Several Faculty of Health Sciences professors have brought home awards, recognition or funding for research projects.
Awards and recognition
- Marie-Claude Audet from the School of Nutrition Sciences earned an Excellence in Education Prize for 2024–2025.
- Marijke Taks from the School of Human Kinetics was presented the 2025 Chelladurai Award by the European Association for Sport Management.
- Susan Tosh from the School of Nutrition Sciences was named the 2025 Harraways 1867 Visiting Professor.
Research funding
As in past years, an abundance of research projects have received funding. The Faculty had an excellent showing in the CIHR Project Grant Spring 2025 competition, with a 23% success rate. The rate for the University as a whole was 14.9%, and it was 15.5% for all applications across Canada.
- Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences
- Yan Burelle received a CIHR Project Grant for his project “Peroxisomes: A Neglected Metabolic Organelle With a Crucial Role in the Regulation of Muscle Stem Cell Regenerative Properties.”
- Xiangfei Meng received a SSHRC Insight Development Grant for her project “Neighbourhood Characteristics, the Built Environment, and Socioeconomic Inequalities in Psychological Well-being: Cross-sectional and Longitudinal Findings From the Canadian Longitudinal Aging Study.”
- Annie Robitaille received a SSHRC Partnership Engage Grant for her project “EntourAGE — Student Companions for Older Adults, Including Those Living With Dementia, and Their Care Partners.”
- Jason Steffener, co-director of the Music and Health Research Institute, received a SSHRC Partnership Grant for a collaborative project called “Improving Wellbeing of Older Adults Through a Community-Based Music-Movement Program.”
- School of Human Kinetics
- Jennifer Brunet received a CIHR Project Grant for her project “A Two-Arm Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluating a Physical Activity Counselling Intervention for Young Adults Diagnosed With Cancer.”
- Éric Doucet received a CIHR Project Grant for his project “Weight Loss and Hunger: Did We Get It Wrong All This Time?”
- Natalie Durand-Bush received a SSHRC Partnership Development Grant for her project “Evaluation of the Mental Health Strategy for High Performance Sport in Canada: Are We Behind, Ahead or Exactly Where We Want to Be as a Nation?”
- Kevin Mongeon received a SSHRC Partnership Engage Grant for his project “Tackling Maltreatment at Ice Level: A Cross-sector Partnership to Enhance Transparency and Build Analytical Capacities in Canadian Amateur Hockey.”
- Bradley Young received a SSHRC Insight Grant for his project “Towards a Curriculum Supporting Applied Consulting for Athletes’ Self-Regulated Sport Practice.”
- School of Nursing
- Marie-Claude Thifault received a SSHRC Insight Grant for her project “Le casse-tête de l’enfance inadaptée. La fin des activités psychoéducatives au Mont-Providence et la lutte contre les structures de l’oubli à l’Hôpital Rivière-des-Prairies, 1949-1999.”
- School of Nutrition Sciences
- Isabelle Giroux received a SSHRC Partnership Development Grant for her project “Évaluation des apprentissages par simulations interprofessionnelles pour les services sociaux et de santé en français en milieu linguistique minoritaire.”
- School of Rehabilitation Sciences
- Mary Egan received a SSHRC Insight Grant for her project “From Chaos to Engagement: Understanding How Coaching Helps University Students at Risk.”
- Linda McLean received a CIHR Project Grant for her project “Do Intravaginal Support Devices Worn During Exercise Activities Reduce Urinary Incontinence Symptoms Experienced by Female Athletes? A Randomized Controlled Crossover Trial.”
- Anna Zumbansen received a SSHRC Insight Development Grant for her project “Chorale hybride à domicile : rendre les bienfaits du chant communautaire plus accessibles.”