Team

Principal Investigators

Dr. Heather Gainforth

PI, Applied Behaviour Change Lab

RESEARCH INTERESTS
promotion and maintenance of health behaviours, knowledge translation, special populations, and behaviour change theory
Publications

Dr. Mary Jung

Director, Centre for Health Behaviour Change
PI, Diabetes Prevention Research Group

RESEARCH INTERESTS
promotion and maintenance of lifestyle modifications (diet and exercise) for individuals at risk of type 2 diabetes
Publications

Dr. Kathleen Martin Ginis

PI, Spinal Cord Injury Action Canada

RESEARCH INTERESTS
physical activity promotion and behaviour change in people with SCI | psychological and physical health benefits physical activity in people with SCI | translation of knowledge into products, tools and services
Publications

Post-Doctoral Fellows

Cameron Gee

RESEARCH AREAS
spinal cord injury | physiology | parasport

Femke Hoekstra

RESEARCH AREAS
knowledge translation | physical activity promotion in people with disabilities

Matthew Stork

RESEARCH AREAS
exercise psychophysiology | exercise behaviour/adherence | emotional and mental well-being

Doctoral Students

Alanna Shwed

RESEARCH AREAS
integrated knowledge translation | implementation science

Alexandre Santos

RESEARCH AREAS
exercise adherence

Azize Yıldırım

RESEARCH AREAS
behavior change | effectiveness of diabetes prevention programs in the community

Emily Giroux

RESEARCH AREAS
community participation in people aging with SCI | integrated knowledge translation | SCI
community-based organizations

Kaela Cranston

RESEARCH AREAS
sustainability of motivational interviewing skills

Rob Shaw

RESEARCH AREAS
peer mentorship for people with SCI

Sarah Lawrason

RESEARCH AREAS
physical activity experiences for individuals living with SCI

Sarah Percival

RESEARCH AREAS
Exercise & nutrition | Health behaviour change | Qualitative methods in health research

Tineke Dineen

RESEARCH AREAS
qualitative and mixed methods | evaluation of programs in the community

Masters Students

Aleksandra Jevdjevic

RESEARCH AREAS
personalized physical activity for people with SCI

Azar Bohlouli

RESEARCH AREAS
community health and development | evaluation of community-based projects | health equity

Blanca Gala

RESEARCH AREAS
how psychological and emotional factors influence the adherence to nutrition and exercise
plans

Jenna Sim

RESEARCH AREAS
health equity and inclusivity | cultural safety | health promotion | chronic disease prevention

Kelsey Wuerstl

RESEARCH AREAS
smoking cessation in people with SCI

Kyra Braaten

RESEARCH AREAS
Exercise & Nutrition Adherence | Chronic Disease | Healthy Aging

Research Coordinators

Kenedy Olsen

Spinal Cord Injury Action Canada

Christine Hamilton

Centre for Health Behaviour Change
Diabetes Prevention Research Group

Christina Skinner

Applied Behaviour Change Lab

Diabetes Prevention Research Group

Joseph Kelly

Diabetes Prevention Research Group