Dr. Angela Alberga
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- Associate Professor & Tier 2 University Research Chair, Department of Health, Kinesiology & Applied Physiology
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Supervised programs: Health and Exercise Science (MSc), Health and Exercise Science (PhD)
Research areas: pediatric obesity, eating disorders, weight stigma, body image, psychological wellbeing, physical activity, behavioural interventions, health equity, patient-oriented research, evidence synthesis and systematic reviews
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Biography
Biography
Born and raised in Montreal, Dr. Alberga completed her BSc (Major Exercise Science, Minor Psychology) at Concordia University. She then completed her MSc and PhD in the School of Human Kinetics, specializing in exercise physiology at the University of Ottawa. She was awarded a Canadian Diabetes Association Doctoral Research Award for her research focused on improving the cardiometabolic health of children and adolescents with obesity through exercise. It is through these experiences that she learned how prevalent and harmful weight-based stigma is and has since been devoted to research, teaching and knowledge translation efforts to reduce weight discrimination in society. Dr. Alberga was awarded an Eyes High Postdoctoral Fellowship and a Banting Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Postdoctoral Fellowship by the Federal Government of Canada at the University of Calgary supporting her research on weight stigma reduction in education, healthcare and public policy.
Alongside her interdisciplinary research training in health promotion and disease prevention, she has over 15 years of experience working with children, youth and adults as a camp counselor, educator, mentor, coach, instructor, personal trainer and clinical exercise physiologist in academic and community settings across Canada.
Education
Banting CIHR Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Calgary
Eyes High Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Calgary
PhD, Human Kinetics, University of Ottawa
MSc, Human Kinetics, University of Ottawa
BSc, Major Exercise Science, Minor Psychology, Concordia University
Research interests
Research program: An interdisciplinary approach to weight-related issues: Implications for population and public health.
Dr. Alberga’s research program focuses on better understanding how (i) societal, and (ii) school and other institutional factors, influence weight-related issues including obesity, eating disorders, physical inactivity and weight stigma.
Our research lab is interested in the following research topics:
-Understanding psychosocial health impacts (benefits and harms) of participating in pediatric obesity interventions
-Reducing weight stigma in healthcare, education and public policy
-Addressing social and health inequities
-Promoting healthy body image and healthy behaviours
-Improving communication, care and support for obesity management in healthcare
-Engaging the public in the research process and incorporating patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs)
Teaching activities
EXCI 420: Epidemiology of Physical Activity
EXCI 458: Pediatric Exercise Science
HEXS 811: Advanced Topics in Health and Exercise Science: Intervention Module
HEXS 812: Advanced Topics in Health and Exercise Science: Population Health Module
EXCI 612: Laboratory Techniques
Research activities
Current and previous research grants held as a Principal Investigator
Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR)
Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council
Les Fonds de recherche du Québec- Santé (FRQ-S)
Toronto- Dominion Bank
Réseau de recherche en santé cardiometabolique, diabète et obésité (CMDO)
Pediatric Research Foundation
Publications
List of publications on Google Scholar:
https://scholar.google.ca/citations?hl=en&pli=1&user=xgq7RTMAAAAJ