Concordia University researcher members of the School of Health collaborate across disciplines to advance Biomedical Sciences and Engineering, Clinical Research and Prevention, and Community Health Research. With access to funding, networking, and academic support, they drive cutting-edge research that strengthens Concordia’s impact on pressing health challenges.
Affiliate Professor, Biology
Affiliate Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Affiliate Professor, Department of Health, Kinesiology & Applied Physiology
Professor, Psychology
Research areas: Neuroscience, Chronobiology, Clock genes, Stress, Appetitive and affective behaviour
Associate Professor, Building, Civil, and Environmental Engineering
Concordia University Research Chair in Spill Response and Remediation
Research areas: Environmental and human health; Personal protective equipment; Toxicity; Contaminant; Communities
Assistant Professor, Concordia Institute for Information Systems Engineering
Research areas: Smart healthcare systems, Assistive technology, Assistive robotics, Artificial Intelligence
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research areas: Neuroimaging, Computational modeling, Statistics, Alzheimer disease, Motor learning, Healthy aging
Professor, Concordia Institute for Information Systems Engineering
Research areas: Deep learning for Medical imaging, Ultrasound, CPR, Autonomous healthcare applications
Associate Professor of Cardiovascular & Performance Physiology, Department of Health, Kinesiology & Applied Physiology
Research areas: cardiovascular disease, heart failure, atherosclerosis, hypertension, vascular complications of diabetes, mitochondria, bioenergetics
Professor, Biology
Co-Director, Centre for Microscopy at Concordia
Concordia University Research Chair in Applied Cell Science
Christopher.Brett@concordia.ca
Research areas: Fundamental lysosome biology and its role in aging; Engineered extracellular vesicles for therapeutic applications
PhD Program Director, Psychology
Professor, Psychology
Research areas: Learning and memory, Synaptic plasticity, Hormones and neuromodulators, Brain slice electrophysiology
Associate Professor, Psychology
Research areas: Neurplasticity, sleep, audition, misophonia, hearing-in-noise, neuroimaging
Assistant Professor, Chemical and Materials Engineering
Research areas: Biomaterials, Photodynamic Therapy, Antimicrobial Materials, Tissue Regeneration, 3D Printing
Professor, Department of Health, Kinesiology & Applied Physiology
richard.courtemanche@concordia.ca
Research areas: Neurophysiology, oscillatory activity, network coherence, connectivity, cerebellum, basal ganglia, motor control
Associate Professor, Health, Kinesiology and Applied Physiology
Associate Professor, Biology
Research areas: Immunology, autoimmunity, cancer immuno-therapy, immune toxicity
Full-time Faculty, Biology
Research areas: Human population genomics, Precision medicine, Environmental Health, Gene-Environment interactions
Associate Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Research areas: Antibiotic resistance, Drug Discovery, Adaptive laboratory evolution, Natural products
Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Research areas: Drug discovery, medicinal chemistry, anti-cancer compounds
Concordia University Research Chair in Low Back, Spine Imaging, and Musculoskeletsl Heath Interventions
Associate Professor, Department of Health, Kinesiology & Applied Physiology
Research areas: Low back pain, spine, magnetic resonance imaging, ultrasound, rehabilitation, exercise therapy
Assistant Professor, Psychology
Research areas: Learning and memory, Decision-making, Appetitive behavior, Food-seeking, Food-choice
Co-op Director, Physics
Associate Professor, Physics
claudine.gauthier@concordia.ca
Research areas: Neuroimaging, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Quantitative imaging, Vascular health, Metabolic health
Professor, Physics
Research areas: Multimodal imaging; Sleep; Epilepsy; EEG; fNIRS; EEG/fMRI; wearable imaging
Affiliate Professor, Building, Civil, and Environmental Engineering
Professor, Concordia Institute for Information Systems Engineering
Research areas: Industrial ergonomics, using exoskeletons on construction sites, occupational health and safety
Assistant Professor, Physics
Tier II Canada Research Chair in Molecular Biophysics in Human Health
Assistant Professor, Biology
Research areas: Ultrasound, gene delivery, cardiovascular disease, immunomodulation
Associate Professor, Psychology
mihaela.iordanova@concordia.ca
Research areas: Learning, memory, prediction error, limbic system, cortex, reward, fear
Professor , Mechanical, Industrial and Aerospace Engineering
Research areas: Cardiovascular Fluid Dynamics, Cardiac Imaging
Associate Professor, Computer Science and Software Engineering
