Jasmine Allain joins IMPACTS Lab Team
Welcome to Jasmine Allain, a master’s student in health sciences research at the Université de Sherbrooke, based at the Centre de formation médicale du Nouveau-Brunswick. Jasmine is interested in improving cardiovascular health through community-based programs that...
Madeline Shivgulam recipient of the 2025 Sedentary Behaviour Research Network (SBRN) Student/Trainee Award
Madeline Shivgulam has been selected as the recipient of the 2025 Sedentary Behaviour Research Network (SBRN) Student/Trainee Award. The SBRN Student/Trainee Award is intended to recognize promising students and/or young advocates/researchers/practitioners in the...
New Canadian Sport Policy 2025–2035 — IMPACTS Lab engagement in shaping the future of sport in Canada
We are proud to have played a role in shaping this new policy, which marks a significant shift for sport in Canada. Less focus on performance, more emphasis on participation, inclusion, and well-being. A renewed framework that positions sport as a driver of public...
Sport Intelligence – The Canadian Perspective : Why kids quit sports and what keeps them playing
In this episode of Sports Intelligence: The Canadian Perspective, host Kim Gutler from the Sport Information Resource Centre (SIRC) talks with researcher and co-director of the IMPACTS Lab Mathieu Belanger about MATCH, one of Canada's largest studies on youth...
Mathieu Bélanger et Said Mekari are taking part in the international project TRAJECTOIRE
Our co-directors, Mathieu Belanger and Said Mekari PhD, have been hard at work advancing the TRAJECTORY project alongside an incredible team of international collaborators. This exciting initiative explores the transition to retirement to better understand what...
Pamela Tanguay presents her doctoral work during CACPR 2025
Pamela Tanguay, a student at the IMPACTS lab and doctoral candidate in health sciences research at Université de Sherbrooke, presented the results of her work comparing hybrid and traditional cardiac rehabilitation programmes at the Canadian Association of...
Victoria Dorimain awarded the Huy Hao Dao 2024-2025 Prize
Congratulations to Victoria Dorimain, a doctoral research student in health sciences at the Université de Sherbrooke, on being awarded the Prix Huy Hao Dao 2024-2025. The prize, which recognises innovation and originality in research serving vulnerable populations,...
Pierre Philippe Wilson Registe participated in the Symposium des étudiants en épidémiologie du Québec
Our colleague Pierre Philippe Wilson Registe took part in the 3rd edition of the Symposium des étudiants en épidémiologie du Québec, held on May 22nd at the School of Public Health of the Université de Montréal. He presented his work on the importance of consistent...
Véronique Thibault receives honourable mention from the Dean of the FMSS – Université de Sherbrooke
We would like to offer our most sincere congratulations to our colleague, Véronique Thibault (RD, PhD), on receiving the 2024-2025 honourable mention from the Dean of Medicine and Health Sciences - Université de Sherbrooke. Professor Mathieu Bélanger of the Centre de...
Another successful Tri-Agency Grant for Prof Myles O’Brien!
This 5-year NSERC Discovery Grant project brings together expertise in activity monitor engineering and experimental biology to explore interdisciplinary questions related to sex differences in blood pressure regulation during sedentary postures. This research program...