معرفی
Chris Ardern is Interim Dean of the Faculty of Health at York University and holds the rank of Associate Professor in the School of Kinesiology and Health Science. He is also an Affiliated Scientist at Southlake Regional Health Centre. His research focuses on epidemiology of movement behaviors (sleep, physical activity, sedentary time), obesity, cardiometabolic risk, and their relationships with the built environment, microvascular disease, and dementia. He leads the PA-REACH Lab, specializing in risk algorithms, behavioral profiling, and geospatial approaches to identify high-risk populations. Ardern has held roles including Associate Dean (Research and Innovation) and Graduate Program Director at York University.
Education:
- Ph.D., Epidemiology of Physical Activity, Queen's University (2006)
- M.Sc., Epidemiology of Physical Activity, York University (2002)
- B.Sc., Kinesiology and Health Science, York University (2002)
Grants and Funding:
- CIHR grants for studies on age-friendly cities, metabolically healthy obesity, and spatial frameworks for chronic disease surveillance
- SSHRC grants for research on organized sports in preschoolers and thalidomide's impact on families
Teaching and Supervision:
Ardern supervises doctoral and master's students, including Parmis Mirzadeh and Akinkunle Oye-Somefun. He has served on examination committees for multiple graduate candidates.
Key Contributions:
- Development of geospatial methods for public health surveillance
- Analysis of obesity trends and healthcare outcomes in Canada and the U.S.
- Exploration of microvascular dysfunction in cardiac patients
