Preliminary results from the MATCH study were used for an Active for Life article. Active for Life, a Canadian not-for-profit social initiative, helps parents with the development of physical literacy in their children. To read the article…
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The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada awarded a major award to a team led by Prof Mathieu Bélanger to study sport participation through the transition from adolescence to adulthood. This grant allows extending the MATCH study for it to become a 12-year longitudinal study. MATCH is recognized worlwide as a unique study and with this longer follow-up of participants, the team will investigate effects of sport participation during youth on adult sport participation and personal development.
Congratulations to François Gallant, PhD student in the health sciences research program at le CFMNB. His recent peer-reviewed publication, One size does not fit all: identifying clusters of physical activity, screen time, and sleep behaviour co-development from childhood to adolescence, is mentioned in a recent SIRC knowledge nugget.
Congratulations to Daniel Saucier, PhD student in the health sciences research program at le CFMNB and recipient of The O’Brien Foundation Fellowship Scholarship for 2020-2021. Up to ten research grants are awarded annually by the board of the O’Brien Foundation which aims to recognize academic performance, professional status and integrity. What a great honour that will also help the advancement of health research in the province! Well done Daniel!
Mathieu Bélanger, professor-researcher in the Department of Family and Emergency Medicine at the Université de Sherbrooke received the Mitacs Honourable Mention as part of his nomination in the Top 25 Star Mentors from New Brunswick’s universities, colleges and research institutions who have shown an exemplary job of training the next generation of researchers. For more…
Mathieu Bélanger, PhD
Read Mathieu Bélanger’s LinkedIn article on physical activity during COVID-19
The MATCH study received a special commendation in the Canadian Institutes of Health Research’s (CIHR) IHDCYH Talks Video Competition. For more…
Read the recently published article by Julie Goguen Carpenter, MSc and Mathieu Bélanger, PhD in SIRCuit magazine on the MATCH study and the importance of longitudinal research.
The Chronic Disease Prevention Research Laboratory was named The New Brunswick Health Research Fondation’s team of the month for September. To read the article in Huddle…
