University Members
Kelly Arbour-Nicitopoulos, Ph.D.
Dr. Arbour-Nicitopoulos is a Research Associate in the Department of Kinesiology at McMaster University. Her research focuses on the application of theory to the understanding and promotion of multiple health behaviour change in populations with disabilities and chronic illness. Dr. Arbour-Nicitopoulos is co-leading, along with Drs. Martin Ginis and Latimer, the development, dissemination and evaluation of Get in Motion, and is currently leading the development of the physical activity guide for adults with spinal cord injury.
Larry Brawley
Dr. Brawley is a Professor and Senior Canada Research Chair in Physical Activity for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention in the College of Kinesiology, University of Saskatchewan. His research concerns the social and behaviour change processes that aid self-management of physical activity and its maintenance in asymptomatic and symptomatic populations. He has tested promising theoretically-driven interventions that help people change their behaviour and improve their adherence. Regarding knowledge mobilization, he was a scientific advisor and content developer for Canada's Guides to Physical Activity.
Steven Bray
Dr. Bray is an Associate Professor in the Department of Kinesiology at McMaster University. His research is aimed at examining social-cognitive factors that influence and are influenced by participation in physical activity. His research focuses on two specific populations: young adults during their transition out of high school and older adults rehabilitating from illness. His research involving older adults looks at social cognitive factors affecting adherence and compliance in exercise rehabilitation.
David Ditor
Dr. Ditor is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physical Education and Kinesiology at Brock University. His area of research interests are i) the secondary health complications that accompany spinal cord injury and the effects of exercise as a means to attenuate these complications, and ii) neuroprotective strategies to minimize secondary tissue damage after acute spinal cord injury.
Guy Faulkner
Dr. Faulkner is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Physical Education and Health as well as the Unit Coordinator of the Exercise Psychology Unit at the University of Toronto. His research has focused on two inter-related themes: the effectiveness of physical activity promotion interventions; and physical activity and psychological well-being.
Steven Hanna
Dr. Hanna is an Associate Professor in the Department of Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics, and the School of Rehabilitation Science at McMaster University. He has expertise and interests in biostatistics, childhood disability, knowledge translation, and social psychology. His interests include the analysis of longitudinal data and the application of multilevel and structural equation models in health services and child development. He is also involved with research in the evaluation and perceptions of clinical practice guidelines. He is a member of the CanChild Centre for Childhood Disability Research, the AGREE Collaboration, and a statistical consultant to the Program in Evidence Based Care, Cancer Care Ontario.
Keith Hayes
Dr. Hayes is a Professor in the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology at the University of Western Ontario. His postgraduate training in neurophysiology and biomechanics provided the grounding for his interest in processes of motor control. This interest was reflected in his research into various aspects of human reflex physiology and balance. More recently his research activities have turned to clinical applications of electrophysiology particularly with regard to spasticity and spinal cord injuries.
Audrey Hicks
Dr. Hicks is a Professor in the Department of Kinesiology at McMaster University, and she teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in Neuromuscular Function, Biology of Aging and Exercise, and Exercise Rehabilitation. For the past 8 years, her research has been primarily focused on exercise rehabilitation after spinal cord injury. Dr. Hicks is the Director of the MacWheelers exercise program, which provides individualized exercise prescriptions for people with spinal cord injury living in the Hamilton community.
Julie Horrocks
Dr. Julie Horrocks is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics & Statistics at the University of Guelph. Her research is in the development of statistical models for the analysis of longitudinal and time-to-event data, in the presence of missing data and measurement error. She works with applied researchers in many fields, including medicine, health and the social sciences.
Amy Latimer
Dr. Latimer is an Assistant Professor in the School of Kinesiology and Health Studies at Queen's University and the Executive Director of Kingston Revved Up Assisted Exercise Program. Her research aims to understand and promote healthy lifestyle behaviors in the general population and among people with chronic disease and disability. Her research focuses specifically on a) identifying the factors that motivate people to adopt healthy behaviors, and (b) testing motivational interventions to encourage people to make healthy lifestyle choices. Currently, she is conducting research examining the best approach for communicating health information.
Lori Letts
Dr. Letts is an Associate Professor within the School of Rehabilitation Science at McMaster University. Her research interests include: environments, health promotion, primary health care, aging, community rehabilitation, qualitative methods, participatory research, social change and community organizing.
Harry Prapavessis
Dr. Prapavessis is the Director of the Exercise and Health Psychology Laboratory at the University of Western Ontario and works in the area of exercise and health psychology. His research program has three main foci. First he investigates the determinants of physical activity, and interventions grounded in self-regulation theory in changing physical activity in diseased and non-diseased populations. Second, he studies exercise as a therapy to improve health. Third and finally, he examines the role that psychological factors play in the prediction, prevention, and recovery of injury.
Brett Smith
Dr. Brett Smith is a senior lecturer at Loughborough University, UK. His theoretical and empirical research interests concern disability, the body, health, and well-being; the development of qualitative research; and narrative inquiry. Brett is working on research that examines the effective ways of communicating health information. He is also examining the psycho-social well-being of spinal cord injured patients who are isolated as a result of pressure sores. Brett is the Editor of the journal Qualitative Research in Sport & Exercise.
Dalton Wolfe
Dr. Wolfe is an Associate Scientist in the Program of Aging, Rehabilitation and Geriatric Care in the Lawson Health Research Institute, London, ON, Canada. He is also an Assistant Professor in the Bachelor of Health Sciences Program and an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Western Ontario. Dr. Wolfe's primary research interest is in the area of health promotion for people with SCI and other disabilities, especially in examining the role of physical activity in enhancing health. In addition, Dr. Wolfe has expertise in examining the impact on health of the various secondary health conditions commonly encountered by those with SCI.
Get in Motion
Get in Motion is a free physical activity counseling service for Canadians with spinal cord injury.
