IMPACTS Lab

The Investigations on mechanisms and predictors of links between physical activities, other behaviors and health trajectories laboratory is located at the Centre de formation médicale du Nouveau-Brunswick in Moncton. Our team of researchers and students is dedicated to developing knowledge about lifestyle habits and health.

IMPACTS Lab attends at the 2025 Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology (CSEP) Conference

by Julie Dufresne | November 7, 2025 | Conference, Students | 0 Comments

From October 15-18 October, some students from the IMPACTS Lab had the opportunity to present their research at the CSEP 2025 Conference in London, Ontario. Here’s an overview of their research contributions in the areas of mobility, aging, and frailty: Jocelyn...

A Canadian Heart Function Alliance Trainee Award for Pamela Tanguay’s project Healthy Heart

by Julie Dufresne | October 30, 2025 | Award / Prize, cardiac health, Students | 0 Comments

Pamela Tanguay, a postdoctoral fellow from the Université de Sherbrooke at the New Brunswick Medical Training Centre, has received the Canadian Heart Function Alliance Trainee Award valued at $30,000 for her project Healthy Heart 💓. This project aims to implement a...

A MITACS Fellowship for Daniel Saucier and his postdoctoral project on patient frailty and mobilization in hospital settings.

by Julie Dufresne | October 27, 2025 | Award / Prize, cardiac health, Students | 0 Comments

Congratulations to Daniel Saucier, postdoctoral fellow at the Centre de formation médicale du Nouveau-Brunswick, recipient of the Mitacs Elevate Fellowship. His research project investigates the impact of an in-hospital mobilization program on frailty in patients with...

MATCH findings presented by Pierre Philippe Wilson Registe at the SCAPPS Annual Conference

by Julie Dufresne | October 22, 2025 | Conference, MATCH, Students | 0 Comments

Pierre Philippe Wilson REGISTE had the opportunity to present his doctoral research at the Canadian Society for Psychomotor Learning and Sport Psychology (SCAPPS) annual conference in Prince Edward Island from October 2–4. Based on data from the MATCH Study, his...

A Scholarships from the Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging (CCNA) for Emily MacDonald

by Julie Dufresne | October 22, 2025 | Award / Prize, Students | 0 Comments

Congratulations to Emily MacDonald on receiving one of the Brain Health Care Master Trainee Scholarships from the Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging (CCNA) Training Program, a prestigious award that supports research on brain health and care for aging...

An excellence scholarship from the Centre de recherche sur le vieillissement awarded to Jasmine Allain.

by Julie Dufresne | October 17, 2025 | Award / Prize, Students | 0 Comments

Jasmine Allain, a master’s student in health sciences research at the Centre de formation médicale du Nouveau-Brunswick, has been awarded the Excellence Scholarship from the Centre de recherche sur le vieillissement as part of the Université de Sherbrooke’s Excellence...