Director of the Diabetes Prevention Research Group
About
Dr. Mary Jung is a Professor at UBC in the School of Health and Exercise Sciences
at the University of British Columbia Okanagan Campus and the Director of the
Diabetes Prevention Research Group (DPRG).
Mary’s passion is researching the self-regulation of health behaviours, primarily
the promotion and adherence to physical activity and health diets in people living
with, or at risk of, type 2 diabetes. She strives to see evidence-based lifestyle
interventions implemented in the community to serve those in need.
Areas of Research Interest
Dr. Jung’s theory-based research program focuses on the self-regulation of health
behaviours, particularly adherence to physical activity and diets. Her current
research program focuses on establishing and evaluating sustainable, community-based
interventions that delay or stave off type 2 diabetes.
These studies span health program evaluation, effectiveness of mHealth technologies,
exercise counselling for individuals with prediabetes, exercise adherence RCTs, and
nationwide nutrition campaigns.
The program is funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Michael Smith
Foundation for Health Research, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, Social Sciences
and Humanities Research Council, Canadian Foundation for Innovation, and private B.C.
Foundations.
Publications
For a current list of Dr. Jung’s publications, please visit:
- Google Scholar:
https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=na2kR5sAAAAJ&hl=en
- ResearchGate:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mary_Jung
- PubMed:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Jung+Mary
Contact
Email: Dr Mary Jung
Phone: 250.807.9670
Office: UCH 105 – 1238 Discovery Ave, Kelowna, BC V1V 1V9
Twitter: @DrMaryJung