Current Positions

Professor, Department of Pediatrics & Child Health, University of Manitoba
Investigator, Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba

Education

BPE University of Manitoba (1997),
MA McGill University (1999)
PhD in Exercise Science at the University of Alberta (2003).
PDF University of Alberta (2004)
PDF UT Southwestern Medical Centre (2006)

Research Focus

Dr. McGavock’s research program focuses on the prevention and management of type 2 diabetes in youth, with a particular focus on physical activity. Studies in his lab range from studying the effectiveness and implementation of urban trails on cardiometabolic disease, to clinical trials of novel behavioral interventions for adolescents living with diabetes to the application of causal methods to uncover early life origins of adolescent cardiometabolic diseases.

Research Interests

(1) Documenting essential conditions of implementing urban trails in Canadian cities - CIHR (1.43M 2023-2028)
(2) The Type 1 Diabetes Exercise and Mentoring (TEAM) Trial - CIHR & JDRF ($1M - 2023-2027)
(3) Maximize your Research on Obesity and Diabetes (my ROaD): CIHR Health Research Training Platform Grant ($2.4M 2022-2027)
(4) Diabetes Action Canada 2.0 - A CIHR SPOR Network ($3.8M - 2021-2026)
(5) Physical Activity, Resilience and Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Youth with Type 2 Diabetes: A pilot randomized controlled trial - HSFC ($285K - 2022-2025).
(6) Dialectal Behavioural Therapy to Enhance Health Behaviour Change for Adolescents at Risk for Type 2 Diabetes - Diabetes Canada ($300k - 2022-2025) and CIHR ($734K - 2023-2027)
(7) Finding the right “paths” to heart health for First Nations and Métis people living in Winnipeg. - CIHR ($100k - 2022-2023)
(8) Urban physical activity trails and mental health outcomes of children and adolescents: A focus on effectiveness and equity - CIHR ($75K - 2023-2024)
(9) Facilitating access across the pregnancy continuum of care - A health system intervention to improve care transitions and health outcomes for Indigenous women in northern Manitoba. CIHR ($910K - 2019-2025)
(10) Deepening the roots of living in a good way for Indigenous Children. The Indigenous Youth Mentorship Program. CIHR ($1.5M - 2019-2024)