Heather Gainforth

PhD in Health Promotion | Passionate Implementation & Behavioural Scientist | Enthusiastically connecting research & practice via partnership | Lab: @ABClabUBCO

[Heather Gainforth @HGainforth]

@veraellenlucci says "Yes I am a physiologist but now I see myself as a translational physiologist that knows how to do research in partnership".

This is the power of @IKTPrinciples partnerships at @ICORD_SCI - trainees who are changing lives and science.

[Heather Gainforth @HGainforth]

Want to learn more about the @ABClabUBCO and @IKTPrinciples work?

[UBC Okanagan @ubcokanagan]

“I’m interested in why people do what they do. All my work asks two questions: How do you change behaviour? And how do you do it in a way so that the research ends up in the real world?”

Learn more: https://t.co/D4NpB93TfA

[UBC Okanagan @ubcokanagan]

“I’m interested in why people do what they do. All my work asks two questions: How do you change behaviour? And how do you do it in a way so that the research ends up in the real world?”

Learn more: https://t.co/D4NpB93TfA

[Heather Gainforth @HGainforth]

Honoured to receive @ubcokanagan's Researcher of the Year 2023 alongside @FHoekstra_Groot who won @UBCOGradstudies's Postdoc of the Year!

Together with @IKTPrinciples partners, we are supporting partnered research. This award highlights that #partneredresearch is valued. 💝

[Heather Gainforth @HGainforth]

@BehavioralMed Dr. Warne graciously outlined the truth, history, and inequities of indigenous peoples in the USA.

He gave us wise calls to action - what are we as a society doing to uphold these calls?

#SBM2023

[Heather Gainforth @HGainforth]

👏 Cheers, applause, and excitement from the packed #CommunityEngagement session at #SBM2023 for @AlannaShwed and the @IKTPrinciples!

Want to learn more about how our work is using #behaviorchange to change the research system? Check out
https://t.co/2YNX5NNSCw

[Heather Gainforth @HGainforth]

#SBM2023 “the probability of high impact science is rooted in relationships, relationships, relationships”. - @MichelleSegar

Our @IKTPrinciples partnership would agree.

Join as this afternoon where @AlannaShwed discuss how we can use #behaviorchange to meaningfully engage!

[Applied Behaviour Change Lab @ABClabUBCO]

Physical activity is vital for everyone, and people with SCI are no exception. Being fit lowers the risk of serious disease, enhances quality of life, and extends our lifespan. For more info head to https://t.co/K8FEXsom7d @FHoekstra_Groot @HGainforth @ubc_health #seatedfitness

[Applied Behaviour Change Lab @ABClabUBCO]

Do you want to learn more about new best practices for Spinal Cord Injury physical activity counselling? Take part in our study... #SCI #physicalactivitycounselling #ABCLABUBCO @FHoekstra_Groot @HGainforth

[Heather Gainforth @HGainforth]

*AWESOME READ* from @UA_magazine with Dr. Cindy Blackstock:

"Academia and activism should co-exist... Academic freedom provides us with a space to stand in the wings of discrimination in a way that’s not available to other people.”

https://t.co/h8YssMxLX7

[Heather Gainforth @HGainforth]

@AlannaShwed our @ABClabUBCO is excited to cheer you on today...

[Heather Gainforth @HGainforth]

The @ABClabUBCO's @AlannaShwed's research puts forth calls to action to support parents packing their children's lunch during the pandemic.

https://t.co/8FEpht0E4V

[Heather Gainforth @HGainforth]

*WE ARE HIRING*: Applied Behaviour Change Lab Coordinator

https://t.co/4bRHoN0asK

[Heather Gainforth @HGainforth]

“the rights of persons with disabilities is not only a matter of justice; it is an investment in a common future”

Dec 3rd is International Day of Persons with Disabilities | United Nations https://t.co/SHF50zqdR5

[Claire Garnett @ClaireVGarnett]

Very strange and cool to discover that @louistheroux uses the Drink Less app (thanks to Adrian Chile's recommendation)!
https://t.co/Ndt4M02DiA

[Mary Jung (she/her/hers) @DrMaryJung]

Honoured to receive this funding! Together, our team of 40+ are excited to prevent type 2 diabetes by implementing #smallstepsforbigchanges across the country, and beyond! #HealthyCities

[UBC OSOT @UBCOSOT]

Dr. Ben Mortenson's latest publication on the 'Perception of autonomy among people who use wheeled mobility assistive devices' is out now: https://t.co/ADnwJybIHR @mortensonlab #AssistiveTechnology #mobility

[Heather Gainforth @HGainforth]

@canadian_spinal thank you so much for these humbling words❣️

The foundational work the @IKTPrinciples does in partnership to ensure #spinalcordinjury research partnerships are meaningful, engaged, and inclusive is crucial for developing equitable and just research systems.

[The Canadian Spinal Research Organization @canadian_spinal]

CSRO would like to congratulate this years' recipient of the Dave Lostchuck Memorial Award, Dr. Heather Gainforth.

This award is presented to a researcher who is dedicated to helping those with spinal cord injury.

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[Heather Gainforth @HGainforth]

Check out "Trauma- and Violence-informed Physical Activity Landscape of Practice" https://t.co/QPyv7cghrX @Eventbrite

[SCAPPS @_SCAPPS]

We are off and running at #SCAPPS2022! @majishaikh leading us off with with a pre-conference workshop on youth sport partnerships.