Today’s member profile comes from Dr. Sue Pedersen, MD, FRCPC, Specialist in Endocrinology & Metabolism Diplomate, American Board of Obesity Medicine C-ENDO Diabetes & Endocrinology Clinic Calgary, AB, Canada. Dr. Pederson sits on the Clinical Adults Committee. Dr Sue Pedersen is [...]
Today’s member profile comes from Dr. Annalijn Conklin, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor in UBC’s Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences and a Scientist in the Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcomes Sciences at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver. Dr. Conklin sits on the [...]
Today’s member profile comes from Dr. Stephen Glazer, MD FRCPC FCCP Medical Director for both the Bariatric Surgical and Medical Program at Humber River Hospital, a dedicated center of excellence for the management of Obesity in Ontario, and the President of [...]
Today’s profile comes from Dr. Ximena Ramos Salas, Ph.D., Director Research & Policy at Obesity Canada (consultant) Why I became an obesity advocate My Name is Ximena Ramos Salas and I am Director of Research and Policy at Obesity Canada. Obesity [...]
Today’s member profile comes from Dr. Jonathan Little, Ph.D., Associate Professor, and Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Scholar in the School of Health and Exercise Sciences at the University of British Columbia – Okanagan Campus in Kelowna, BC. Dr. Little [...]
Today’s member profile comes from Dr. Kate Storey, PhD, RD, Associate Professor in the School of Public Health at the University of Alberta, Distinguished Researcher - Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation, and CIHR New Investigator. Dr. Storey sits on the Population, Public [...]
Today’s member profile comes from Dr. Maryam Kebbe, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Researcher Reproductive Endocrinology and Women’s Health Laboratory, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Dr. Kebbe sits on the Clinical - Pediatrics Committee. I am a behavioral scientist with extensive experience in innovating solutions within [...]
Today’s member profile comes from Dr. Jean-Philippe Chaput, Ph.D., Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, and an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Ottawa. Dr. Chaput sits on the [...]
Download report Read Obesity Canada’s findings on the ACTION study by clicking the images (top thumbnail for full report and bottom thumbnail for infographic). Healthcare professionals, employers and people living with obesity disagree on how the disease develops, how to [...]
Today's member profile comes from Dr. Shelly Russell-Mayhew, PhD, R. Psych., Werklund Research Professor, University of Calgary . Dr. Russell-Mayhew sits on the Obesity Canada EveryBODY Matters Collaborative committee. Dr. Russell-Mayhew is a professor and registered psychologist with a research program [...]
