Obesity / Diet

James Johnson

Professor

diabetes and related conditions, obesity, heart disease, fatty liver, pancreatic cancer, insulin (how it’s controlled and how it works)

Angela Devlin, PhD

Associate Professor

Pediatrics, cardiometabolic disease, obesity, epigenetics/genetics

Louise Masse

Professor

Obesity prevention, childhood obesity, policy approaches to address childhood obesity, physical activity

Mary Jung, PhD

Mary Jung, PhD

Associate Professor

exercise adherence, dietary adherence, lifestyle behaviour change, prediabetes, diabetes prevention, health program evaluation, digital health technologies

Jonathan Little, PhD

Jonathan Little, PhD

Assistant Professor

Low-carb/ketogenic diets, exercise physiology, type 2 diabetes, inflammation, high-intensity interval training

Rachel Murphy, BSc, PhD

Rachel Murphy, BSc, PhD

Assistant Professor

Nutrition, diet, obesity, aging, public health, cancer, disease prevention, mobility, seniors, healthy eating, senior citizens

Dr. Eli Puterman, PhD

Dr. Eli Puterman, PhD

Associate Professor

Health psychology, stress resiliency, physical activity interventions, life course adversity, cellular aging

Brenda Lau, MD, FRCPC

Brenda Lau, MD, FRCPC

Program Director

Clinical Associate Professor

Anesthesiology, pain medicine, pain interventions, autonomic nervous system, rehabilitation, opioids, pain training, point of care, ultrasound, community clinics, regional pain services, movement rehabilitation, yoga, nutrition, prevention, post surgical pain, post trauma pain, headaches, back pain, whiplash, abdominal, fibromyalgia, widespread pain, neuropathic pain, chronic disease, Royal College pain medicine subspecialty, practice based evidence, injury prevention, post surgical care, non opioid pain services, myofacial release, IMS

Gerry Kasten, RD, MSc, FDC

Gerry Kasten, RD, MSc, FDC

Lecturer

Infant Feeding, Cooking, Food Preparation, Public Health Nutrition, Healthy Eating,

Dr. Annalijn Conklin, Hons.BSc, MSc, MPH, PhD.

Dr. Annalijn Conklin, Hons.BSc, MSc, MPH, PhD.

Assistant Professor

Social determinants of health, social and health policy, food and nutrition, obesity and cardiometabolic conditions, gender, disease management evaluation, healthy eating, healthy diet,

Sally Stewart, PhD

Sally Stewart, PhD

Associate Professor of Teaching

General health and wellbeing/resiliency with focus on physical and mental wellbeing links, Physical Fitness and Wellness, Student Wellbeing and Resiliency, Teaching Excellence in Higher Education, Nutrition

Gail Hammond, PhD, RD

Associate Professor of Teaching

Consumer food behaviours, Nutrition, Dietitian, Public health nutrition, Social determinants of nutrition and health, Canada’s Food Guide, Healthy eating, Healthy diet