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Mark Tremblay

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Full ProfessorClinical EpidemiologyUniversity of Ottawa

Mark Tremblay

Full Professor

Clinical Epidemiology

Faculty of Medicine

University of Ottawa

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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4 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Principal investigator on 10 research grants (9 CIHR, 1 SSHRC), most recently in 2022.
Supervised 5 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2021.

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Research

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Physical Activity Obesity Children Sleep Sedentary Behaviour Chronic Disease Diabetes Sugar-Sweetened Beverage

Latest papers

Active Parent-Child Leisure, Sedentariness, and Sleep in Toddlerhood Promise Later Active Lifestyle in Early Adolescence.
Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBP · 2026
Cross-validation of the Canadian Assessment of Physical Literacy second edition (CAPL-2) for Spanish children.
BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2024
Practical steps needed to achieve impact of the WHO 2019 movement behaviour guidelines for children under the age of 5: the SUNRISE Study Europe Group evaluation.
The Lancet regional health. Europe · 2024

All 21 publications

Latest funding

SUNRISE International Study of Movement Behaviours in the Early Years
CIHR · 2022 · Nominated PI
$1,514,700
CIHR-IPPH Trailblazer Senior Population and Public Health Researcher Award Research
CIHR · 2021 · Nominated PI
$12,500
Creating Continuity and Confidence for the Measurement of Canadians Movement Behaviours (Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour, and Sleep)
CIHR · 2021 · Supervisor
$90,000

All 18 grants and awards

21 publications.

Active Parent-Child Leisure, Sedentariness, and Sleep in Toddlerhood Promise Later Active Lifestyle in Early Adolescence.

Harandian K, Kosak LA, Tremblay M, Pagani LS

Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBP2026

DOI: 10.1097/dbp.0000000000001478 PMID: 41949062

Cross-validation of the Canadian Assessment of Physical Literacy second edition (CAPL-2) for Spanish children.

Mendoza Muñoz M, López-Gil JF, Pastor-Cisneros R, Castillo Paredes A, Urbano Mairena J, Tremblay M, Carlos Vivas J

BMJ open sport & exercise medicine2024

DOI: 10.1136/bmjsem-2024-001971 PMID: 39006391

Practical steps needed to achieve impact of the WHO 2019 movement behaviour guidelines for children under the age of 5: the SUNRISE Study Europe Group evaluation.

De Craemer M, Veldman SLC, Azevedo LB, Bardid F, Del Pozo Cruz J, Engberg E, Jarani J, Kontsevaya A, Löf M, Martins C, Nalecz H, Okely A, Tremblay M, Venetsanou F, Yildiz M, Reilly JJ

The Lancet regional health. Europe2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.lanepe.2024.100869 PMID: 38803629

Research priorities to reduce the impact of COVID-19 in low- and middle-income countries.

Polašek O, Wazny K, Adeloye D, Song P, Chan KY, Bojude DA, Ali S, Bastien S, Becerra-Posada F, Borrescio-Higa F, Cheema S, Cipta DA, Cvjetković S, Castro LD, Ebenso B, Femi-Ajao O, Ganesan B, Glasnović A, He L, Heraud JM, Igwesi-Chidobe C, Iversen PO, Jadoon B, Karim AJ, Khan J, Biswas RK, Lanza G, Lee SW, Li Y, Liang LL, Lowe M, Islam MM, Marušić A, Mshelia S, Manyara AM, Htay MN, Parisi M, Peprah P, Sacks E, Akinyemi KO, Shahraki-Sanavi F, Sharov K, Rotarou ES, Stankov S, Supriyatiningsih W, Chan BT, Tremblay M, Tsimpida D, Vento S, Glasnović JV, Wang L, Wang X, Ng ZX, Zhang J, Zhang Y, Campbell H, Chopra M, Cousens S, Krstić G, Macdonald C, Mansoori P, Patel S, Sheikh A, Tomlinson M, Tsai AC, Yoshida S, Rudan I

Journal of global health2022

DOI: 10.7189/jogh.12.09003 PMID: 35475006

Cross-validation of the Canadian Assessment of Physical Literacy second edition (CAPL-2): The case of a Chinese population.

Li MH, Sum RKW, Tremblay M, Sit CHP, Ha ASC, Wong SHS

Journal of sports sciences2020

DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2020.1803016 PMID: 32787646

Introduction to the Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines for Adults aged 18-64 years and Adults aged 65 years or older: an integration of physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and sleep.

Ross R, Tremblay M

Applied physiology, nutrition, and metabolism = Physiologie appliquee, nutrition et metabolisme2020Senior author

DOI: 10.1139/apnm-2020-0843 PMID: 33054330

Sedentary behavior patterns and adiposity in children: a study based on compositional data analysis.

Gába A, Pedišić Ž, Štefelová N, Dygrýn J, Hron K, Dumuid D, Tremblay M

BMC pediatrics2020Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s12887-020-02036-6 PMID: 32241269

Results from Lithuania's 2018 Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth.

Sukys S, Emeljanovas A, Gruodyte-Raciene R, Mieziene B, Trinkuniene L, Rutkauskaite R, Tremblay M

International journal of environmental research and public health2019Senior author

DOI: 10.3390/ijerph16234710 PMID: 31779218

Obesity class versus the Edmonton Obesity Staging System for Pediatrics to define health risk in childhood obesity: results from the CANPWR cross-sectional study

Hadjiyannakis S, Ibrahim Q, Li J, Ball GDC, Buchholz A, Hamilton JK, Zenlea I, Ho J, Legault L, Laberge A-M

The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health201951 citations

DOI: 10.1016/s2352-4642(19)30056-2

The CANadian Pediatric Weight management Registry (CANPWR): lessons learned from developing and initiating a national, multi-centre study embedded in pediatric clinical practice

Morrison KM, Ball GDC, Ho J, Mackie P, Buchholz A, Chanoine J-P, Hamilton J, Laberge A-M, Legault L, Thabane L

BMC Pediatrics20187 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1186/s12887-018-1208-6 PMID: W2883884911

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Mark Tremblay

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Active Parent-Child Leisure, Sedentariness, and Sleep in Toddlerhood Promise Later Active Lifestyle in Early Adolescence.

Cross-validation of the Canadian Assessment of Physical Literacy second edition (CAPL-2) for Spanish children.

Practical steps needed to achieve impact of the WHO 2019 movement behaviour guidelines for children under the age of 5: the SUNRISE Study Europe Group evaluation.

Research priorities to reduce the impact of COVID-19 in low- and middle-income countries.

Cross-validation of the Canadian Assessment of Physical Literacy second edition (CAPL-2): The case of a Chinese population.

Introduction to the Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines for Adults aged 18-64 years and Adults aged 65 years or older: an integration of physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and sleep.

Sedentary behavior patterns and adiposity in children: a study based on compositional data analysis.

Results from Lithuania's 2018 Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth.

Obesity class versus the Edmonton Obesity Staging System for Pediatrics to define health risk in childhood obesity: results from the CANPWR cross-sectional study

The CANadian Pediatric Weight management Registry (CANPWR): lessons learned from developing and initiating a national, multi-centre study embedded in pediatric clinical practice

Translation of the Outdoor Play Canada State of the Sector Report into French

Frequent collaborators

Laurent Legault

Erinn Salewski

Laurent Legault

Brian Hutton

Katherine Morrison

Anne-Marie Laberge

Lehana Thabane

Arya Sharma

Michael Borghese

Patricia Longmuir

Robert Reid

Michael Wolfson

Richard Larouche

Catherine Pound

Jill Hamilton

Robert Ross