Laboratoire d’Investigations sur les Mécanismes et Prédicteurs de liens entre Activités physiques, autres Comportements et Trajectoires de Santé
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 Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation (CACPR) 2025 Spring Conference in Calgary, Alberta. Pamela is supervised by professors Mathieu Bélanger and Nicole Marquis.
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 measurements for monitoring physical activity during the transition from adolescence to adulthood from the MATCH research project directed by Prof Mathieu Bélanger.
It is important to feel good and to be comfortable with body image. Higher levels of body image pride are associated with higher levels of physical activity throughout adolescence.
https://impactslab.com/en/match-results/
Part of the Lab IMPACTS team is taking part in the 2024 conference of the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology (CSEP) Société canadienne de physiologie de l’exercice SCPE being held in Montreal. Pierre FAIVRE, a student in the doctoral research programme in health sciences at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences UdeS presented the results of a study conducted as part of a physical activity programme offered in the community and to elderly people. Madeline Shivgulam is a doctoral student in the Faculty of Health at Dalhousie University. Her scientific poster is based on an exhaustive literature review of sedentary lifestyles, television viewing time and the increased risk of all-cause mortality, irrespective of physical activity. They are accompanied by their respective co-directors Prof Said Mekari (Pierre is also co-directed by Prof Mathieu Belanger of the Université de Sherbrooke) and Prof Myles O’Brien (Madeline is also co-directed by Prof Olga Theou of Dalhousie University).
Students and professors from Lab IMPACTS joined the scientific community at the 2024 Health Research Symposium organised by ResearchNB. It was a unique opportunity to find out more about the scientific work being carried out right here in New Brunswick.
Madeline Shivgulam is a doctoral student at Dalhousie University. The scientific poster presented is entitled “Sedentary Time and Television Viewing Time Increase Risk for All-Cause Mortality Regardless of Physical Activity: An Umbrella Review and Harmonized Dose-Response Meta-Analysis.” Madeline is under the joint supervision of Professors Myles O’Brien of the Université de Sherbrooke and Olga Theou of Dalhousie University.
Said Mekari, Director of research at the Centre de formation médicale du N.-B., hosted the Symposium evening and gala dinner (Photo courtesy of Ben Champoux)
Pamela Tanguay‘s presentation, entitled “Perceived Experience of Patients with a Hybrid Cardiac Rehabilitation Program” presents some of her research findings as part of her doctoral studies in the health sciences research programme of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences – Université de Sherbrooke offered at the Centre de formation médicale du N.-B. Pamela is co-directed by professors Nicole Marquis and Mathieu Belanger.
Part of the IMPACTS Lab team (behind): Shirko Ahmadi, Mathieu Belanger, Pierre FAIVRE, Said Mekari (front): Véronique Thibault, Jennifer Hakim, Madeline Shivgulam et Pamela Tanguay.
Véronique Thibault is a doctoral candidate in health sciences at the Faculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé – Université de Sherbrooke. The scientific poster presented is entitled “Longitudinal associations between weight-control status and lifestyle behaviors during adolescence.” Véronique is supervised by Professor Mathieu Belanger of the Université de Sherbrooke at the Centre de formation médicale du N.-B.
Jennifer Hakim, also a doctoral student in the health sciences research programme, with the Honourable Maryam Monsef, founder and CEO of ONWARD
Congratulations to our colleague from the IMPACTS Laboratory, Laurence Tanguay, who has successfully completed the master’s research programme in health sciences at the Université de Sherbrooke’s Centre de formation médicale du Nouveau-Brunswick. Laurence, who is also a registered dietitian and nutritionist, was awarded the prestigious Canadian Institutes of Health Research Graduate Scholarship for her project entitled ‘Modélisation de l’impact de changements d’habitudes de vie sur la mortalité par cancers et par maladies cardiovasculaires au Canada ’. The project, under the direction of Professors Mathieu Bélanger and Said Mekari, estimated that by changing some very simple lifestyle habits, it would be realistic to reduce the number of deaths from cardiovascular disease and cancer in Canada by 5,000 per year. While you wait for the article to be published, you can consult her dissertation on Savoir UdeS: https://savoirs.usherbrooke.ca/handle/11143/21968
Photo: Professor Nathalie Rivard, Vice-Dean of Graduate Studies, Research and Innovation, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, and Laurence Tanguay