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Kerry S Courneya

Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation
University of Alberta
Edmonton, AB, Canada
 

Biography

Dr. Kerry Courneya is a Tier I Canada Research Chair in Physical Activity and Cancer, and Director of the Behavioural Medicine Laboratory and Fitness Centre. Dr. Kerry Courneya is a professor and Canada Research Chair in the Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada. He received his B.A. (1987) and M.A. (1989) in physical education from the University of Western Ontario (London, Canada) and his Ph.D. (1992) in kinesiology from the University of Illinois. After spending five years as an assistant/associate professor at the University of Calgary, he accepted a position at the University of Alberta in 1997. 

Research Interest

My research program focuses on the role of physical activity in cancer survivorship including preparation for treatments (prehablitation), coping with treatments (symptom management), recovery after treatments (rehabilitation), and long-term survival. Main focus areas include
(a) the effects of physical activity on health-related fitness outcomes, patient-reported outcomes, and cancer outcomes, (b) the determinants of physical activity in cancer survivors, and (c) behavior change interventions to increase physical activity in cancer survivors.
 

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