Expertise:

Behavioural medicine, health behaviours, bariatric care, heart disease, lung disease, sex, gender, health, obesity, physical activity, exercise, stress, Stress management, physical activity, behavioural weight management, obesity, asthma, hypertension

Language(s) spoken:

English

Professional associations:

PhD, FTOS, FCCS, FABMR

Dr. Bacon is a behavioural scientist, who is interested in understanding why people do what they do and then developing tailored interventions to help positively change high-risk behaviours. These interventions range from targeting individuals through to policies. Most of this work has focused on health behaviours (e.g., physical activity, diet, weight management, medication adherence) and has targeted health-related outcomes, i.e., reducing the development and progression of chronic diseases(e.g., obesity, cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, COVID-19). The work that he does is multidisciplinary and intersectoral, requiring the engagement of a number of different collaborators and partners, and utilises a variety of mixed-methodologies, including epidemiological, psychophysiological, evidence syntheses, qualitative, and behavioural trials 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).

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