The HEAL is currently looking for high school youth to participate in our SmartAPPetite research study. SmartAPPetite is a nutrition and healthy living smartphone app that provides users with scientifically valid information on how to eat healthy, and healthy living in general. The project invites high school aged teenagers from 13 to 19 years of age […]
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Today is the official launch of the COVID Pivot for the SmartAPPetite project, which is funded by the Heart & Stroke Foundation and the Canadian Institute for Health Research. This project is led by HEAL Director, Dr. Jason Gilliland (Western University), and HEAL Faculty Associates Dr. Colleen O’Connor (Brescia University College), Dr. Sean Doherty (Wilfrid […]
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The HEAL would like to congratulate Brenton Button and Sylvia Rinaldi who successfully defended their theses under the supervision of Dr. Jason Gilliland and Dr. Janet Madill in 2020. Spatial Temporal Environment and Activity Monitoring (STEAM) Brenton Button successfully defended his PhD thesis titled Examining the environmental influences on physical activity among children in rural […]
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