Brook Hadwen, PhD Student

Brook (she/her) is a doctoral student in the FAST lab. Brook has a Master of Science degree from Western University in Epidemiology and Biostatistics and completed her undergraduate degree in Medical Sciences at Western University. Her research interests include exploring how adverse childhood experiences affect physical activity habits, and how chronic stress may impair physiological responses to physical activity. Brook grew up as a competitive dancer, and also enjoys running and hiking.  

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Hadwen, B., Stranges, S., Pope, J. E., Bartlett, S., Boire, G., Bessette, L., … & CATCH Investigators. (2024). Risk factors for prevalent and incident hypertension in rheumatoid arthritis: data from the Canadian Early Arthritis Cohort. Rheumatology Advances in Practice, 8(2).

Hadwen, B., Pila, E., & Thornton, J. (2022). The associations between adverse childhood experiences, physical and mental health, and physical activity: a scoping review. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 19(12), 847-854.

Hadwen, B., Yu, R., Cairns, E., & Barra, L. (2022). Presence of autoantibodies in males and females with rheumatoid arthritis: a systematic review and metaanalysis. The Journal of Rheumatology, 49(7), 663-671.

Hadwen, B., Stranges, S., & Barra, L. (2021). Risk factors for hypertension in rheumatoid arthritis patients–A systematic review. Autoimmunity reviews, 20(4), 102786.