Laboratoire d’Investigations sur les Mécanismes et Prédicteurs de liens entre Activités physiques, autres Comportements et Trajectoires de Santé
Laurence Tanguay receive the prestigious Canada Graduate Scholarships—Master’s program from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Laurence leads the project “Modélisation de l’impact de changements d’habitudes de vie sur la mortalité par cancers et par maladies...
In celebration of the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace on April 6, the IMPACTS Lab is proud to highlight its important contributions to research on physical activity, one of the most prevalent modifiable risk factors for chronic disease and...
On March 17 and 18, managers, clinicians and researchers gathered to celebrate the 100th year anniversary of the Dr. Georges-L.-Dumont University Hospital Centre. Two students from the IMPACTS laboratory, Pamela Tanguay and Isadora Quirion, were present to discuss...
Pr Saïd Mekary was recently featured in an article in the Acadie Nouvelle newspaper. The article discusses his research project aimed at improving the health of the elderly of Memramcook. Click here to read the article.
As part of the Job fair 2023, the IMPACTS lab member met with over 40 students. They discussed opportunities to pursue a Master's or PhD in health research or to work in a professional research position at the Centre de formation médicale du Nouveau-Brunswick. The Job...
For recruitment purposes, Isadora Quirion presented her master's project. The title of her project is "The role of a community-based physical activity programme for francophone minorities in New Brunswick: Can we adapt the brain through physical activity". This...
The IMPACTS Lab is a team of researchers, but also a team of people who enjoy having fun and being active. Recent social activities of the team brought members on a scavenger hunt through the city of Moncton, a hike out in nature and a game of Pickelball. Who says you...
The IMPACTS lab was well represented at the CSEP 2022 conference. Our team offered six symposium and poster presentations on topics covering metabolism, rehabilitation and advances in physical activity epidemiology.
With over hald a dozen presentations at national and international conferences, IMPACTS lab members have been busy! Some of our favorite activities included conferences from the International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, American...
For research to have an impact on physical activity levels, it first needs to address priorities of those working on the promotion of sport and physical activity participation. This is why we led a study to identify these priorities! Click here to get access to the...