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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
  • Tobacco and smoking 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
Guptill, Christine Health and Music
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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