Pr Said Mekari’s research project on the effects of physical activity on the brain in the elderly population is well underway
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...
Welcome to Victoria Dorimain, 2023-2024 Fellow of the Institut universitaire de première ligne en santé et services sociaux
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...
A new doctoral student in health sciences research joins the IMPACTS Lab team: Jennifer Hakim
Welcome to Jennifer Hakim, doctoral candidate in Université de Sherbrooke Health Sciences Research program at the Centre de formation médicale du N.-B. Jennifer holds a Master's degree in Health Services Management from the Université de Moncton, as well as a...
A thirtieth scientific publication from the MATCH longitudinal study.
IMPACTS Lab would like to highlight this thirtieth scientific publication based on the analysis of data from the MATCH longitudinal study. This study illustrates the probability of participating in 36 different types of physical activity from childhood to late...
Faut que ça bouge !
Congratulations to Pierre Lavoie and Jean-François Harvey on the publication of "Faut que ça bouge!", which addresses the need to implement an approach and practices that promote physical activity among young people aged 1 to 18. Lab IMPACTS is proud to note that many...
Prescribing physical activity during pregnancy leads to prodigious benefits
A scientific article by Pre Latifa Saidi, Pr Pierre Godbout, Camille Morais-Savoie, Pierre Philippe Wilson REGISTE and Pr Mathieu Belanger recently published in BMC Pregnancy and Childbrith is being talked about on Radio-Canada's national airwaves from Acadia to...
Pierre Philippe Wilson REGISTE is awarded a scholarship from the Université de Sherbrooke
Our most sincere congratulations to our colleague Pierre Philippe Wilson REGISTE on his award of a scholarship by the Axe/Thème and the Centre d’excellence de l’Université de Sherbrooke (CEUS) in diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular complications. This is a...
End of IMPACTS Lab research internships for Caroline Gagnon and Marie-Andrée Giroux, Doctor of Medicine students at the Centre de formation médicale du Nouveau-Brunswick
The IMPACTS Lab team would like to thank Caroline Gagnon and Marie-Andrée Giroux for their contributions over the past few weeks to the research work underway at the Laboratory. Caroline Gagnon worked with Prof. Saïd Mekari to better understand the hemodynamic and...
Daniel Saucier, Keynote Speaker, at the annual Let’s Talk Science National Outreach Conference
Daniel Saucier, a doctoral student in the Université de Sherbrooke's health sciences research program, was invited to share his experience with Let's Talk Science at the organization's 2023 national outreach conference held at Western University, Ontario, from June 1...
Grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research for the APRES research project of the Centre de formation médicale du Nouveau-Brunswick
Professor Mathieu Belanger, researcher at the IMPACTS Laboratory of the Centre de formation médicale du Nouveau-Brunswick (CFMNB) and professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine at the Université de Sherbrooke, has been awarded a $100,000...