Heather Gainforth
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PhD in Health Promotion | Passionate Implementation & Behavioural Scientist | Enthusiastically connecting research & practice via partnership | Lab: @ABClabUBCO
Kelowna, British Columbia
Joined May 2013
@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.
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Want to learn more about the @ABClabUBCO and @IKTPrinciples work?
“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:
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RT @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…
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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. 💝
Announcing @ubcokanagan’s 2023 Researchers of the Year! These researchers are making the world a better place through excellence in research and scholarly activity. Congratulations to Dr. Heather Gainforth, Dr. Greg Garrard and Dr. Isaac Li! Read more:
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@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
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👏 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
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#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!
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RT @UBCOGradstudies: Alanna Shwed captured the hearts of the audience with her presentation, 'Is the research system broken?'. She was awar…
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RT @ABClabUBCO: Physical activity is vital for everyone, and people with SCI are no exception. Being fit lowers the risk of serious disease…
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RT @ABClabUBCO: Do you want to learn more about new best practices for Spinal Cord Injury physical activity counselling? Take part in our s…
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*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.”
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RT @UBCOGradstudies: Alana Shwed is one of the 11 graduate students facing off in this year's Three Minute Thesis Final on April 5, 2023. S…
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@AlannaShwed our @ABClabUBCO is excited to cheer you on today...
Alana Shwed is one of the 11 graduate students facing off in this year's Three Minute Thesis Final on April 5, 2023. She is a doctoral student in Kinesiology. Learn more about Alana's research and the rest of the 3MT Finalists at
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The @ABClabUBCO's @AlannaShwed's research puts forth calls to action to support parents packing their children's lunch during the pandemic.
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*WE ARE HIRING*: Applied Behaviour Change Lab Coordinator
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“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
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RT @ClaireVGarnett: Very strange and cool to discover that @louistheroux uses the Drink Less app (thanks to Adrian Chile's recommendation)!…
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RT @UBCSMP: Dr. Christopher West (@UBC_CCDPM) is part of an interdisciplinary team exploring how implantable technologies can help people w…
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RT @DrMaryJung: Honoured to receive this funding! Together, our team of 40+ are excited to prevent type 2 diabetes by implementing #smalls…
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RT @UBCOSOT: Dr. Ben Mortenson's latest publication on the 'Perception of autonomy among people who use wheeled mobility assistive devices'…
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