PhD in Health Promotion | Passionate Implementation & Behavioural Scientist | Enthusiastically connecting research & practice via partnership | Lab: @ABClabUBCO

Joined May 2013
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“I’m interested in why people do what they do. All my work asks two questions: How do you change behaviour? And how do you do it in a way so that the research ends up in the real world?” Learn more: bit.ly/3NFmMwr
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“I’m interested in why people do what they do. All my work asks two questions: How do you change behaviour? And how do you do it in a way so that the research ends up in the real world?” Learn more: bit.ly/3NFmMwr
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Honoured to receive @ubcokanagan's Researcher of the Year 2023 alongside @FHoekstra_Groot who won @UBCOGradstudies's Postdoc of the Year! Together with @IKTPrinciples partners, we are supporting partnered research. This award highlights that #partneredresearch is valued. 💝
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👏 Cheers, applause, and excitement from the packed #CommunityEngagement session at #SBM2023 for @AlannaShwed and the @IKTPrinciples! Want to learn more about how our work is using #behaviorchange to change the research system? Check out iktprinciples.com
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#SBM2023 “the probability of high impact science is rooted in relationships, relationships, relationships”. - @MichelleSegar Our @IKTPrinciples partnership would agree. Join as this afternoon where @AlannaShwed discuss how we can use #behaviorchange to meaningfully engage!
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Physical activity is vital for everyone, and people with SCI are no exception. Being fit lowers the risk of serious disease, enhances quality of life, and extends our lifespan. For more info head to sciguidelines.ubc.ca/ @FHoekstra_Groot @HGainforth @ubc_health #seatedfitness

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Do you want to learn more about new best practices for Spinal Cord Injury physical activity counselling? Take part in our study... #SCI #physicalactivitycounselling #ABCLABUBCO @FHoekstra_Groot @HGainforth
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*AWESOME READ* from @UA_magazine with Dr. Cindy Blackstock: "Academia and activism should co-exist... Academic freedom provides us with a space to stand in the wings of discrimination in a way that’s not available to other people.” universityaffairs.ca/feature…
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*WE ARE HIRING*: Applied Behaviour Change Lab Coordinator ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/u…
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“the rights of persons with disabilities is not only a matter of justice; it is an investment in a common future” Dec 3rd is International Day of Persons with Disabilities | United Nations un.org/en/observances/day-of…

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Very strange and cool to discover that @louistheroux uses the Drink Less app (thanks to Adrian Chile's recommendation)! thetimes.co.uk/article/louis…
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Honoured to receive this funding! Together, our team of 40 are excited to prevent type 2 diabetes by implementing #smallstepsforbigchanges across the country, and beyond! #HealthyCities
18 Nov 2022
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Congratulations to @AFNIGC, @DanielleBoucha4, @DrMaryJung, @DrHeatherMcKay, @RochonPaula, and @ChatrLab (Meghan Winters), who received #HealthyCities Implementation Science Team Grants! 👏
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13 Oct 2022
We are off and running at #SCAPPS2022! @majishaikh leading us off with with a pre-conference workshop on youth sport partnerships.
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13 Oct 2022
And now starting pre-conference #2 on ‘how to conference’! Thanks to organizers @kaelacranston @erica_valb and @LeahJFerguson
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13 Oct 2022
Our third YSA winner (Sport Psychology) is Maji Shaikh! Congratulations Maji!!
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15 Oct 2022
Excited to welcome Dr. Ian Graham to the stage; this year’s Keynote speaker in Sport and Exercise Psychology. #scapps2022
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Congratulations to my PhD Supervisor and outstanding colleague Dr. Amy-Latimer Cheung on receiving the Brawley and Elliott award in supervision! I am so grateful for all you do to mentor the next generation of scientists.
14 Oct 2022
Congratulations to Dr. Amy Latimer-Cheung on receiving the Brawley and Elliott award in supervision.