Director, Undergraduate Program (BCompSc in Health and Life Sciences), Computer Science and Software Engineering
Research areas: Image-guided surgery, health, mobile health apps, augmented reality, virtual reality
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research areas: Evolutionary Algorithms; Machine Learning; Ribozymes and DNAzymes; Synthetic Biology
Assistant Professor, Biology
Canada Research Chair Tier 2 in Synthetic and Functional Genomics
Research areas: Complex Genetic Networks, Cancer Genomics, Functional Genomics, Yeast Genetics
Associate Professor, Biology
Research areas: Glycobiology, high-throughput screening, drug discovery, cancer
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research areas: Wearable sensors, data analysis, applied ai, behavior analysis, physical activity, ecological validity
Tier II Canada Research Chair in Computational Biophysics
Assistant Professor, Physics
Research areas: Computational biophysics, statistical physics, deep learning, molecular dynamics
Associate Professor, Psychology
Principal Member, Centre for Clinical Research in Health (CCRH)
FRQS Senior Chercheur-boursier, Santé et Société
Director, Pediatric Public Health Psychology Laboratory (PPHP)
Research areas: Children, Adolescents, Cardiovascular Health, Epidemiology, Psychophysiology, Wearables, Health Equality
Associate Professor, Concordia Institute for Information Systems Engineering
Research areas: Biological Signal Processing, Medical Image Radiomics, Human Machine Interfaces
Full Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Research areas: Polymer synthesis, drug delivery, wound dressings, nanofibers
Professor, Mechanical, Industrial and Aerospace Engineering
Concordia Institute of Aerospace Design & Innovation
Research areas: Devices, Diagnosis, Microsystems, Nanotechnology, Early Cancer Diagnosis, Minimally invasive surgery
Professor, Psychology
Research areas: Auditory-motor integration, musical expertise, training, development, brain imaging, stimulation
Professor (cross-appointed), Chemical and Materials Engineering
Professor (cross-appointed), Physics
Centre for Research in Molecular Modeling (CERMM)
Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Research areas: Computational (Bio)Chemistry, Multiscale Simulations, Drug Design, Quantum Computing
Associate Dean Research and Infrastructure, School of Health
Professor, Biology
Research areas: Cancer, cell biology, cell division, microscopy, gene editing, disease modeling, drug discovery
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Concordia University Research Chair in Medical Imaging with Deep Learning
Research areas: Medical imaging, Deep learning, Image processing, Ultrasound imaging
Professor, Biology
Research areas: Rare disease, genetics, membrane trafficking, TRAPPopathy, lipid metabolism, metabolomics
Canada Research Chair Tier II, Clinical Nutrition
Professor, Department of Health, Kinesiology & Applied Physiology
Research areas: Obesity, Nutrition, Metabolism, Adipose Tissue, Lipids, Body Composition, Energetics, Humans
Professor, Journalism
Research areas: Health journalism, Science journalism, Public Engagement on Science and Heath
Professor, Psychology
Research areas: Animal models, substance use disorders, relapse, stress, brain mechanisms
Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research areas: Microfluidics, synthetic biology, protein engineering, biosensors
Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Psychology
Research areas: Brain reward mechanisms, optogenetics, fiber photometry, electrical brain stimulation, decision making
Associate Professor, Psychology
christopher.steele@concordia.ca
Research areas: Stroke, neural plasticity, white matter, cerebellum, connectome modeling, serial histology, motor learning
Associate Professor, Health, Kinesiology and Applied Physiology
Research areas: Movement, balance, muscle activity patterns, computer work and neck/shoulder pain
Associate Professor, Physics
Research areas: Nanoparticles, sensors, surface modification, interfaces, SPR
Professor and Concordia University Research Chair, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Director, Centre for Biological Applications of Mass Spectrometry
Research areas: Lipidomics, metabolomics, biomarker discovery, oxylipins, mass spectrometry, mycotoxins, inflammation
Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Software Engineering
Concordia University Research Chair in Intelligent & Intuitive Surgical Technology
Research areas: Neuroimaging, Neurodegenerative disorders, Medical AI, Medical mixed reality, Medical image analysis
President of Society for Design and Process Science
Professor/Associate Director and Co-Op Director, Concordia Institute for Information Systems Engineering
