LABORATOIRE IMPACTS LABORATORY

FEBRUARY IS HEART MONTH - Congratulations to Prof. Myles O'Brien, co-author of two articles published in the American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology, in collaboration with Canadian and international authors.

Congratulations to our colleague Pamela Tanguay, a PhD student in health sciences at the CFMNB, for winning an award in the "clinical research" category of the patient partner involvement competition. The award is presented by the Axe/Thème and the Centre d'excellence...

The directors Said Mekari, Mathieu Belanger and students of the IMPACTS Laboratory are dedicated to developing the new knowledge needed to improve, evaluate and implement the best interventions to reduce the burden of chronic disease. The IMPACTS Lab research team is...

Lab IMPACTS kicks off 2024 on a high note with the return in New Brunswick of Pierre FAIVRE (left), a PhD student in Health Sciences Research, and the arrival on the team of Pr Myles O'Brien (right) from the Université de Sherbrooke's Department of Medicine. Pr...

It's been another productive year for IMPACTS Lab co-directors Mathieu Bélanger and Saïd Mekari, as evidenced by the research newsletter from the Department of Family and Emergency Medicine at the University de Sherbooke. We've got some great research projects on the...

We are delighted to welcome Emmanuel Zangio, Research Assistant for the IMPACTS Lab. Emmanuel is originally from New Brunswick, but his family roots are in the Democratic Republic of Congo. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology from the Université de Moncton...

Over the next few weeks, we'll be featuring some of the students and researchers who collaborated on the MATCH study and who are now pursuing independent, dynamic careers in their chosen fields. Jennifer O"Loughlin was a Canada Research Chair in Early Determinants of...

Award to Pamela Tanguay for her poster presentation in the Health Systems Services Research category, entitled "Healthcare professionals' acceptability of a new cardiac rehabilitation model". Presentation by Shirko Ahmadi entitled "Physical fitness and its association...

Pr Said Mekari's research project on the effects of physical activity on the brain in the elderly population continues. This study offers a 10-week community-based physical activity and cognitive exercise program to French-speaking minority participants living in...

Victoria Dorimain is a doctoral research student in health sciences at the Université de Sherbrooke. Her project aims to evaluate the impact of the school context and environment on physical activity and mental health among high school students. Victoria is interested...