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Health Studies

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Administration and Administrative Staff

Faculty Members


Faculty Member Research Interests Supervision Level
Belliveau, Dan
  • Role of gap junctions in the development and differentiation of the nervous system
  • Neurotrophic control of connexins via members of the neurotrophin family of growth factors
  • Differentiation Therapy of neuroblastoma - role of gap junction proteins in regulating cancer growth
Master's and PhD
Burke, Shauna
  • Health promotion
  • Psychology of health and physical activity (group dynamics)
  • Infant, child and youth health; childhood obesity
  • Measurement and promotion of physical activity in children
  • Group-based lifestyle interventions
  • Breastfeeding
Master's and PhD
Charland, Louis
  • Mental health diagnosis
  • Psychopathology of affectivity
  • Decisional capacity
  • Addiction
  • Cross-cultural psychiatry (especially mental health in China)
Master's and PhD
Chesworth, Bert
  • Evaluation of total hip and knee joint replacement outcomes
  • Musculoskeletal (MSK) rehabilitation and hip fracture outcomes
  • Osteoarthritis of the hip and knee
  • MSK outcome measures
  • Manipulative physiotherapy
Master's and PhD
Cramp, Anita
  • Health promotion
  • Exercise and health psychology
  • Health related lifestyle modification
  • Pre and postnatal fitness
Master's
Donelle, Lorie
  • Health promotion
  • Health literacy of health care providers and clients
  • Health information technology use among health care providers and clients
Master's
Fitzsimmons, Deborah
  • Management and implementation of complex systems within health care settings, including telehealth and decision support systems
  • Health care technologies to support improved self/directed management of conditions and/or rehabilitation
  • User and knowledge user engagement with health technologies
  • Use of technology to support aging, community health and to optimize seniors' health and independence
Master's and PhD
Irwin, Jennifer
  • Obesity prevention and treatment
  • Motivational interviewing and life coaching interventions
  • Promotion of health-related physical activity and dietary intake behaviours
Master's and PhD
Johnson, Andrew
  • Identification of cognitive factors within motor function
  • Impairment demonstrated by individuals with Parkinson's disease
  • Identification of quantitative effects of specific forms of cognitive interference among older adults and individuals with Parkinson's disease
Master's and PhD
Kirkwood, Ken
  • "Ethics of ingestion"; moral understandings of things humans put in their bodies and what that means to them and others
  • Recreational and performance-enhancing drug use
  • Food ethics
Master's
Kloseck, Marita
  • Aging, community health and optimizing seniors' health and independence
  • Health and function of older individuals living in the community
  • Threats to independence with advancing age
  • Community capacity building
  • Naturally occurring retirement communities (NORCs)
  • Peer-led education models to improve chronic disease outcomes
Master's and PhD
Kothari, Anita
  • Knowledge translation and exchange
  • Public health services
Master's and PhD
Lee, Chris
  • Personal Construct Theory
  • Golden Section Hypothesis
Master's and PhD
Melling, Jamie
  • Roles and mechanisms of intracellular molecular signaling pathways in the development of cardiovascular disease/complications associated with Type II diabetes
  • Alleviation of cardiovascular and metabolic complications associated with Type II diabetes patients
Master's and PhD
Orchard, Treena
  • Sexuality
  • Gender and health
  • Community-based research with a range of different populations, including female sex workers, Aboriginal men and women, gay men, and youth
Master's and PhD
Polzer, Jessica
  • Sociology of health and illness
  • Social theories of health, risk and the body
  • Experiences of health and the risks to health
  • Social and ethical impacts of techologies in health
  • Biotechnology, gender and medicalization

Master's and PhD

Savundranayagam, Marie
  • Family caregiving and communication
  • Person-centered care for individuals with Alzheimer's disease or related dementia
  • Caregiver interventions
Master's and PhD
Sibbald, Shannon
  • Knowledge management and knowledge translation in healthcare across various sectors
  • How primary health care teams get, share and use research evidence for clinical decision-making
N/A
Zecevic, Aleksandra
  • Aging and health, Gerontology
  • Falls and injury prevention in the elderly (systems approach), safety culture in health care
  • Dementia, stoke, osteoporosis, arthritis
  • Biomechanics (gait, balance, sports, hand movement)
  • Gerontology education, future of health care
Master's and PhD

Part-time Instructors

Instructor Teaching Areas
Brown, Cathie Introduction and Creative Service Delivery in Rural Communities
Clarke, Linda Occupational Health and Safety
Spence, Nicholas Health Promotion
Theodosopolous, Peter Evidence-based Practice and Musculoskeletal Disorders in Rehabilitation Sciences
Trujillo, Steve International Health Systems
Wolfe, Dalton
  • Putting evidence into practice with a focus on enabling technologies/telehealth
  • Spinal cord injury rehabilitation and health promotion programming with a focus on enhancing physical activity and self management
  • Managing secondary medical complications following spinal cord injury

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