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Temporal relationships among physical activity levels and stationary time in preschool-aged children and adolescents: An investigation of the ActivityStat hypothesis
DownloadFall 2023
The ActivityStat hypothesis suggests that movement can be internally regulated by a biological control center. Specifically, humans maintain their total physical activity (PA) at a constant level by triggering behavioural and/or energy compensatory responses. However, there is considerable debate...
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The association between access to medical care (physicians and nurse practitioners) and impact on resident outcomes: A retrospective cross-sectional analysis
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The nursing home population is vulnerable and medically complex, yet little is known about models of medical service provision and associated quality outcomes. The goal of this thesis project is to examine the association between physician and nurse practitioner accessibility and practice...
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2021-02-01
SSHRC IDG awarded 2021: Between 2016 and 2018, over 11 000 Canadians and 136 000 Americans died from accidental opioid overdoses—triple the number of deaths caused by motor vehicle accidents (Government of Canada, 2020). This public health crisis is so severe that, by 2017, Canadian life...
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2021-09-09
SSHRC IG awarded 2022: This project asks how does our ability to produce and understand conversational reduced speech change as speakers age at the phonetic, lexical, and phrasal levels? To address this research question this project proposes the creation of a cross-sectional (different age...
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Spring 2021
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a highly prevalent, disabling, and costly disease that affects 1 in 8 (13%) Canadians. In all stages of knee OA, identifying and addressing modifiable risk factors is essential in managing OA, including the recovery trajectory following total knee arthroplasty (TKA)....
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2020-01-02
SSHRC IDG awarded 2020: This project explores the types and purposes of information and communication technologies (ICT) used by older Arab immigrants in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It describes older Arab immigrants’ selfperceived ICT competence, including knowledge, skills and attitudes, and...
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10/14/2019
SSRHC IG awarded 2020: This project collaborates with women who are 55 years or older and who self-identify as Muslim and living in Edmonton, Alberta to examine the question: ‘what are Muslim women’s experiences of social connectedness in older age?’ Research objectives include 1) to explore how...
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2019-03-01
SSHRC PEG awarded 2019: We are applying to the Partnership Engage Grant in order to forge a partnership between the University of Alberta and Global Partners in Care (GPIC), an organization dedicated to enhancing access to palliative care globally, to launch a research program to explore the...
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Spring 2019
Energy expenditure forms the basis of all dietary recommendations. In patients with cancer, resting energy expenditure (REE) can be impacted by tumor burden, high systemic inflammation, and/or altered body composition. Total energy expenditure (TEE) and physical activity levels (PAL) have been...