LABORATOIRE IMPACTS LABORATORY

Laboratoire d’Investigations sur les Mécanismes et Prédicteurs de liens entre Activités physiques, autres Comportements et Trajectoires de Santé

Véronique Thibault receives honourable mention from the Dean of the FMSS – Université de Sherbrooke

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 formation médicale du Nouveau-Brunswick supervised Véronique during her Master’s and recently completed PhD studies. Véronique is now pursuing a postdoctoral fellowship at McGill University.

Another successful Tri-Agency Grant for Prof Myles O’Brien!

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 aims to advance current methodologies while uncovering new insights into the vascular mechanisms that regulate blood pressure among males and females.

An Equipment Fund Grant from Research NB for IMPACTS Lab

An Equipment Fund Grant from Research NB for IMPACTS Lab

The ResearchNB Equipment Fund is designed to support research infrastructures. This grant will enable the IMPACTS Laboratory to acquire equipment to expand its research and launch innovative new initiatives. Our mission: TO DESCRIBE the factors influencing the evolution of lifestyle habits, to DISCOVER their impact on cognitive decline and chronic diseases, and to DEPLOY community interventions combining science and citizen experience to improve the health of populations.

MPACTS Lab was present at APES + 2025

MPACTS Lab was present at APES + 2025

This annual event is an opportunity for students from the universities in the region to present their research work in relation to kinesiology, and to foster collaboration within the university community of the four Atlantic provinces. The University of Prince Edward Island hosted this year’s APES + Conference.

1) Pierre FAIVRE: Role of exercise and brain physiological mechanisms in the development of executive functioning in coronary artery disease in older adults.
2) Madeline Shivgulam: Characterizing Posture in Long-Term Care & the Relation of Habitual Postures with Frailty.
3) Pierre Philippe Wilson REGISTE: Does using the same measure matter for physical activity tracking from adolescence to early adulthood?
4) IMPACTS Lab: Prof Myles O’Brien, Madeline Shivgulam, Pierre Faivre, Pierre Philippe Wilson Registe and Prof Said Mekari
5) Prof Myles O’Brien extended team: Sophie Rayner, Jocelyn Waghorn, Emily MacDonald, Sophie Inkpen, Carson Halliwell, Madeline Shivgulam.