Research areas: Behaviour andlysis and design, Behaviour change, EEG, EMR, Design theory, Design methodology
Associate Professor, Department of Health, Kinesiology & Applied Physiology
Research areas: Obesity, pediatrics, health equity, weight stigma, body image, physical activity, eating disorders
Associate Professor & Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Behavioural Health Intervention, Psychology
Research areas: Pediatric oncology, cancer survivorship, chronic pain, pain psychology, digital health interventions
FRQS co-Chair in AI and Digital Health for Health Behaviour Change, Department of Health, Kinesiology & Applied Physiology
CIHR-SPOR Chair in Innovative, Patient-Oriented, Behavioural Clinical Trials, Department of Health, Kinesiology & Applied Physiology
Research areas: Behavioural science, behavioural medicine, trial methodologies, evidence synthesis
Professor, Concordia Institute for Information Systems Engineering
Research areas: Deep learning for Medical imaging, Ultrasound, CPR, Autonomous healthcare applications
Associate Professor of Cardiovascular & Performance Physiology, Department of Health, Kinesiology & Applied Physiology
Research areas: Cardiovascular disease, heart failure, atherosclerosis, hypertension, vascular complications of diabetes, mitochondria, bioenergetics
Concordia University Research Chair in Bilingualism and Open Science
Professor, Psychology
Research areas: Language acquisition, infancy, human development, language disorders and delays, open science
Assistant Professor, Chemical and Materials Engineering
Research areas: Biomaterials, Photodynamic Therapy, Antimicrobial Materials, Tissue Regeneration, 3D Printing
Professor & Concordia University Research Chair in Sleep, Neuroimaging and Cognitive Health, Centre for Studies in Behavioral Neurobiology
Research areas: Sleep, cognition, aging
Professor, Department of Health, Kinesiology & Applied Physiology
Research areas: Prevention, musculoskeletal, muscle activation, movement capacity
Associate Professor, Health, Kinesiology and Applied Physiology
Research areas: Pain, Catastrophizing, Chronic pain, Patient outcomes, Infrared thermography, Injury rehabilitation
Associate Professor, Psychology
Associate Chair, Psychology
Research areas: Social-emotional development, well-being, altruism, help-seeking, gender, social-cognition, trust
Director, Centre for Research in Human Development
Professor, Psychology
Research areas: Major depressive disorder, Bipolar disorder, Stress, Cortisol, Oxytocin, High risk youth, Longitudinal
Full-time Faculty, Biology
Research areas: Computational Genomics, Human medical genetics, population genetics, human evolutionary genomics
Concordia University Research Chair in Low Back, Spine Imaging, and Musculoskeletsl Heath Interventions
Associate Professor, Department of Health, Kinesiology & Applied Physiology
Research areas: Low back pain, spine, magnetic resonance imaging, ultrasound, rehabilitation, exercise therapy
Professor, Psychology
Research areas: Chronic stress, early life stress, depression, insomnia, health psychology, social relationships
Professor, Physics
Research areas: Multimodal imaging; Sleep; Epilepsy; EEG; fNIRS; EEG/fMRI; wearable imaging
Undergraduate & Certificate Program Advisor and Associate Professor, Theological Studies
christine.jamieson@concordia.ca
Research areas: Research ethics, Bioethics, Clinical Ethics, Indigenous health
Fellow, Science College
Affiliate, Department of Health, Kinesiology & Applied Physiology
Associate Professor, Mathematics and Statistics
Research areas: Obesity; prevention; cardiometabolic risk; behavioural medicine
Associate Professor, Computer Science and Software Engineering
Director, Undergraduate Program (BCompSc in Health and Life Sciences), Computer Science and Software Engineering
Research areas: Image-guided surgery, health, mobile health apps, augmented reality, virtual reality
Graduate Program Director (MA), Psychology
Professor, Psychology
Research areas: Healthy aging, Executive functions, Motor control, Cognitive training, Multi-task performance, Gait and Balance, Hearing loss, Cognitive impairment, Cognitive reserve
Assistant Professor, Psychology
Director, Spark Lab
Co-Director, Centre for Clinical Research in Health (CCRH)
Research areas: Child mental health, externalizing behaviours (disruptive behaviours, ADHD), interventions, dissemination & implementation, data science, mental health disparities
Associate Professor, Psychology
Principal Member, Centre for Clinical Research in Health (CCRH)
FRQS Senior Chercheur-boursier, Santé et Société
Director, Pediatric Public Health Psychology Laboratory (PPHP)
Research areas: Children, Adolescents, Cardiovascular Health, Epidemiology, Psychophysiology, Wearables, Health Equality
Associate Professor, Building, Civil, and Environmental Engineering
