L-R: Kelechi Kemnele, Ashley Johnson, Alyssa Comfort, Ana Sanchez, Lucie Lévesque, Donna Ivimey, Folasade Aladesuyi, El Zahraa Majed, Colin Baillie, Brittany McBeath
Graduate Student bios are below:
Lucie Lévesque, PhD, Principal Investigator
Professor, School of Kinesiology & Health Studies
PhD (Université Laval)
MSc (Université Laval)
BA (McGill University)
Alex M. McComber, Co-Principal Investigator & Knowledge User
Adjunct Professor, School of Kinesiology & Health Studies
Community Advisor & Researcher, Kahnawake Schools Diabetes Prevention Program
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University
M.Ed (McGill University)
DSc. Hc (Queen’s University)
Colin Baillie colin.baillie@queensu.ca
PhD Candidate
Establishing Criteria for the Evaluation of Land-Based Indigenous Physical Activity Environment Assessment Tools
Colin is a member of both the Kahnawá:ke Schools Diabetes Prevention Program (KSDPP) and Indigenous Youth Mentorship Program (IYMP) research teams. As part of his work with these nationally recognised programs, Colin’s research focuses on identifying quality criteria to assess the rigour of community-engaged research projects that incorporate Indigenous knowledge systems and methodologies.
Ashley Johnson a.johnson@queensu.ca
PhD Candidate
Social network analysis of community partnerships for health promotion.
Ashley’s research aims to understand how a community health promotion partnership can be successful and sustainable in the Canadian context.
Brittany McBeath b.mcbeath@queensu.ca
PhD Candidate
Reducing Type 2 Diabetes Through a Youth-Led Vision of Community Wellness
Brittany McBeath is a Kanyen’kehá:ka (Mohawk) woman of mixed ancestry with roots in Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory. She is currently a Ph.D. Candidate in her 4th year studying Indigenous Health Promotion using a Community-Engaged Research approach. She is currently involved in research partnerships with the Kahnawà:ke Schools Diabetes Prevention Program, the Weeneebayko Area Health Authority, and the Kingston In Focus Dashboard Project. To contact her about her work please reach out to b.mcbeath@queensu.ca.
El Zahraa Majed 18ezm@queensu.ca
PhD Candidate
Exploring physical activity and mental health among recent immigrants and international students
El Zahraa is a fifth year PhD Candidate in the community-engaged health promotion lab. She is interested in immigrant health, integration, and movement behaviours. Her research utilizes different quantitative and qualitative approaches. El Zahraa has a Master of Public Health in Epidemiology and Biostatistics from the American University of Beirut and a Master of Science in Health Promotion from Purdue University. In her free time, she likes to hike, run, and spend time outdoors.
Kelechi Kemnele k.kemnele@queensu.ca
PhD Student
Exploring the 24-Hour Movement Behaviours among adolescents in Antigua & Barbuda
Kelechi’s research uses community-engaged research methods to promote culturally relevant approaches to increasing physical activity among school-aged children in Antigua and Barbuda.
Alyssa Comfort 09ammc@queensu.ca
PhD Candidate
Designing and Implementing a 24-Hour Movement Behaviour Intervention for Mexican Adolescent Girls
I am using qualitative and quantitative methodologies to generate recommendations for the design and implementation of gender-tailored movement behaviour interventions for adolescent high school students in Mexico.
External support: Mitacs Globalink Research Award
Folasade Aladesuyi 21FTA1@queensu.ca
PhD Student
Folasade is a public health professional with five years of experience in project implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of health programs. She has a masters in public health and has worked with various not-for-profit organizations to implement health education programs in underserved communities, focusing on adolescent health and wellbeing.
Research Interests: Adolescent Health, prevention of chronic diseases, community health.
Ana Sanchez 23VMH1@queensu.ca
MSc Student
Ana Sanchez was born and raised in Mexico, and did her Bachelor of Human Kinetics in the Health Promotion stream at the University of British Columbia. During her undergraduate studies she worked as a research assistant in the Applied Behavior Change Lab and discovered her passion for Community-Engaged research and Physical Activity Promotion.
Research Interests: Physical Activity Promotion, Prevention of Chronic Diseases, Community-Engaged Research
Julia Lapeña
Master’s Degree
Es-PACES on Mexican campuses: Cultural adaptation of the Physical Activity Campus Environmental Supports audit.
July 2022
Congratulations Julia!
Olivia Franks
Master’s Degree
Thesis Title:
Grounding Our Meals on Wheels Program in Community Voice: Exploring Food Practices and Perceived Wholistic Health in Wahta Mohawk Territory.
September 2021
Congratulations Olivia!
Anoushka Moucessian
Thesis Title:
Why are we settling? Indigenous Cultural Safety Education for Counsellors in Ontario
Congratulations Anoushka for successfully completing your Doctoral degree (Fall 2020)
Brittany McBeath
Thesis Title:
Conceptualization of Community Wellness in Three First Nations Communities
Congratulations Brittany on successfully completing your MSc! (Spring 2020)
Danielle Walwyn, MSc.
Thesis Title:
Exploring Physical Activity Opportunities for Adolescents in Secondary Schools in Antigua
Congratulations Danielle for successfully completing your Master’s Degree (Summer 2019)
Andrea Ianni, MSc.
Thesis Title:
The Kahnawà:ke Schools’ Diabetes Prevention Project: Perspectives on Data Sovereignty in Indigenous Community-Academic Partnered Health Research
Congratulations Andrea for successfully defending your Master’s Degree (Summer 2019)
28 Division Street
School of Kinesiology and Health Studies
Queen’s University
Kingston, ON, K7L 3N6
Principal Investigator: Lucie Lévesque
Email: levesqul@queensu.ca
Research Coordinator: Donna Ivimey
Email: ivimeyd@queensu.ca