Speakers Menu
The following IALH Research Fellows are available to provide talks to schools and community-based organizations about their research. Covering a range of health-related topics, these researchers are committed to sharing their expertise and engaging with the community. If you are interested in arranging a talk, please reach out directly to the researcher or contact IALH@uvic.ca for assistance.
Mental Health
Nancy Clark
- Topics: Mental health and wellbeing of newcomers to Canada, refugee mental health
- Website
- nancyclark@uvic.ca
- Topics: Social psychology of health and mental health; children, youth, young adults and their families; community-engaged research; Indigenous research
- fgrouzet@uvic.ca
- Topics: Weight stigma, body image, eating disorders
- snutter@uvic.ca
- Topics: Impacts of COVID-19, vaccine confidence relating to the pandemic, mental health relating to the pandemic, digital health interventions for cognitive health as we age, psychosocial predictors of cognitive decline
- Website
- tpaterson@uvic.ca
- Topics: Mental health, 2S/LGBTQIA+ health, promoting health equity
- Website
- allieslemon@uvic.ca
- Topics: Suicide prevention, understanding self-harm, minding your mental health for families and/or teens
- Website
- briannat@uvic.ca
Physical Activity
Jean Buckler
- Topics: Physical activity, physical literacy, movement skill development
- Website
- ejean@uvic.ca
- Topics: Health and technology, visualization of health data, sports/physical activity and technology
- Website
- cperin@uvic.ca
- Topics: Cerebrovascular Health, Exercise, and Environmental Research Sciences (CHEERS)
- k2jsmith@uvic.ca
Chronic Conditions
Robert Beringer
- Topics: Aging, 2SLGBTQ+, chronic disease
- robertberinger@uvic.ca
- Topics: Self-management of chronic conditions, chronic pain, diabetes, Cancer
- Website
- pmcgowan@uvic.ca
Healthy Aging and Neurological Conditions
Robert Beringer
- Topics: Aging, 2SLGBTQ+, chronic disease
- robertberinger@uvic.ca
- Topics: Health services, marginalised populations, rural health, dementia
- dcloutier@uvic.ca
- Topics: Healthy Aging, Alzheimer’s disease, Multiple Sclerosis, women’s healthy aging, brain structure and function
- Website
- gawryluk@uvic.ca
- Topics: Pain, spatial neglect after stroke
- davidkennedy@uvic.ca
- Topics: Social connectedness, lifestyle interventions, dementia risk factors, successful cognitive aging
- smacd@uvic.ca
- Topics: Impacts of COVID-19, vaccine confidence relating to the pandemic, mental health relating to the pandemic, digital health interventions for cognitive health as we age, psychosocial predictors of cognitive decline
- Website
- tpaterson@uvic.ca
- Topics: Aging and community health, death, dying, loss, grief, bereavement, community engagement and participation
- Website
- kis@uvic.ca
- Topics: Brain immunity, healthy cognitive aging
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- evetremblay@uvic.ca
- Topics: Interdisciplinary tissue engineering and regenerative medicine research
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- willerth@uvic.ca
Community Health
Robert Beringer
- Topics: Aging, 2SLGBTQ+, chronic disease
- robertberinger@uvic.ca
- Topics: Mental health and wellbeing of newcomers to Canada, refugee mental health
- Website
- nancyclark
@uvic .ca
- Topics: Health services, marginalised populations, rural health, dementia
- dcloutier@uvic.ca
- Topics: Healthy Aging, Alzheimer’s disease, Multiple Sclerosis, women’s healthy aging, brain structure and function
- Website
- gawryluk@uvic.ca
- Topics: Social psychology of health and mental health; children, youth, young adults and their families; community-engaged research; Indigenous research
- fgrouzet@uvic.ca
- Topics: 2SLGBTQ+ health
- Website
- ihandlovsky@uvic.ca
- Topics: Using person-centred methods in health research
- Website
- jykn1@uvic.ca
- Topics: Forest biodiversity, medicinal plants and traditional healing, development in the Global South and how extraction can impact rural Indigenous communities
- lewallen@uvic.ca
- Topics: Social connectedness, lifestyle interventions, dementia risk factors, successful cognitive aging
- smacd@uvic.ca
- Topics: Mental health, 2S/LGBTQIA+ health, promoting health equity
- Website
- allieslemon@uvic.ca
- Topics: Aging and community health, death, dying, loss, grief, bereavement, community engagement and participation
- Website
- kis@uvic.ca
Digital Health
Theone Paterson
- Topics: Impacts of COVID-19, vaccine confidence relating to the pandemic, mental health relating to the pandemic, digital health interventions for cognitive health as we age, psychosocial predictors of cognitive decline
- Website
- tpaterson@uvic.ca
- Topics: Health and technology, visualization of health data, sports/physical activity and technology
- Website
- cperin@uvic.ca
Brain and Biological Health
Tarek Amer
- Topics: Memory and attention
- Website
- tarekamer@uvic.ca
- Topics: Beneficial microbes, gut microbiome, Akkermansia
- Website
- laurendavey@uvic.ca
- Topics: Healthy Aging, Alzheimer’s disease, Multiple Sclerosis, women’s healthy aging, brain structure and function
- Website
- gawryluk@uvic.ca
- Topics: Pain, spatial neglect after stroke
- davidkennedy@uvic.ca
- Topics: Brain immunity, healthy cognitive aging
- Website
- evetremblay@uvic.ca
Environment and Health
ann-elise lewallen
- Topics: Forest biodiversity, medicinal plants and traditional healing, development in the Global South and how extraction can impact rural Indigenous communities
- lewallen@uvic.ca
- Topics: Home support services, climate change's impact on well-being (and potential solutions)
- Website
- jiezhang@uvic.ca