Research areas: Occupant-Building Interactions, Occupant Comfort, Health, Well-Being, Occupant-Centric Controls
Professor, Department of Health, Kinesiology & Applied Physiology
Research areas: Clinical exercise physiology, cardiopulmonary exercise testing, cardiopulmonary rehabilitation, secondary prevention, exercise, chronic disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), clinical trials, physical activity monitoring
Professor, Concordia University Research Chair (Tier 1) in in Sensory-Cognitive Health in Aging and Dementia, Psychology
Research areas: Neuropsychology, Cognition, Aging, Dementia, Speech and Language, Sensory function
Core Member, Centre for Clinical Research in Health (CCRH)
Professor, Psychology
Research areas: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Anxiety Disorders, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Experimental Psychopathology
Professor, Applied Human Sciences
Research areas: Mental health literacy, parenting interventions, suicide intervention, qualitative health research
Canada Research Chair Tier II, Clinical Nutrition
Professor, Department of Health, Kinesiology & Applied Physiology
Research areas: Obesity, Nutrition, Metabolism, Adipose Tissue, Lipids, Body Composition, Energetics, Humans
Professor, Journalism
Research areas: Health journalism, Science journalism, Public Engagement on Science and Heath
Full-time Faculty, Department of Health, Kinesiology & Applied Physiology
Research areas: Aging, Brain health, Exercise and physical activity, Neuroimaging, Machine learning, Mobility, Cognition
Associate Professor, Psychology
christopher.steele@concordia.ca
Research areas: Stroke, neural plasticity, white matter, cerebellum, connectome modeling, serial histology, motor learning
Associate Professor, Health, Kinesiology and Applied Physiology
Research areas: Movement, balance, muscle activity patterns, computer work and neck/shoulder pain
Assistant Professor, Department of Health, Kinesiology & Applied Physiology
Research areas: Concussion, traumatic brain injury, pediatrics, neuroimaging
Professor, Music Therapy, Creative Arts Therapies
Research areas: Older adults, dementia, music therapy, end-of-life care, bereavement, advocacy, music & wellbeing
Associate Professor, Department of Health, Kinesiology & Applied Physiology
Research areas: Obesity, pediatrics, health equity, weight stigma, body image, physical activity, eating disorders
Associate Professor, Building, Civil, and Environmental Engineering
Concordia University Research Chair in Spill Response and Remediation
Research areas: Environmental and human health; Personal protective equipment; Toxicity; Contaminant; Communities
Associate Professor, Sociology and Anthropology
juliesoleil.archambault@concordia.ca
Research areas: Health and wellness, Critical Global Health, Sub-Saharan Africa, MEdical Anthropology
Assistant Professor, Concordia Institute for Information Systems Engineering
Research areas: Smart healthcare systems, Assistive technology, Assistive robotics, Artificial Intelligence
FRQS co-Chair in AI and Digital Health for Health Behaviour Change, Department of Health, Kinesiology & Applied Physiology
CIHR-SPOR Chair in Innovative, Patient-Oriented, Behavioural Clinical Trials, Department of Health, Kinesiology & Applied Physiology
Research areas: Behavioural science, behavioural medicine, trial methodologies, evidence synthesis
Assistant Professor, Religions and Cultures
sowparnika.nathan@concordia.ca
Research areas: Intersection of religious practices and health
Associate Professor, Music Therapy, Creative Arts Therapies
Research areas: Critical Disability Studies, Post-secondary accessibility, music therapy education, Ableism
Concordia University Research Chair in Bilingualism and Open Science
Professor, Psychology
Research areas: Language acquisition, infancy, human development, language disorders and delays, open science
Director, International Business (IBUS) Program
Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) Professorship in Work Motivation
Associate Professor, Management
Director, Concordia Centre for Technoculture, Art and Games
Professor and Canada Research Chair In Game Studies & Design, Communication Studies
Graduate Program Director - PhD, Communication Studies
Research areas: Games, serious games, research-creation
Co-Director, Centre for the Arts in Human Development
Professor, Education
Research areas: ASD Inclusion, Intervention CATs, Mental Health Well-being, Centre for the Arts in Human Development
Associate Professor, Health, Kinesiology and Applied Physiology
Research areas: Pain, Catastrophizing, Chronic pain, Patient outcomes, Infrared thermography, Injury rehabilitation
Associate Professor, Psychology
Associate Chair, Psychology
Research areas: Social-emotional development, well-being, altruism, help-seeking, gender, social-cognition, trust
