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Speakers’ bio: Olivia Du, BKin 20’ Olivia completed her BSc Honours degree with a specialization in kinesiology at Queen’s University in 2020. Olivia is now a second year MSc student at the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine Rehabilitation Sciences Institute. Her research examines sex and gender differences in exercise participation and depressive symptoms in the stroke population. By taking an integrated knowledge translation approach, she hopes that study results will fill a knowledge gap of sex- and gender-specific indicators of exercise participation and depressive symptoms in this clinical population and inform the remodelling of the stroke continuum of care by removing sex- and gender-specific barriers, improving access to stroke-related health services for men and women, and educating end knowledge users. Olivia’s research is funded by the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada and the CIHR Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarship Master’s Award. Olivia aims to defend her thesis next summer and aspires to pursue a career as a clinician-scientist. Charlotte Lipin BA 22’ (Health Major) Charlotte is in her fourth year of Health Studies at Queens University. She is currently working under Dr. Lee in the In Situ Lab as a UG Undergraduate Trainee. Her research is focused on the constitutional determinants of climate change mitigation efforts. In specific, looking at how adverse health effects caused by climate change are disproportionately impacting population health while simultaneously threatening human rights and social justice. Charlotte is hoping to pursue a master’s in Public Health after the completion of her undergraduate degree.

In this episode, Dr. Fong explains the processes and expected outcomes of knowledge translation.

In this episode, Dr. Kuzik explains the basic features, advantages and disadvantages of systematic review and meta-analysis.

In this episode, Dr. Kang explains the basic features, advantages and disadvantages of randomized controlled trials.

In this episode, Hunter explains the basic concepts, advantages and disadvantages of the quasi-experimental study design.

In this episode, Dr. Vanderloo explains the basic concepts, advantages and disadvantages of the cohort study design.

In this episode, Dr. Zhang explains the basic concepts, advantages and disadvantages of the cross-sectional study design.

In this episode, Dr. Manyanga (UNBC) explains the basic concepts, advantages and disadvantages of the ecological study design with the Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance's Global Matrix initiatives as an example.

In this episode, our special guest, Laura Koch (former HLTH 323 student) discusses three types of selection bias and information bias, respectively, issues of confounding and ways we can deal with them in epidemiological research.

In this episode, Dr. Guerrero discusses three types of associations and touches on the Bradford Hill's Criteria in determining causality with examples related to social media use among children and other topics in epidemiological research.

Dr. Negin Riazi is a recent doctoral graduate from the UBC Population Physical Activity Lab and soon-to-be a post-doctoral fellow at Brock University. Dr. Riazi's research on children’s physical activity and population health has two main foci: children’s independent mobility and population-level physical activity initiatives and policy-level interventions.