Simon L. Bacon, PhD

Department of Exercise Science
Concordia University
7141 Sherbrooke St West
Montreal, Québec
CANADA (H4B 1R6)

Tel.: 514-848-2424 ext 5750
Fax:514-848-8681

Affiliated institution: Concordia University
Email:simon.bacon@concordia.ca

FRSQ research centre:Centre de recherche de l'Hôpital
du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal, Centre de recherche de l'Institut
de Cardiologie de Montréal

Web Page: www.axe-recherche-sante-respiratoire.org

Training and Credentials

• Postdoctoral - Psychology, Nuclear Medicine, Respirology
  - 2005 - McGill University, Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur
  et Montréal Heart Institute, Canada
• Postdoctoral - Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences-
  2004 - Duke University Medical Center, USA
• Doctorate (PhD) - Sport and Exercise Sciences- 200-
  University of Birmingham, UK
• Master's - Sport and Exercise - 1997 - De Montfort
  University, UK
• Bachelor's - Medicinal Chemistry - 1995 - University
  of Warwick, UK

Area of Expertise

• Disciplines trained in:Sport and exercise, Health
  and quality of life, Psychophysiology
• Research disciplines: Behavioural  Medicine
• Fields of application:To understand the role behaviours
  play in the development and progression of chronic illness
• Research sub-field: Asthma, occupational asthma,
  CVD, MPOC, outcome studies, randomized controlled trials

Technological Application

Key words: asthma, Occupational asthma, health behaviours
(diet, exercise, weight loss, stress management), acute stress, COPD,
cardiovascular disease, sex differences in chronic disease

Research interests:In general, my research interests
fall into 3 categories, behavioural interventions for chronic illnesses,
the epidemiological impact of behaviour on chronic illness, and the role
of acute stress in the progression of chronic illnesses.  Example
of my areas of interest are:

1. Weight loss, exercise and stress management as treatments for asthma.
2. Endothelial function as a predictor of cardiovascular events in women.
3. Chronic stress as a predictor of events in patients with asthma.
4. CBT treatments for patients with non-cardiac chest pain.
5. Influence of acute stress response in the aetiology of asthma.
6. Impact of acute stress on cardiovascular disease and its risk factors.

Recent Publications

• Jakulj, F, Zernicke, K, Bacon,SL, Van Wielingen,
  LE, Key, BL, West, SG,Campbell, TS(2007). A High Fat Meal Significantly
  Increases Cardiovascular Reactivity to Psychological Stress. Journal
  of Nutrition,137: 935-939.
• Lavoie, KL, Bacon, SL, Barone, S, Cartier,A, Ditto,
  B, Labrecque, M(2006). What’s worse for asthma control and quality
  of life: mood disorders, anxiety disorders, or both. Chest,
  130: 1039-1047.
• Bacon, SL, Ring, C, Li Saw Hee, F, Lip, GYH, Blann,
  AD,Lavoie, KL, Carroll, D(2006). Hemodynamic, Hemostatic, and Endothelial
  Reactions to Psychological and Physical Stress in Coronary Artery Disease
  Patients. Biological Psychology, 72: 162-170.
• Blumenthal, JA, Sherwood, A, Babyak, MA, Watkins, LL, Waugh,R, Georgiades,
  A, Bacon, SL, Hayano, J, Coleman, RE, Hinderliter,A
  (2005). Effects of Exercise and Stress Management Training on markers
  of cardiovascular risk in patients with Ischemic Heart Disease: a randomized
  clinical trial. Journal of the American Medical Association,293:
  1626-1634.
• Bacon, SL, Watkins, LL, Babyak, M, Hayano, J, Sherwood,
  A,Blumenthal, JA (2004). The effects of daily stress on autonomic cardiac
  control in coronary artery disease patients. American Journal of
  cardiology, 93: 1292-1294.

Language Competencies

• English
• French