June 2025: Martine Shareck and Jérémy Hugonnier recently published an expert opinion in the “Recueil d'avis(e)s d'experts sur les soins et services de première ligne au Québec” entitled “Renforcer la première ligne par la création d'environnements favorables à la santé et à l'équité en santé”.

June 2025: Martine Shareck obtained funding from the IUPLSSS to support a community development project (consultation and implementation of an action plan in Sherbrooke's Marie-Reine district). 

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May 2025: Victoria Dorimain won the Huy Hao Dao 2024-2025 prize, awarded by the Department of Community Health Sciences at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences of the Université de Sherbrooke, in recognition of the innovation and originality of her research in the service of vulnerable populations.

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May 2025: Sienna Longo has been awarded two scholarships: (1) the Master's Research Scholarship from the Fonds de Recherche du Québec (FRQ) - Health sector; (2) the Excellence Scholarship from the Université de Sherbrooke - Institut universitaire de première ligne en santé et services sociaux. These grants will support her research project on social inequalities linked to eco-anxiety and its association with mental health in young people.

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April 2025: Wood Guerlin Tellus successfully presented part of the results of her dissertation entitled “Adapting health promotion and cardiovascular disease prevention strategies - Perception des professionnels de la santé” at the “Rendez-vous scientifiques” of the Centre d'excellence multidisciplinaire du CIUSSS de l'Est-de-l'Île-de Montréal! 

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March 2025: Martine Shareck, Sienna Longo and Stephanie Sersli published an article in the International Journal of Drug Policy entitled “Socio-spatial inequalities in alcohol outlet availability: Evidence from register data in 15 urban areas in Québec, Canada”. A great team effort!

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December 2024: Justine Pineault has been awarded a research grant from the Quebec Population Health Research Network (QPHRN) for her project on perceived gentrification and mental health among young people!​​

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November 2024: Clara Blache-Pichette appeared on Radio-Canada's “Moteur de recherche” program. She discussed some of her research themes, including citizen participation, revitalization and environmental justice.​

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July 2024: Martine (1) and Justine (2) attended the International Medical Geography Syposium in Atlanta. Their respective presentations focused on “(1) equity and inclusion and their consideration in Sherbrooke's urban revitalization project” & on “(2) preliminary results of the scoping review on healthcare, gentrification and equity”.

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June 12, 2024: Martine will be a panelist at Vivre en Ville's Rendez-vous Collectivités viables. The theme of the day is “Équité et territoire: Pour des milieux de vie justes”.

May 9, 2024: The action-research project on social development in the Marie-Reine district is in the running for the “coup de coeur” from the CIUSSS de l'Estrie-CHUS 2023-2024 Excellence award selection committee! Congratulations to the entire team! 

April 30, 2024: Clara Blache-Pichette receives a grant from the Fonds de recherche du Québec - Société et culture (FRQSC) for her master's degree and her research project on the inclusion of stakeholders and social groups in the urban revitalization project on the Wellington South Street in Sherbrooke.

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April 30, 2024: Victoria Dorimain receives a Graduate Studies Excellence Scholarship from the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMSS) for her doctoral studies and her project entitled “Do socio-ethnocultural factors influence the link between achieving movement recommendations and adolescents' perceived overall health?”.

 

April 26, 2024: The CentrÉS project is nominated for the Hippocrates Prize for innovative, interdisciplinary research projects and initiatives that create value in healthcare!

April 1, 2024: Sienna Longo wins a grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) for her Master's program! Her project will focus on social inequalities in ecoanxiety in young adults. 

November 29, 2023: The second wave of data collection for the CentrÉS study is launched! 

November 1, 2023: Martine had the opportunity to present the preliminary results of the key informant interviews (CentrÉS project) at the Congrès annuel de l'ordre des urbanistes du Québec! A great opportunity for interdisciplinary exchange!

October 26, 2022: The team presented preliminary results from CentrÉS' go-along interviews at the International Conference on Urban Health.
 

February 02, 2022:. We were awarded CIHR funding of $504,900 over 4 years to continue the CentrÉS study. Congratulations to the whole team!
 
December 07, 2021: Congratulations to Aristide, who has been awarded a $10,000 grant from the Institut Universitaire de Première Ligne en Santé et Services Sociaux to support his thesis on green spaces and health! More info here.