School of Health – Concordia University (human)

Name of entity

School of Health

Entity type

Research centre specializing in primary prevention and health research

Keywords

Health research, imaging, nutrition, physical conditioning, athletic therapy, stress test, exercise, sleep, clinical analysis, functional analysis, balance, movement, community, education, training, large scale research, rehabilitation, Concordia University, creative arts therapy, psychology, kinesiology, physiology, neurology, MRI, PET, SPECT-CT, DEXA, Ultrasound, VO2max, Aquatherapy.

Area of expertise

The School unites faculty members at the intersection of disciplines to collaborate on a range of health-related approaches, and engages citizens, community groups, policymakers and other stakeholders to further health research and expand training capabilities.

Services offered

Note that the operation of each of our laboratories is overseen by our area managers: Sleep lab: three bedrooms; observation room; multi-purpose room; consult room. Imaging centre dedicated to research: Functional 3T MRI; PET-CT, SPECT-CT, DEXA and high-resolution ultrasound. Functional Assessment Laboratory: Pertubation platform with Vicon system; Neurocom for balance assessment; EEG; Biodex-HUMAC Norm for range of motion and strength assessment. Clinical Analysis Suite: Analytical Chemistry, micro-biology, cell culture. Conditioning Floor: Large exercise platform with over 105 exercise machines; Centralized data tracking system; cardiopulmonary test area for VO2max, ECG, direct measure of resting metabolic rate. Athletic Therapy Clinic: Student run clinic with aquatherapy (Swimmex) equipped with observation windows. Nutrition suite: Equipped with state of the art Teaching Kitchen for courses on meal preparation or cooking demonstrations. There is also a Metabolic Kitchen for the production of

controlled meals. Physiology Suite: Electro-Encephalography (EEG) and Near Infra-Red Spectroscopy (fNIRS) equipment that allows researchers to explore bioelectrical neuronal activity.

Directeur

Lynn Roy, Director
lynn.roy@concordia.ca
514-848-2424 ext 4452
https://www.concordia.ca/research/perform/facilities.html

Responsable

Ms. Véronique Pépin: Interim Dean, Ms. Lynn Roy: Director, Ms Wendy Kunin, Lead, Research operation
lynn.roy@concordia.ca
514-848-2424 ext 4452
https://www.concordia.ca/research/perform/facilities.html

Address

FULL ADDRESS :Street Address: School of Health, PERFORM Centre 7200 Sherbrooke St. West, Montréal QC Mailing Address : School of Health, 7141 Sherbrooke St. West, Montréal, QC, H4B 1R6