People

Yeongho Hwang completed his master’s degree and bachelor’s degree at Korea University in South Korea. He is currently pursuing doctoral studies under the supervision of Dr. Valerie Carson. His research goal is to generate knowledge that can improve the health of children and youth from an epidemiological perspective. To expand the boundaries of knowledge, his research particularly focuses on understanding not only the influence of movement behaviours on health, but also the determinants of movement behaviours. 

Shohreh Hassanzadeh completed her Master’s degree in Motor Behaviour - Motor Development from the IAU Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran. She has conducted her MSc research in Physical Literacy as almost the first researcher in this field in her country in 2017. Shohreh is currently pursuing her Doctoral studies under the supervision of Dr. Valerie Carson in the Behavioural Epidemiology Lab, since 2022. Her research interests include Physical Literacy and Motor Proficiency in children. 

Maddy Predy completed her Bachelor of Kinesiology and most recently her Master of Science in the Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation at the University of Alberta. Studying under the supervision of Dr. Valerie Carson, Maddy’s thesis focused on correlates of outdoor play in Alberta child care centres. Maddy started as the Research Coordinator for the Behavioural Epidemiology Lab in July 2019 and is happy to be supporting physical activity and sedentary behaviour research in early years children.

Morgan Potter completed her Master of Science in Kinesiology at the University of Alberta under the supervision of Dr. Valerie Carson. Morgan started as a Research Coordinator for the Behavioural Epidemiology Lab in April 2022 and is happy to be supporting research that aims to better understand the relationships between physical activity, physical literacy, screen time, and children's health.