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

Short Biography

Dr. Bacon's research deals with the impact of health behaviours and lifestyle (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 trials designs. Currently, Dr. Bacon is the FRQS co-Chair in Artificial Intelligence and Digitial 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).

Education

PhD (University of Birmingham), MSc (De Montfort University), BSc (Hons, University of Warwick)

Research interests

• Behavioural (e.g., physical activity, weight management, stress management) interventions for chronic diseases prevention and treatment
  
• The epidemiological impact of health behaviours on chronic diseases
• The role of acute stress (psychophysiology) in the progression of chronic disease
• The impact of sex and gender on chronic diseases.
• Bariatric care and surgery
• Cardiovascular and respiratory diseases
• Patient-oriented, patient-participatory, and integrated knowledge translation
  
• Living and rapid evidence syntheses
  

View Simon Bacon's CV

Current and previous Principal Investigator funders

Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR)

Information for prospective Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows

Details of Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Fellowship opportunities and how to apply for them can be found at: https://mbmc-cmcm.ca/study/

Please see my CV for an up-to-date list of publications.

Courses

EXCI 250: Research Methods and Statistics
EXCI 420: Physical Activity Epidemiology
EXCI 610: Statistics and Research Design

Information for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows

Details of Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Fellowship opportunities and how to apply for them can be found at: https://mbmc-cmcm.ca/study/

Students wishing to pursue graduate studies under Dr. Bacon should first read the following documents.

Graduate Student General Information

Expectations of the Graduate Student