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Team
Dr. Kristi Adamo
Research
Scientist
613-737-7600 extension 4190
kadamo@cheo.on.ca
Dr. Kristi Adamo
earned an Honours B.Sc. degree in Human Kinetics and a M.Sc.
degree specializing in exercise physiology through the
University of Guelph Department of Human Biology and
Nutritional Sciences. During this time she had the distinct
opportunity to train at the Copenhagen Muscle Research
Centre and August Krogh Institute in Denmark. Prior to
commencing her doctoral work, Dr. Adamo worked for several
years at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute Prevention
and Rehabilitation Centre in the area of primary and
secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease. This
experience spurred her interest in inter-individual response
to treatment intervention and lead to her doctoral studies,
completed through the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of
Medicine, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine,
focusing on gene-environment interaction in diabetes and
obesity. Dr. Adamo also spent a brief time as a
Post-Doctoral Fellow with the obesity research group at the
CHEO RI. Dr. Adamo holds an academic appointment as Adjunct
Professor in the School of Human Kinetics at the University
of Ottawa, is a Research Scientist with a multi-disciplinary
background and is a founding member of the Healthy Active
Living and Obesity (HALO) Research Group recently
established at the CHEO Research Institute. She played a key
role in the planning and development of this research team
and through CFI/ORF funding, Dr. Adamo has been able to
equip HALO’s metabolic lab.
Kristi’s most successful genetic experiment yet resulted in the
birth of her daughter Kysia in July of 2007.
Dr. Adamo’s current research interests include the irregular
metabolic function associated with childhood obesity and type 2
diabetes and the role diet and exercise may play in
predisposition or prevention. The primary research projects
that she is currently involved in are listed below (and
elaborated on in the section on Healthy Active Living and
Obesity Research Group Current Research Initiatives).
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Kenyan International Development Study – Canadian
Activity Needs (KIDS-CAN) (Co-Principal Investigator)
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Physiological and psychological predictors and
determinants of metabolic complications of pediatric
obesity: A Cohort Study
(Principal Investigator)
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Think Tank:
Obesity and pregnancy – an opportune time for intervention
to prevent long-term sequelae in mothers and their offspring
(Co-Principal Investigator)
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Prevalence of Markers of Insulin Resistance among Offspring
Exposed to Gestational Diabetes: A 13 to 17 Year Follow-Up
Study of a RCT Cohort (GDM) (Co-Investigator)
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Appetite Signaling Proteins and Energy Intake in Obese
Adolescents with Binge Eating Disorder
(Principal Investigator)
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Feasibility and Short-term Efficacy of the GameBike to
Increase Physical Activity in Obese Adolescents
(Co-Principal Investigator)
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YMCA Kids Fit study (CHEO based
Principal-Investigator)
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Sleep Apnea in Obesity Youth (Co-Investigator)
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Champlain Healthy School Aged Children’s Parent
Attitudinal Survey (Co-Investigator)
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CIHR Team in Critical Periods of Body Weight Regulation: A
Women’s Health Perspective SOMET: Sherbrooke-Montréal-Ottawa
Emerging Team (Co-Investigator)
Dr. Rachel Colley
Research Associate
613-737-7600 extension 4118
rcolley@cheo.on.ca
Dr. Rachel Colley completed a Bachelor of Physical and Health Education and
Bachelor of Science (Life Sciences) at Queen’s University in
2003. Rachel completed her PhD at the Queensland University
of Technology in Brisbane, Australia in October 2007.
Rachel’s doctorate work explored compensatory responses to
exercise in obese women using a range of energy expenditure
measurement techniques. She brings experience to the HALO
group in applied exercise physiology with specific skills in
the measurement of energy expenditure and body composition.
Rachel joined the HALO team in August 2007 as a post-doctoral
research fellow under the supervision of Dr. Mark Tremblay.
