Janine Olthuis - PhD, Psychology

I investigate ways to increase access to psychological interventions, with a focus on anxiety, post traumatic stress, and related disorders. I pursue these goals via three primary pathways.

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Barbara D'Entremont - PhD, Psychology

My research focuses on quality of life (broadly defined) for autistic individuals and their families. Representative projects have included predictors of quality of life for school-aged children with autism and for autistic adults; autistic youths’ transition from high school, job satisfaction of autistic adults.

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Stephan Dombrowski - PhD, Behaviour Change Lab Director

Dr. Dombrowski is interested in the development, testing and application of behaviour change theory and interventions for health, particularly in relation to aspects concerning behaviour change maintenance, and the use of evidence based behaviour change techniques. His research to date covers a range of health behaviours (e.g. diet, physical activity, health service use) and populations (e.g. members of the public, individuals with risk factors for health, or health care professionals). In his empirical work Dr. Dombrowski uses qualitative, quantitative as well as mixed methodologies.

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Lucia F. O'Sullivan - PhD, Sex Meets Relationships Lab Director

Our research follows two primary paths. The first path addresses relationship onset and maintenance, and includes studies of attraction, infidelity, monogamy, and breakups, as well as the impact of new digital technologies on intimate exchange.

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Jon Sensinger - PhD, Director Institute of Biomedical Engineering

Dr. Jon Sensinger focuses on coupling prosthetic design with various control paradigms. His research also encompases computational motor control, mechatronics, and rehabilitation. Dr. Sensinger has accelerated the course of biomedical engineering in New Brunswick and has led his institute in the development of prosthetics and rehabilitation systems for the public.

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Anne Crémazy - PhD

Dr. Anne Crémazy is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Biology at the University of New Brunswick (Saint John). Her lab studies the fate and effects of trace metals (e.g. copper, cadmium, nickel) in natural waters, to provide new knowledge and tools to help better manage these environmental contaminants.

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Catherine Holtmann - PhD, Director of Muriel McQueen Fergusson Centre

Dr. Catherine Holtmann is the Director of the Muriel McQueen Fergusson Centre for Family Violence Research (MMFC) and Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton. Her research program touches the areas of gender and religion, domestic violence, and immigrant women.

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Kevin Englehart - PhD, FCAE

Machine Learning for Rehabilitation, Powered upper limb prostheses, Electromyography and force myography, Computational Motor Control, Understanding dynamics of human movement, Feedback to enhance neuroplastic effect for enhanced prosthesis control and recovery of motor control, Modeling of Neural Systems, EMG analysis for interpretation of motor control and Decoding information content in efferent pathways

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Joshua Goreham - Ph.D. (c)

Mr. Goreham is a third year, PhD candidate in the Faculty of Health at Dalhousie University where he is studying sport biomechanics. His research includes developing inertial sensor technology to quantify sport technique, specifically in canoe kayak sprint. He has worked as a sport scientist with the Canadian National Canoe Kayak Sprint team and the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball. His other research areas of interest include technique changes due to fatigue, skill development of athletes, and exercise physiology.

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