Current Projects
Activerse Physical Activity App Trial
We have designed a 4-week mobile app program called Activerse for adults who want to increase their daily physical activity. The app includes tailored content to encourage participants to get moving, with options to choose from a variety of fun physical activity suggestions created by an exercise professional just for this program! The app prompts are personalized based on recent activity measured by participants' Apple Watches.
To test the app, we're looking for adults who own an Apple Watch and who are not getting at least 150 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity per week.
Chatbots for Diabetes Management
This project aims to investigate the implementation of chatbots (including a customized version of ChatGPT) into the management of Type 2 Diabetes via physical activity. The study will try and tease out how healthcare providers and individuals with lived experience with diabetes really feel about AI, and whether they feel chatbots are useful and safe tools that could eventually be implemented into diabetes management.
Participating in this study is a unique opportunity to contribute to the understanding of artificial intelligence and its applications in the medical field.
Virtual Reality Cognitive Training Program
Are you interested in trying out virtual reality games? Our program uses virtual reality to help train your brain – and we are looking for volunteers to test it out!
This study aims to evaluate the feasibility of a virtual reality cognitive training program for older adults.
Recruitment has now closed for this study. Thanks for your interest!
IBD-Move App for Physical Activity and Inflammatory Bowel Disease
This study will examine the usability of a mobile health app (IBD-Move) that helps people with an inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn's Disease or Ulcerative Colitis) begin and continue being more physically active.
Generation Health Community Program Evaluation
Generation Health Community was a family-based 10 week program held in communities across B.C. The program supported families in making lasting changes to lifestyle behaviours such as healthy eating, physical activity, positive mental health, screen time, and sleep.
Our research team is responsible for evaluating the Generation Health Community outcomes and process from all program cycles from 2018-2025.
Generation Health Community programs are no longer being offered after June 2025.
Data analysis and knowledge translation are ongoing.
Healthy Family Study:
CIHR-Funded Randomized Controlled Trial
The goal of this randomized controlled trial was to evaluate two versions of a family-based healthy living intervention: a stand-alone web-based program and a blended in-person and web-based program.
This study evaluated the effectiveness of each program version for improving health-related outcomes in children at risk for being above a healthy weight.
Data collection for this trial is nearly complete! Stay tuned for study results in late 2025!