Rachel is involved in a range of projects including the
Maternal, Infant, Child and Youth Research Network (MICYRN), the
Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS), a Canadian-Kenyan
research collaborative project (KIDS-CAN), and the 2008 Active
Healthy Kids Canada Report Card on Physical Activity in Children
and youth.
Dr. Gary Goldfield
Clinical Scientist
613-737-7600 extension 3288
ggoldfield@cheo.on.ca
Dr. Gary Goldfield has an Honour’s Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology, a
master’s degree in Experimental Psychology, and a doctorate
in psychology from Carleton University. Dr. Goldfield
completed a post-doctoral fellowship in Behavioural Medicine
at the State University of New York at Bufffalo. Dr.
Goldfield is presently a clinical scientist in the Healthy
Active Living and Obesity Research Group at the Children’s
Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute. Dr.
Goldfield is also an Assistant Professor of Human Kinetics
and Pediatrics at the University of Ottawa, and is an
Adjunct Research Professor of Psychology at Carleton
University. Dr. Goldfield is the recipient of a New
Investigator Award from the Canadian Institutes of Health
Research, and holds several peer-reviewed grants from
various funding agencies. Dr. Goldfield is also a
registered psychologist who practices in the community of
Ottawa and sees children, adolescents and adults. He is
also a member of the Ottawa Academy of Psychologists, the
Canadian Psychological Association, and the North American
Association for the Study of Obesity (NAASO). Dr. Goldfield
has published widely in the areas of child obesity, physical
activity, behavioural psychology, and eating behaviour.
Dr. Goldfield’s current research interests include child
obesity, eating behaviour, physical activity in childhood and
youth, pediatric exercise change and behaviour modification.
The primary research projects that Dr. Goldfield is currently
involved in are:
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Delivering Behavioural Therapy to Obese Children via
Internet (Principal Investigator)
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Feasibility and Short-term Efficacy of the GameBike to
Increase Physical Activity in Obese Adolescents
(Principal Investigator)
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Healthy Eating, Aerobic and Resistance Training in Youth
(Co-Principal Investigator)
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Prevalence of Markers of Insulin Resistance among Offspring
Exposed to Gestational Diabetes: A 13 to 17 Year Follow-Up
Study of a RCT Cohort (GDM) (Co-Investigator)
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Think Tank:
Obesity and pregnancy – an opportune time for intervention
to prevent long-term sequelae in mothers and their offspring
(Co-Investigator)
-
Physiological and psychological predictors and
determinants of metabolic complications of pediatric
obesity: A Cohort Study (Co-Investigator)
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Appetite Signaling Proteins and Energy Intake in Obese
Adolescents with Binge Eating Disorder
(Co-Investigator)
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YMCA Kids fit study (Co-Investigator)
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Sleep Apnea in Child Obesity (Co-Investigator)
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Determinants of Obesity & Eating Disorders in Children
and Youth (Co-Investigator)
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Resistance Exercise in Adults with Type-1 diabetes
(Co-Investigator)
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Aerobic and Resistance Exercise in Adults with Type 1
diabetes (Co-Investigator)
Dr. Stasia Hadjiyannakis
Pediatric Endocrinologist
613-737-7600 extension 3939
shadjiyannakis@cheo.on.ca
Dr. Stasia Hadjiyannakis
has an Honour’s Bachelor of Science degree in
biochemistry, and received her medical degree from The
University of Toronto. Completing her pediatric residency
training at Queens University and a fellowship in pediatric
endocrinology at McGill University, Dr Hadjiyannakis is
presently an assistant professor of pediatrics and chief of
the division of endocrinology at the Children’s Hospital of
Eastern Ontario. Dr. Hadjiyannakis is a pediatric
endocrinologist whose area of clinical expertise is in
pediatric obesity and related metabolic complications such
as metabolic syndrome, dyslipidemia, polycystic ovarian
syndrome and Type 2 diabetes mellitus. She is a member of
the Canadian and American Diabetes Associations, the
Canadian Pediatric Endocrine Group, the Canadian Obesity
Network and the Endocrine Society.
