See you soon Pierre Faivre
The IMPACTSLab team would like to wish a happy summer vacation to our colleague Pierre FAIVRE, kinesiologist, from the Faculté des Sciences du Sport at the Université Poitiers. Pierre just finished his internship with us and will be back in September to begin his...
“Linking the Heart with the Brain Through Physical Activity” study receives financial support from Heart and Stroke New Brunswick and ResearchNB.
This study will be conducted by IMPACTSLAB team members Professors Saïd Mekari and Mathieu Bélanger, both from the Centre de formation médicale du Nouveau Brunswick, Université de Sherbrooke health sciences doctoral students Pamela Tanguay and Pierre Faivre, in...
François Gallant honoured by the Dean of the Université de Sherbrooke’s Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMSS).
François Gallant, student in the doctoral program in health sciences under the direction of Pr Mathieu Bélanger, was honoured during a ceremony held on May 29 during which he received the Dean's Honours from the Université de Sherbrooke's Faculty of Medicine and...
Congratulations to Latifa Saidi for a successful thesis defence
Our most sincere congratulations to our colleague Latifa Saidi on the successful defence of her doctoral thesis in the Health Sciences Research Program of the Université de Sherbrooke entitled “Effet des interventions de promotion de l'activité physique pendant la...
Congratulations to François Gallant on successfully defending his PhD Thesis
A warm congratulations to our collegue from IMPACTS Lab, François Gallant, who successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled « Caractérisation de la participation aux sports et à l’activité physique durant l’adolescence » (Characterization of sport and physical...
CIHR masters award for Laurence Tanguay!
Laurence Tanguay receive the prestigious Canada Graduate Scholarships—Master’s program from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Laurence leads the project “Modélisation de l’impact de changements d’habitudes de vie sur la mortalité par cancers et par maladies...
IMPACTS Lab want to mark International Day of Sport for Development and Peace
In celebration of the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace on April 6, the IMPACTS Lab is proud to highlight its important contributions to research on physical activity, one of the most prevalent modifiable risk factors for chronic disease and...
Journée de réflexion prospective sur la santé en français
On March 17 and 18, managers, clinicians and researchers gathered to celebrate the 100th year anniversary of the Dr. Georges-L.-Dumont University Hospital Centre. Two students from the IMPACTS laboratory, Pamela Tanguay and Isadora Quirion, were present to discuss...
Pr Saïd Mekari is in the news in Acadie Nouvelle.
Pr Saïd Mekari was recently featured in an article in the Acadie Nouvelle newspaper. The article discusses his research project aimed at improving the health of the elderly of Memramcook. Click here to read the article.
The IMPACTS lab was present at the Salon carrière 2023 at Université de Moncton
As part of the Job fair 2023, the IMPACTS lab member met with over 40 students. They discussed opportunities to pursue a Master's or PhD in health research or to work in a professional research position at the Centre de formation médicale du Nouveau-Brunswick. The Job...