| Faculty Member |
Research Interests |
Supervision Level
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Belliveau, Dan
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- 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
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- 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
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- Mental health diagnosis
- Psychopathology of affectivity
- Decisional capacity
- Addiction
- Cross-cultural psychiatry (especially mental health in China)
|
Master's and PhD
|
Chesworth, Bert
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- 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
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- Health promotion
- Health literacy of health care providers and clients
- Health information technology use among health care providers and clients
|
Master's
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| 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 |
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"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 |
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Knowledge translation and exchange
- Public health services
|
Master's and PhD
|
| Lee, Chris |
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Personal Construct Theory
- Golden Section Hypothesis
|
Master's and PhD
|
| Melling, Jamie |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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
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| 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
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