Dr. Hadjiyannakis’s current research interests include child
obesity and obesity related complications.
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Prevalence of Markers of Insulin Resistance among Offspring
Exposed to Gestational Diabetes: A 13 to 17 Year Follow-Up
Study of a RCT Cohort (GDM) (Prinicipal Investigator)
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Healthy Eating, Aerobic and Resistance Training in Youth
(Co-Principal Investigator)
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Think Tank:
Obesity and pregnancy – an opportune time for intervention
to prevent long-term sequelae in mothers and their offspring
(Co-Investigator)
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Physiological and psychological predictors and
determinants of metabolic complications of pediatric
obesity: A Cohort Study (Co-Investigator)
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Appetite Signaling Proteins and Energy Intake in Obese
Adolescents with Binge Eating Disorder
(Co-Investigator)
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Sleep Apnea in Child Obesity (Co-Investigator)
Tina Hutchinson
Administrative Assistant
613-737-7600 extension 4102
thutchinson@cheo.on.ca
Tina Hutchinson graduated from Carleton University in the winter of 2000 with a
Bachelor of Arts degree in Mass Communications; Tina then
married and moved to Hamilton, Ontario with her husband
Mark. With years of experience in retail pharmacy and retail
management Tina relocated to Ottawa, Ontario.
In
2006 Tina was hired at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern
Ontario’s Research Institute where she worked with the
Systematic Reviews Group. Tina provided financial and
administrative assistance to the group in addition to
co-coordinating the Cochrane Bias Methods Group.
In 2007 Tina joined the Healthy Active Living and Obesity
Research Group to provide both financial and administrative
support to the group’s Director Dr. Mark Tremblay and the rest
of the dynamic Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group.
Dr.
Meghann Lloyd
Research Associate
613-737-7600 extension
3683
mlloyd@cheo.on.ca
Dr. Meghann Lloyd earned a B.Kin (Honours) degree from Acadia
University and an M.A. from McGill University. She then
completed her Doctoral work at the University of Michigan in the
Division of Kinesiology; specifically within the Center for
Motor Behavior and Pediatric Disabilities. She then completed a
short post-doctoral fellowship in Michigan before moving to back
to Canada to join the HALO research group. Dr. Lloyd’s research
takes a multidisciplinary approach to investigate the physical
activity and motor development of infants and young children
with and without disabilities. At Acadia University, and The
University of Michigan, she studied physical activity, motor
development and physical education inclusion strategies for
children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. At McGill, Dr. Lloyd
researched self-regulation strategies for 10-12 year old boys
with and without Developmental Coordination Disorder. During her
time at the University of Michigan she contributed to two
federally funded large scale early intervention research studies
that used treadmill training to positively impact the onset of
independent walking and physical activity in infants with Down
syndrome and infants with transient neurological signs. Dr.
Lloyd’s doctoral dissertation investigated patterns of physical
activity in preschool age children with and without Down
syndrome and the relationship between physical activity and
fundamental motor skills in these populations.
Dr. Lloyd’s current research with the Healthy Active Living and
Obesity Research Group (HALO) at the Children’s Hospital of
Eastern Ontario Research Institute will focus on developing a
comprehensive assessment tool of physical literacy. This will
provide information to both educators and medical professionals
about the status of physical literacy in Canadian children.
Future research will further investigate the factors that
influence early physical activity, to prevent obesity from
emerging in the preschool age range, for children with and
without Down syndrome.
Jane Rutherford
Research Coordinator
613-737-7600 extension 3271
JRutherford@cheo.on.ca
Jane Rutherford
completed a BSc. in Nutritional and Nutraceutical Sciences, and
went on to attain an MSc. in Human Biology and Nutritional
Sciences, with an emphasis in exercise physiology. Following
graduation, working as a research coordinator at the University
of Guelph, she coordinated human exercise studies on skeletal
muscle metabolism. Jane then moved to the Ontario Aerobics
Centre to take on the role of exercise physiologist in cardiac
and musculoskeletal injury rehabilitation.
