Congratulations to Joanna Noh on Her New Role as Project Coordinator of TRACER!
3:46 pm
Congratulations to Joanna Noh on her new role as Project Coordinator of the TRACER (Transportation Responses: Affective, Cardiovascular, EEG, and Respiratory) study! After serving as a Research Coordinator in the FAST Lab this summer, Joanna is stepping into this exciting new position. We’re thrilled to see Joanna continue her work with the FAST Lab in […]
Congratulations and Farewell to Dr. Benjamin Hives as He Begins a New Postdoctoral Fellowship at Carleton University!
2:44 pm
Congratulations to Dr. Benjamin Hives, who will begin a new postdoctoral fellowship in October 2026 under the supervision of Dr. Katie Gunnell in the Behaviours, Exercise, Assessment, and Well-Being Lab at Carleton University! While Ben moves on to this exciting next chapter, he will continue his involvement with the FAST Lab as a Co-Investigator on […]
Congratulations and Farewell to Dr. Gabriel Zieff as He Begins a New Faculty Appointment at the University of Michigan-Flint!
2:02 pm
Congratulations and farewell to Dr. Gabriel Zieff, who will begin a new position as Assistant Professor of Exercise Science in the Public Health and Health Sciences Department at the University of Michigan-Flint! Gabe was a Killam and CIHR Postdoctoral Fellow in the FAST Lab from 2023–2026 and was also co-supervised by Dr. Joelle LeMoult in […]
Welcome to the FAST Lab, New PhD Student and Multi-Award Recipient Maryam Sarfjoo Kasmaei!
10:32 am
We are excited to welcome Maryam Sarfjoo Kasmaei to the FAST Lab as a new PhD student beginning this September! Maryam holds a Master of Health Sciences from the University of Northern British Columbia and brings an interdisciplinary background in health sciences and engineering. Her research interests include behaviour change and accessible physical activity interventions […]
A Warm Welcome to the FAST Lab’s New Lab Manager, Portia Kuivi!
10:45 am
We are so excited to welcome Portia Kuivi to the FAST Lab! Portia will be joining the team as our new Lab Manager, as well as the Project Manager for the Remote Exercise iNtErvention for Wellbeing (RENEW) Trial. We’re thrilled to have Portia join the lab and look forward to all that she will bring […]
Congratulations to Dr. Eli Puterman on Being Appointed President of the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research!
4:32 pm
Congratulations to Lab Director Dr. Eli Puterman on his new appointment as President of the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research! We are incredibly proud to celebrate this recognition of his leadership and dedication to advancing research in the field.
Congratulations to Naomi Maldonado-Rodriguez on Successfully Defending Her PhD and Beginning a CIHR-Funded Postdoctoral Fellowship at SFU!
3:29 pm
Congratulations to Naomi Maldonado-Rodriguez for successfully defending her PhD dissertation entitled “Access and Engagement with Comprehensive HIV Care: An Intersectional Examination of the Experiences of Migrant Women Living with HIV.” In the fall, she will begin her CIHR-funded postdoctoral fellowship in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University, under the mentorship of Dr. Angela […]
Congratulations to Leo McHegg on his SSHRC Graduate Research Scholarship and Upcoming MA in Counselling Psychology at UBC!
4:00 pm
Congratulations to Leo on receiving a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Graduate Research Scholarship for his proposed research examining the effects of exercise on affective stress reactivity! Leo will be joining the FAST Lab as a graduate student in the UBC Counselling Psychology MA program beginning in September 2026.
Congratulations and Farewell to Carson Wong as He Begins Medical School at UBC!
3:50 pm
After serving as a Research Coordinator in the FAST Lab, Carson is heading to the UBC Faculty of Medicine this fall to begin his medical education. We’ll miss having Carson on the FAST Lab team and wish him all the best in this exciting next chapter!
(New Pub): App-Based Physical Activity Intervention for Individuals With Depression (MoodMover): Single-Arm, Pre-Post Proof-of-Concept and Feasibility Study
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