News & events

Last week in Ottawa Dr. Rhodes was inducted into the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. Join us in congratulating Dr. Rhodes on this incredible achievement.

Wishing Alison well on her exciting new path.

Congratulations Clarise on a successful defense!

Bmed lab to present at the European Health Psychology Society Annual Meeting in Italy

Welcome Sara and Aimee who will be joining the Behavioral Medicine Lab in September!

The recent ISBNPA conference that was held in Victoria was a great event!

Congratulations Desmond McEwan on receiving the Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship!

A big congratulations goes out to Cassandra Husband on receiving a CIHR graduate scholarship!

Check out this new infograph on the top ten tips for turning exercise intentions into actions!

Interested in becoming more physically active!? The Bmed lab is recruiting for many new studies! Check out our participant information page for more details!

Check out a recent interview from CBC with Dr. Rhodes on how to stick to those New Year's physical activity goals!

Congratulations Dr. Rhodes and Clarise Lim on their recent publication in BMC Public Health on "Understanding action control of daily walking behavior among dog owners: a community survey".

Congratulations Dr. Rhodes and the Bmed lab on winning funding from the Canadian Cancer Society!

Congratulations Dr. Rhodes, Patrick Boudreau, Navin Kaushal and Alison Quinlan on your recent acceptance to the Society of Behavioral Medicine Conference to be held in San Diego in March 2017.

Dr. Rhodes is featured in the Institute on Aging and Lifelong Health's newsletter, "The Bulletin", in the Fall issue. The article congratulates Dr. Rhodes on his recent funding award from the Canadian Institute of Health Research and overviews some of his key research focus areas. Clarise is featured in the "Student Profile" section of the newsletter and talks about her journey to grad school and inspiration for her research. You can read the full newsletter here.

Dr. Rhodes and the Bmed lab recently won the Canadian Institute of Health Research Foundation Grant. This grant will be for seven years and will allow for the lab's research to build on the innovative area of identity and habit formation strategies to help people increase physical activity. Congratulations!

Looking for a little help with those New Year's physical activity resolutions!? We are currently conducting many exciting research studies exploring strategies for becoming more physically active and are seeking participants! With the new year underway it's time to learn strategies that will help get you active and stay active! Current projects include a Family Physical Activity Study which looks at increasing physical activity among the whole family, and a new-parent physical activity study for first-time parents two-months post-partum. For more information check out our on-going projects page or Contact us to see if you are eligible or have any questions!