Laboratoire d’Investigations sur les Mécanismes et Prédicteurs de liens entre Activités physiques, autres Comportements et Trajectoires de Santé
This study will be conducted by IMPACTSLAB team members Professors Saïd Mekary and Mathieu Bélanger, both from the Centre de formation médicale du Nouveau Brunswick, Université de Sherbrooke health sciences doctoral students Pamela Tanguay and Pierre Faivre, in...
François Gallant, student in the doctoral program in health sciences under the direction of Pr Mathieu Bélanger, was honoured during a ceremony held on May 29 during which he received the Dean's Honours from the Université de Sherbrooke's Faculty of Medicine and...
Our most sincere congratulations to our colleague Latifa Saidi on the successful defence of her doctoral thesis in the Health Sciences Research Program of the Université de Sherbrooke entitled “Effet des interventions de promotion de l'activité physique pendant la...
A warm congratulations to our collegue from IMPACTS Lab, François Gallant, who successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled « Caractérisation de la participation aux sports et à l’activité physique durant l’adolescence » (Characterization of sport and physical...
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...