Department of Kinesiology, Sport Studies and Physical Education (KSSPE)

Office: B310 Tuttle North
Phone: (585) 395-5427
E-mail: phaibach@brockport.edu

Education:
PhD, Pennsylvania State University
MS, Pennsylvania State University
BS, Pennsylvania State University

Area(s) of specialty:
Motor behavior/learning, gerontology.

Research interest(s):
Postural control in special populations such as older adults and children with visual impairment.

Recent Presentations:
North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity Conference

Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. “Balance and Postural Control in  young and old resistance training and sedentary adults.” Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology. Vol.  30 2008

Progress in Motor Control VI International Society of Motor Control Conference

Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil.  “Postural Control in Blind, Legally Blind, and Sighted   Adolescents”Motor Control: The International Journal for the Multidisciplinary Study of Voluntary Movement, Vol 11 Supplement 2007

16th International Symposium for Adapted Physical Activity. Rio Claro, Sao Paulo, Brazil. “Stepping in Sighted and Visually Impaired Adolescents” 2007.

American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance Conference

Baltimore, MD. “Static and Dynamic Posture in Sighted and Visually Impaired Adolescents” Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport.  Vol 78 (1) 2007.

Selected Publications:
Haibach, P.S., Slobounov, S.M., Newell, K.M. Optical flow and retinal location on egomotion in young and elderly adults. Gerontology. In Press.

Haibach, P.S., Slobounov, S.M., & Newell, K.M. (2008). Virtual moving environments used in assessing falls in elderly adults. Gait and Posture, 27: 303-308.

Haibach, P.S., Slobounov, S.M., Slobounova, E.S., Newell, K.M. (2007). Time-to-postural stability after a visual perturbation in young and elderly adults. Aging Clinical and Experimental Research, 19: 438-433.

Haibach, P. S., Slobounov, S.M. Slobounova, E.S. & Newell, K. M. (2007). Visual time-to-contact of stability boundaries on a function of support surface compliance. Experimental Brain Research. 177(4): 471-82.

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Other:
Pamela joined the SUNY-Brockport faculty in 2005. She has recently been funded by the National Institute of Aging for research and scholarship in gerontology. Her hobbies include running, boating, and traveling.