PhD in Health Promotion | Passionate Implementation & Behavioural Scientist | Enthusiastically connecting research & practice via partnership | Lab: @ABClabUBCO
Joined May 2013
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5 May 2023
Want to learn more about the @ABClabUBCO and @IKTPrinciples work?
4 May 2023
“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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Heather Gainforth retweeted
4 May 2023
“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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5 May 2023
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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27 Apr 2023
👏 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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27 Apr 2023
#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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3 Apr 2023
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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30 Mar 2023
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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5 Apr 2023
*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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18 Jan 2023
The @ABClabUBCO's @AlannaShwed's research puts forth calls to action to support parents packing their children's lunch during the pandemic.
ubctoday.ubc.ca/news/january…
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19 Dec 2022
*WE ARE HIRING*: Applied Behaviour Change Lab Coordinator
ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/u…
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3 Dec 2022
“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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28 Nov 2022
Very strange and cool to discover that @louistheroux uses the Drink Less app (thanks to Adrian Chile's recommendation)!
thetimes.co.uk/article/louis…
ALT Screenshot from interview with Louis Theroux in the Sunday Times
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20 Nov 2022
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
Congratulations to @AFNIGC, @DanielleBoucha4, @DrMaryJung, @DrHeatherMcKay, @RochonPaula, and @ChatrLab (Meghan Winters), who received #HealthyCities Implementation Science Team Grants! 👏
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Dr. Ben Mortenson's latest publication on the 'Perception of autonomy among people who use wheeled mobility assistive devices' is out now: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.… @mortensonlab #AssistiveTechnology #mobility
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18 Oct 2022
Check out "Trauma- and Violence-informed Physical Activity Landscape of Practice" eventbrite.com/e/trauma-and-… @Eventbrite
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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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Excited to welcome Dr. Ian Graham to the stage; this year’s Keynote speaker in Sport and Exercise Psychology. #scapps2022
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17 Oct 2022
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.
Congratulations to Dr. Amy Latimer-Cheung on receiving the Brawley and Elliott award in supervision.
