Professor Dr. Catherine Sabiston

Biography

Catherine Sabiston is a Professor and Canada Research Chair at the University of Toronto. She is the Director of the Mental Health Physical Activity Research Centre, where she focuses on integrating physical activity into mental health interventions. With a robust educational background, Sabiston completed a PhD at the University of British Columbia in Kinesiology. Her research interests primarily lie in exercise health psychology, examining psychosocial determinants of health behavior and mental health, as well as the emotional connections people have to their bodies. Her scholarly work emphasizes the development and evaluation of physical activity interventions and measurement tools, and she has been actively involved in projects funded by significant national health organizations in Canada. Sabiston has also supervised numerous theses, exploring topics such as body image, mental health, and the impacts of physical activity on well-being. Her professional affiliations include membership in several key psychological and kinesiology societies in North America.

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