Deborah Sloboda
Affiliations
Professor; Director, PACE
Professor, Kinesiology, Faculty of Science, McMaster University
Member, McMaster Institute for Research on Aging (MIRA), McMaster University
Member, Centre for Metabolism, Obesity, and Diabetes Research (MODR), Faculty of Health Sciences
Director, McMaster Physical Activity Centre of Excellence (PACE), Faculty of Science
Canada Research Chair in Human Skeletal Muscle Health in Aging, McMaster University
Education
BSc, McMaster University
MSc, McMaster University
PhD, University of Waterloo
Research
Sloboda Lab focuses on the early life origins of health and disease. She is interested in how fetal adaptations to adversity influence the risk of chronic disease in aging individuals. Deborah is a highly accomplished researcher ​with multiple awards, including the International Society of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease Nick Hales Award and the Hamilton YWCA Woman of Distinction Award in Science Trade and Technology.
