Kate Storey, PhD, RD

About

I am a CIHR/PHAC Applied Public Health Chair, Professor in the School of Public Health at the University of Alberta, and Distinguished Researcher, Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation. I am a Centre for Healthy Communities Scientist and Lead for 'Healthy Schools'. I have built on my experience in community-based participatory research, school health, qualitative methods, and implementation science to develop a novel research program SIRCLE: Settings-based Intervention Research through Changes in Lifestyles & Environments. 

SIRCLE delivers and evaluates school- and community-based healthy living programs throughout Canada which promote wellbeing, prevent chronic diseases, and reduce health inequities. My work aims to create a culture of wellness for kids, their families, and their communities by making the ‘healthy choice the easy choice’ where we live, work, learn, and play. I work to create systems-level change through programs that foster resilience and empowerment. As an applied scientist, partnerships are vital and an essential component of my work. As such, I collaborate with researchers, policymakers, and practitioners in both health and education. 

I am supported through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Women and Children’s Health Research Institute, the Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation, the Public Health Agency of Canada, and Alberta Innovates. I am a mom to two young children who share my passion for adventure, travel, and being active.

For more information on work done by the SIRCLE Research Lab, please go to www.katestorey.com.

Degrees

PDF, Health Promotion and Socio-behavioural Sciences, University of Alberta, 2010

RD, Alberta Health Services (former Calgary Health and Capital Health Regions), 2008

PhD, Nutrition and Metabolism, University of Alberta, 2007

BSc (with Distinction), Nutrition Science (Biology/Psychology), Indiana University, 2002

 

Awards

Canada's Most Powerful Women: Top 100, 2023

CIHR Trailblazer Award, 2023

CIHR/PHAC Applied Public Health Chair, CIHR/PHAC, 2022-2028

Top 40 Under 40, Avenue Edmonton, 2019

Distinguished Researcher, Stollery Science Lab, Stollery Children's Hospital Foundation, 2018-2023

CIHR/WCHRI New Investigator in Maternal, Reproductive, Child and Youth Health, CIHR/WCHRI, 2017-2020

2017 Dear Professor Award (acknowledges promotion of mental health amongst students), University of Alberta Compliments Student Group, 2017

Advisor of the Year, School of Public Health, University of Alberta, 2015

Small Class Instructor of the Year, School of Public Health, University of Alberta, 2013

Postdoctoral Fellowship, Alberta Innovates - Health Solutions, 2008

Health Research Studentship, Alberta Innovates - Health Solutions, 2006

Doctoral Student Award in Nutrition Education and Communication, Danone Institute of Canada, 2003

 

Keywords

chronic disease prevention

community based research

health promotion

implementation science

child and youth health

knowledge translation

nutrition

obesity

public health

qualitative methods

school health

Supervision

Currently accepting graduate students.

MACE 550 - Introduction to Qualitative Inquiry

An introduction to the main methods in qualitative inquiry, data collection strategies, qualitative data analysis, rigor, ethics, and proposal preparation. Students may not receive credit for both COMM 597 (Introduction to Qualitative Inquiry) and MACE 550.

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SPH 623 - Qualitative and Community-Based Approaches in Health Research

Theoretical understanding of qualitative and community-based research designs, including phenomenology, grounded theory, ethnography, biography and case study. Methods of data collection such as interviews, focus groups and participant observation. Strategies for data analysis and dissemination. Pre or corequisite: SPH 503 or consent of instructor. Note: Credit may not be obtained for both HPS 603 and SPH 623. Credit may not be obtained for both HECOL 603 and SPH 623. May contain alternate delivery sections; refer to the Tuition and Fees page in the University Regulations section of the Calendar.

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Browse more courses taught by Kate Storey

Started: 2017

Principal Investigator

Funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), and the Women and Children's Health Research Institute (WCHRI)

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Started: 2016

Co-Principal Investigator

Funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and Diabetes Canada

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Started: 2016

Co-Investigator

Funded by the Canadian Foundation for Dietetic Research

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Started: 2015

Principal Investigator

Funded by the Women and Children's Health Research Institute (WCHRI)

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Started: 2016

Co-Investigator

Funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

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Started: 2014

Co-Investigator

Funded by Alberta Innovates, Collaborative Research and Innovation Opportunity (CRIO) Team Grant

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Started: 2016

Co-Investigator

Funded by Health Canada - the Substance Use and Addictions Program (SUAP)

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Started: 2017

Co-Investigator

Funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

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Started: 2016

Co-Principal Investigator

Funded by the Public Health Agency of Canada

Faught, E.L., Ekwaru, J.P., Gleddie, D., Storey, K.E., Asbridge, M., Veugelers, P.J.

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 2017 January; 14 (1):29

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Roberts, E., McLeod, N., Montemurro, G., Veugelers, P., Gleddie, D., Storey, K.E.

Health Promotion International. 2016 January; 31 (4):915-924

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Storey, K.E., Montemurro, G., Flynn, J., Schwartz, M., Wright, E., Osler, J., Veugelers, P., Roberts, E.

BMC Public Health. 2016 January; 16

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Storey, K.E.

Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care. 2015 January; 18 (5):437-45

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Fung, C., Kuhle, S., Lu, C., Purcell, M., Schwartz, M., Storey, K., Veugelers, P.J.

International Journal of Behavioural Nutrition and Physical Activity. 2012 January; 9 (27):1-9