Patricia Longmuir is a senior scientist at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute. Her research interests are the promotion of physical activity to children with medical conditions and disabilities, and the use of physical activity to prevent and/or treat morbidity.
Professor Longmuir’s undergraduate, master’s and PhD theses examined the impact of interventions to increase physical activity among children with heart defects or cystic fibrosis. Her postdoctoral fellowship was a community health promotion initiative targeting parents of young children.
Patricia Longmuir has published more than 70 papers and six book chapters in the peer-reviewed literature. She has also delivered over 180 scholarly conference presentations, and more than 80 invited and keynote addresses.
Patricia Longmuir became a registered kinesiologist with the College of Kinesiologists of Ontario in 2014.
Professor Longmuir is currently accepting master’s student for supervision.