerous international journals. Besides, he had been invited to deliver over 10 keynotes and 30 invited presentations globally. Previously, Garry was a lecturer at Victoria University, served as a Council member of Victoria University, the President of Australian Federation of International Students, and a contract Sports psychologist with the Australia Institute of Sport (AIS). He was also a certified trainer and sport coach for the Active-After School Communities (AASC) programme, under the Australian Sport Commission, and a registered music therapist. Garry research had won numerous awards internationally. He received the “A-CIPA Young Researcher Award” at the 27th International Congress of Applied Psychology, International Scholars Award at the ICSEMIS pre-Olympic conference, and the Atsushi Fujita Research Scholarship at the 6th ASPASP conference. In his leadership role, Garry was awarded the Australian Leadership Award (2013) and Victoria Ambassador Award - Young Person. In 2012, Garry also received a rare honour of all Australia’s International Student of the Year. During his social time, he plays first violin professionally and teaches communities to play various musical instruments. He is the founder and resident conductor of the USMKK Symphony Orchestra. Garry also performed with prestige orchestras such as the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, and Melbourne Symphonic Orchestra.

Websites

April 30, 2024

Structural equation models of health behaviour, psychological well-being, symptom severity and quality of life in abdominal bloating

Nurzulaikha Abdullah, Yee Cheng Kueh, Garry Kuan, Mung Seong Wong, Vincent Tee, Tengku Ahmad Iskandar Tengku Alang, Nurhazwani Hamid, Yeong Yeh Lee

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17265 PubMed 38708340

June 4, 2021

Development and validation of the Health Promoting Behaviour for Bloating (HPB-Bloat) scale

Nurzulaikha Abdullah, Yee Cheng Kueh, Garry Kuan, Mung Seong Wong, Fatan Hamamah Yahaya, Nor Aslina Abd Samat, Khairil Khuzaini Zulkifli, Yeong Yeh Lee

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11444 PubMed 34141467

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April 2, 2015

Self-regulatory mode (locomotion and assessment), well-being (subjective and psychological), and exercise behavior (frequency and intensity) in relation to high school pupils’ academic achievement

Danilo Garcia, Alexander Jimmefors, Fariba Mousavi, Lillemor Adrianson, Patricia Rosenberg, Trevor Archer

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.847 PubMed 25861553