Trainees

Kaitlyn Kauffeldt, PhD
Supervisor: Dr. Jennifer Tomasone
PhD: Queen’s University, Health Promotion (2023)
PhD Dissertation: The black box of large-scale dissemination: Building an evidence base documenting the complexity of national movement behaviour guideline dissemination to inform research, practice, and policy
MSc: Queen’s University, Health Promotion (2018)
MSc Thesis: “It has to be more than exercise”: Exploring optimal physical activity program delivery for breast cancer survivors across multiple stakeholder groups
Undergraduate: University of Waterloo, Kinesiology (2014)
Current Research:
Contact:
Email: kaitlyn.kauffeldt@queensu.ca

Alyssa Grimes, MSc
Supervisor: Dr. Amy Latimer-Cheung & Dr. Carolyn Emery
Year: Third Year
MSc: Queen’s University, Health Promotion (2022)
MSc Thesis: Development of Evidence-Informed Recommendations for Training Disability Sport Event Volunteers
Undergraduate: Dalhousie University, BScH Kinesiology (2019)
Undergraduate Thesis: Examining Differences in Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour and Physical Literacy in Children Attending Public and Private Schools in Nova Scotia
Awards: 2023 Joseph-Armand Bombardier Doctoral Scholarship (SSHRC); 2024 Sport Participation Research Initiative (SPRI)
Current Research: Alyssa is a PhD student under the supervision of Dr. Amy Latimer-Cheung. Broadly, Alyssa’s research aims to enhance quality sport experiences for youth and adults living with disabilities through effective volunteer/staff training and injury prevention. Specifically, her doctoral research involves utilizing both quantitative and qualitative methods to determine the incidence, severity and mechanisms of concussion, as well as the experiences and perceptions of concussion diagnosis and management among Parasport athletes. Alyssa spent the 2023 winter semester at the University of Melbourne as a visiting scholar with the Royal Children’s Hospital and Healthy Trajectories Hub. She is currently spending the year at the University of Calgary in the Sport Injury Prevention Research Center under the co-supervision of Dr. Carolyn Emery.
Contact:
Email: alyssa.grimes@queensu.ca
LinkedIn: Alyssa Grimes

Marley Mullan, MSc
Supervisors: Dr. Jennifer Tomasone & Dr. Amy Latimer-Cheung
Year: Second Year
MSc: Queen’s University, Health Promotion (2025)
MSc Thesis: Exploring the Movement Behaviours of Students Experiencing Disabilities While Attending Post-Secondary Institutions Across Canada
Undergraduate: Queen’s University, BScH Specialization in Kinesiology (2022)
Current Research: Marley Mullan is a second year PhD student under the supervision of both Dr. Jennifer Tomasone and Dr. Amy Latimer-Cheung. Her SSHRC funded Master’s work involved exploring the movement behaviours of students experiencing disabilities while attending post-secondary institutions across Canada. She is also involved in a collaborative project between Queen’s University and McGill University, investigating the behaviour change techniques used by persons with disabilities for physical activity. Currently, her research is focused on the enhancement of quality participation in Special Olympics programming for athletes experiencing intellectual disabilities. Outside of the lab, Marley loves to coach soccer and rowing with Special Olympics!
Contact:
Email: 17mars@queensu.ca
LinkedIn: Marley Mullan


Owen Juan, BAH
Supervisor: Dr. Jennifer Tomasone
Year: First Year
Undergraduate: Queen’s University, BAH Health Studies (2025)
Current Research: Owen is a first-year MSc student that first joined the lab as a research intern in his third year. For his undergraduate thesis, Owen conducted a scoping review that investigated strategies for implementing an intersectional lens in disability physical activity research. For his Master’s thesis, Owen aims to expand on the findings of his scoping review by interviewing researchers and authors that have published in the disability physical activity space.
Owen is also currently a trainee under the SMART Training Platform where he is focused on investigating healthy cities initiatives such as accessible cycling infrastructure and speed management interventions.
Contact:
Email: owen.juan@queensu.ca