Congratulations to @kaylynmacd newest @UAlbertaKSR grad! We are so lucky to have had Kaylyn as our lab RA for the past two years! Read more about her undergraduate experience here:
https://t.co/Skm9T0UmhY
Recruiting!
Help us challenge negative narratives about obesity or larger bodies in pregnancy. Fill out the eligibility survey below and we will contact you with the study information and link. Amazon 🇨🇦 gift cards are available for participating!
https://t.co/6fdAWaButT
Here we have @brookehebert_ & @jordynncox presenting work with @EPL_WesternU, @ehplwestern and Rachel Tinius from @wku at the @UAlbertaKSR Research Day
Studying factors that inform self efficacy for exercise in pregnancy, & barriers amongst rural and racially diverse communities
Congrats to MSc student @brookehebert_ on being selected to receive the Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies Graduate Student Elevation Award! Always proud of you Brooke! @UAlbertaKSR
Another publication from our practicum & volunteer student team last year! @UAlbertaKSR graduates Hanna Randhawa & Rebecca Pallister summarized career or education pathways suggested post a Kin undergraduate degree in 🇨🇦 by reviewing program webpages: https://t.co/CPZxSNmMTg
Check out this Service Spotlight in @BJSM_BMJ highlighting the great work practicum students @brookehebert_ (now MSc student) & Rebecca Pallister completed last year with @UAlbertaKSR & Braemar School, supporting a exercise program for adolescent mothers! https://t.co/yN2SQ4sMhV
I was honoured to receive an Obesity Canada New Investigator Training award that allowed me to attend the Obesity and Hypertension Canada conference last month. I wrote a reflection piece of my experience afterwards! Thanks again @ObesityCan !
https://t.co/syNXZq6IIx
Another academic year comes to an end! Learn more about our team here: https://t.co/pfaE8efNCq
A big welcome and congratualtions to @brookehebert_ who will be starting her MSc with us in the fall and @kaylynmacd who joins us as an RA leading some exciting new projects!
And that’s a wrap on the term for our practicum students! This was my first term supervising practicum students and I’m so proud of all that they achieved with three unique research projects pictured here! Congrats Brooke, Abi, and Rebecca! @brookehebert_@UAlbertaKSR
Look at this team go! Here is Hanna, Rebecca, Brooke and Abi presenting their undergraduate research projects and Emily presenting her graduate directed studies project at KSR Research Day! @UAlbertaKSR@BonisteelEmily@brookehebert_
Day 1 of undergrad research day at the @UAlberta - Hanna’s first poster presentation on career pathways following a Kin degree and @brookehebert_ presented on her study that examined blog posts on comments made during pregnancy about bodies and weight. So proud! @UAlbertaKSR
FREE community cafe about gestational diabetes!
March 17 (Edmonton Intercultural Centre; childcare available)
Join us for a free lunch & enjoy presentations on gestational diabetes experience, care, and management.
Open to everyone to attend!
Register: https://t.co/7puxopvFSW
Meet KSR’s Emily Bonisteel and Brooke Hebert! Thanks to their professor Taniya Nagpal (@TaniyaNagpal11), both discovered their passion and curiosity for research.
Today, the early-career researchers are leading projects of their own in the LEA(p)P(p)S lab and impacting understudied areas in weight surveillance and stigma in pregnant women.
Read more about their journey and research here.
https://t.co/mNH2Cv0hRm
Have had a #baby in the last 5 years?
We want to learn about your experiences #postpartum! Master's student @jordynncox wants to learn about pressures you may have felt to lose weight after baby.
Please fill our survey here: https://t.co/ucUnjQvAjA
And share!
@ObesityCan
Please share @brookehebert_ 's undergraduate research. Brooke is trying to understand factors that inform confidence for exercise in pregnancy.
If you are #pregnant please fill out this short survey:
https://t.co/wcGSeE1RQ7
Chance to win some Starbucks! ☕️