Vice-President, Research, Innovation and Impact
Research areas: Global health, health equity, health systems
Concordia University Research Chair in Low Back, Spine Imaging, and Musculoskeletsl Heath Interventions
Associate Professor, Department of Health, Kinesiology & Applied Physiology
Research areas: Low back pain, spine, magnetic resonance imaging, ultrasound, rehabilitation, exercise therapy
Assistant Professor, Management
Research areas: Occupational health, psychology, workplace safety, mental health, healthy work, job design, leadership
Undergraduate & Certificate Program Advisor and Associate Professor, Theological Studies
christine.jamieson@concordia.ca
Research areas: Research ethics, Bioethics, Clinical Ethics, Indigenous health
Fellow, Science College
Affiliate, Department of Health, Kinesiology & Applied Physiology
Research Member, PERFORM Centre
Associate Professor, Mathematics and Statistics
Research areas: Obesity; prevention; cardiometabolic risk; behavioural medicine
Associate Professor, Design and Computation Arts
Associate Director of Technoculture, Art, and Games (TAG) Research Centre
Strategic Hire in Digital Media, Learning, and Games
Research areas: Persuasive design, culturally relevant interaction design, playful design
Associate Professor, Sociology and Anthropology
Research areas: Self, body, and society; men's health and well-being; body image and body modification in the media
Professor, Computation Arts, Design and Computation Arts
Research areas: Indigenous science and technology studies, Indigenous AI
Assistant Professor, Psychology
Director, Spark Lab
Co-Director, Centre for Clinical Research in Health (CCRH)
Research areas: Child mental health, externalizing behaviours (disruptive behaviours, ADHD), interventions, dissemination & implementation, data science, mental health disparities
Professor, Political Science
Research areas: Social gerontology, biomedicalisation of aging, comparative public policy, home care, services
Associate Professor, Psychology
Principal Member, Centre for Clinical Research in Health (CCRH)
FRQS Senior Chercheur-boursier, Santé et Société
Director, Pediatric Public Health Psychology Laboratory (PPHP)
Research areas: Children, Adolescents, Cardiovascular Health, Epidemiology, Psychophysiology, Wearables, Health Equality
Associate Professor, Building, Civil, and Environmental Engineering
Research areas: Occupant-Building Interactions, Occupant Comfort, Health, Well-Being, Occupant-Centric Controls
Professor, Applied Human Sciences
Research areas: Mental health literacy, parenting interventions, suicide intervention, qualitative health research
Full Professor, Applied Human Sciences
Research areas: Art making as health advocacy, well-being, contemplative practices, community port-traumatic growth
Assistant Professor, Accountancy
nathalie.repenning@concordia.ca
Research areas: Emotions, Mental health, Sociological perspectives
Professor, Communication Studies
Research areas: Aging; Aging & Digital Media; Health-Related Quality of Life; Participant-Led Research
Professor, Journalism
Research areas: Health journalism, Science journalism, Public Engagement on Science and Heath
Professor, Education
Research areas: Educational video games, Citizenship education, Misinformation, Science education
Professor, Associate Director (Centre for Zero Energy Building Studies), Building, Civil, and Environmental Engineering
Research areas: Urban microclimate, Building ventilation, Indoor air quality, Climate resilience, COVID-19
Concordia University Research Chair in Artificial Intelligence in Cyber Security and Resilience
Associate Professor, Concordia Institute for Information Systems Engineering
Research areas: Computational intelligence, cyber-physical security, energy autonomy, resilience, smart infrastructures, agentic AI
Professor, Music Therapy, Creative Arts Therapies
Research areas: Older adults, dementia, music therapy, end-of-life care, bereavement, advocacy, music & wellbeing
President of Society for Design and Process Science
Professor/Associate Director and Co-Op Director, Concordia Institute for Information Systems Engineering
Research areas: Behaviour andlysis and design, Behaviour change, EEG, EMR, Design theory, Design methodology
Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Research areas: Treatment effect estimation on survival data, Fair treatment policy design, Survival data analysis
Co-director, Centre for Research in Molecular Modeling
Cross-appointed faculty member, Geography, Planning and Environment
Assistant Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Research areas: Chemical Contaminant, Human Exposure, Bioaccumulation, Health Risk, Environmental Health, One Health
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