Dr. Kerry Courneya, Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Physical Activity and Cancer (2004) 

Kerry Courneya's research program focuses on the role of physical activity in cancer control including primary prevention, coping with treatments, rehabilitation after treatments, and secondary prevention and survival. His research interests include both the outcomes and determinants of physical activity for cancer control as well as behaviour change interventions.

Dr. Courneya's research program has been funded by the National Cancer Institute of Canada, the Canadian Breast Cancer Research Alliance, the National Institutes of Health (U.S.A.), the Lance Armstrong Foundation (U.S.A.), the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research, and the Alberta Cancer Board.

Among Dr. Courneya's many accolades, he also received a Killam Annual Professorship in 2001.

More information about Dr. Courneya's research at the Behavioural Medicine Laboratory website.

Dr. Tanya Berry, Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Physical Activity Promotion (2010)

Tanya Berry examines the dual processing of health promotion messages (conscious and automatic) that occurs in our cognitive processes, and looks at ways to deepen understanding of how best to promote health in a cacophonous, and often overwhelming media environment, where so many different messages clamour for our attention.

She and her research team are collaborating with a team in the Netherlands and others at the University of Alberta as they pioneer this little-explored field. Dr. Berry is also interested in determining the most effective interventions to help people become and stay physically active – for the long term.

Dr. Berry's research interests

Learn more about Dr. Berry's work on her website.