While living in Guelph, in addition to her full-time job, Jane
was self-employed as a Fitness Consultant through the Health and
Performance Centre at the University of Guelph and was also an
avid YMCA-YWCA of Guelph supporter, working there as a fitness
trainer and group fitness class instructor. A proud
accomplishment for Jane was the successful development of the
Teen Girl Fit – a weekly health, empowerment and fitness program
for teen girls at the Y.
In the fall of 2006, Jane moved to Ottawa to take on the role of
Research Coordinator of the Healthy Active Living and Obesity
Research Group where she was able to combine her love of
research with her passion and skills for motivating and
encouraging people to live healthy lives. Leading by example,
Jane recently completed her 10th marathon.
In a volunteer capacity, Jane works for the Canadian Diabetes
Association Speakers’ Bureau and promotes the health of
Canadians through presentations on diabetes related topics.
Jane is also a regular Running Room presenter – giving talks to
its running / walking clinics on general and sport specific
nutrition.
Dr. Mark Tremblay
Director of Healthy
Active Living and Obesity Research
613-737-7600 extension 4114
mtremblay@cheo.on.ca
Dr. Mark Tremblay joined the CHEO Research Institute as the Director of the
Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group in June of
2007. Dr. Tremblay has an Honours Bachelor of Commerce degree in
Sports Administration and an Honours Bachelor of Physical and
Health Education degree from Laurentian University. His graduate
training was from the University of Toronto where he obtained
his M.Sc. and Ph.D. from the Department of Community Health,
Faculty of Medicine with a specialty in exercise science. Dr.
Tremblay is presently the Senior Scientific Advisor on Health
Measurement at Statistics Canada in addition to being the
Director of HALO. Dr. Tremblay is a Full Professor in the
Department of Pediatrics, in the Faculty of Medicine at the
University of Ottawa; Fellow of the American College of Sports
Medicine; a Fellow of The Obesity Society; former Dean of
Kinesiology at the University of Saskatchewan; and current Chief
Scientific Officer of Active Healthy Kids Canada. Dr. Tremblay
has published extensively in the areas of childhood obesity,
physical activity measurement, exercise physiology and exercise
endocrinology. Dr. Tremblay’s most productive work has resulted
from his 19-year marriage to his wife Helen, yielding four
wonderful children.
Dr. Tremblay’s current research and teaching interests include
pediatric exercise science, childhood obesity, physical
education and health, health surveillance and physical activity
advocacy. The primary research projects that Dr. Tremblay is
currently involved in are listed below.
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Canadian Health Measures Survey (Principal Investigator –
through Statistics Canada)
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Kenyan International Development Study – Canadian Activity
Needs (KIDS-CAN) (Principal Investigator)
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Active Healthy Kids Canada Report Card (Principal
Investigator)
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Physical Activity Measurement and Guidelines Project
(Principal Investigator – through the Canadian Society for
Exercise Physiology)
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Maternal, Infant,
Child and Youth Research Network (MICYRN)
(Co-investigator)
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ParticipACTION: A
Baseline Assessment of Knowledge, Awareness, Understanding
and the Physical Activity of Canadians (Co-investigator)
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ParticipACTION:
Baseline Assessment of National Organizational Capacity
(Co-investigator)
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Validation of
Accelerometry as a Measure of Physical Activity and
Inactivity in Children with Chronic Disease
(Co-investigator)
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Emerging Childhood
Obesity in Mexico: The Nutrition Transition and the
Double-edged Sword (Co-investigator)
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Self-reported vs
directly measured indicators of health (Co-investigator)
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Accelerometry
profiling of physical activity and inactivity
(Co-investigator)
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Development of
Canadian Growth Curves (Co-investigator)
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