The Development of Behavioural Change Interventions Adjunct to Metabolic Bariatric Surgery

Learning objectives

By the end of the presentation, the audience will be able to:

Describe at least one model that can be used to develop and test a behaviour change intervention; and
Detail ways in which end-users and other related parties can be effective integrated into the research process.

Speaker

Dr. Simon Bacon, PhD, FTOS, FCCS, FABMR

Concordia University and the CIUSSS du Nord-de-l'île-de-Montréal

Dr. Bacon's research deals with the impact of health behaviours (e.g., physical activity, diet, weight management, stress) on the development and progression of chronic diseases (e.g., obesity, cardiovascular disease, COVID-19). He utilises multiple methodologies including epidemiological, psychophysiological, evidence syntheses, and behavioural intervention development and testing (trial) designs. Currently, Dr. Bacon is the FRQS co-Chair in Artificial Intelligence and Digital Health for Health Behaviour Change and the CIHR SPOR Chair in Innovative, Patient-Oriented, Behavioural Clinical Trials. He is also a fellow of the Obesity Society, the Canadian Cardiovascular Society, and the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research. In addition to Concordia, Dr. Bacon is co-director of the Montreal Behavioural Medicine Centre (www.mbmc-cmcm.ca), a researcher at the Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux du Nord-de-l'Île-de-Montréal (CIUSSS-NIM), and co-leads the International Behavioural Trials Network (www.IBTNetwork.org) and the CIHR funded Canadian Behavioural Interventions and Trials Network (www.CBITN.ca).