Laboratoire d’Investigations sur les Mécanismes et Prédicteurs de liens entre Activités physiques, autres Comportements et Trajectoires de Santé
The Coalition for Early Life course studies supporting Public Health Intervention and Evaluation (CELPHIE) is an alliance that unites expertise and experience across three Canadian research teams – one in Moncton, New Brunswick headed by Dr. Mathieu Bélanger, one in Toronto, Ontario headed by Dr. Katerina Maximova, and one in Montreal, Quebec headed by Dr. Marie-Pierre Sylvestre and Dr. Jennifer O’Loughlin. Check out the new website here!
The Centre de formation médicale du Nouveau-Brunswick is currently receiving applications for a professor-researcher position. Apply today! To see the job posting…
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.
Congratulations to François Gallant, PhD student in the health sciences research program at le CFMNB. His recent peer-reviewed publication, One size does not fit all: identifying clusters of physical activity, screen time, and sleep behaviour co-development from childhood to adolescence, is mentioned in a recent SIRC knowledge nugget.
Congratulations to Daniel Saucier, PhD student in the health sciences research program at le CFMNB and recipient of The O’Brien Foundation Fellowship Scholarship for 2020-2021. Up to ten research grants are awarded annually by the board of the O’Brien Foundation which aims to recognize academic performance, professional status and integrity. What a great honour that will also help the advancement of health research in the province! Well done Daniel!