Laboratoire d’Investigations sur les Mécanismes et Prédicteurs de liens entre Activités physiques, autres Comportements et Trajectoires de Santé
Véronique Thibault received the prestigious Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarships Doctoral Award from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Véronique leads the project “Attitudes and outcomes associated with weight related intentions from adolescence to adulthood” under the supervision of Professor Mathieu Bélanger. Congratulations Véronique!
Congratulations to Frank Gallant, PhD student in health sciences for making it on Université de Sherbrooke’s Faculty of medicine dean’s list. This list includes the top 10% of students in masters and doctoral programs.
Daniel Saucier received a studentship grant from the New Brunswick Health Research Foundation (NBHRF) and the CIHR-SPOR-MSSU for his project “Urbanization, air pollution and proximity to water: Identification of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis environmental risk factors in New Brunswick”. Under the supervision of Professor Mathieu Bélanger, Daniel proposed an original research project that is directly related to the health of New Brunswickers and the mandate of the Maritime SPOR Support Unit. Congratulations Daniel! Find out more …
Preliminary results from the MATCH study were used for an Active for Life article. Active for Life, a Canadian not-for-profit social initiative, helps parents with the development of physical literacy in their children. To read the article…
The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada awarded a major award to a team led by Prof Mathieu Bélanger to study sport participation through the transition from adolescence to adulthood. This grant allows extending the MATCH study for it to become a 12-year longitudinal study. MATCH is recognized worlwide as a unique study and with this longer follow-up of participants, the team will investigate effects of sport participation during youth on adult sport participation and personal development.