The University of British Columbia
Okanagan campus
World Diabetes Day 2021!
Small Steps for Big Changes, sponsored by the Diabetes Prevention Research Group, is proud and excited to announce this years’ World Diabetes Day events! We’re hosting a week of FREE events in Kelowna to help you make healthy lifestyle changes! EVERYBODY is welcome! Attend a free cooking class, try pickleball, come listen to our expert […] Read More
DPRG Researcher Spotlight – Emmanuel Gomes Ciolac
DPRG Spotlight is our latest initiative to shine a light on diverse health & exercise researchers here in Canada and around the world. Through our Spotlight series, we aim to: Learn together as a team about outstanding researchers in the field of health behaviour change Provide a platform to shine a light on outstanding scholars […] Read More
Meet Cara!
The DPRG is proud to welcome undergraduate Cara Johnston back to the team this term! Cara is a fourth year Human Kinetics student at UBC Okanagan. She has been a part of the DPRG team for over a year; first, as a 499 research practicum student and more recently, as a summer research assistant. This […] Read More
Congratulations, Skylar!
This month, DPRG’s own Skylar Schmidtke successfully defended her masters thesis! Her project studied the effects of kid-friendly food plating to encourage fruit and vegetable consumption in kids. Researchers have long known that exposure to fruit and vegetables at a young age is important for developing a healthy palate and encouraging good dietary habits later […] Read More