Travis Hrubeniuk, PhD

Research summary

Dr. Travis Hrubeniuk’s research stems from the development and management of The Manitoba Tomorrow Project. As part of the Canadian Partnership for Tomorrow’s Health, The Manitoba Tomorrow Project is a longitudinal population cohort composed of 10,000 Manitobans, with the goal of increasing our knowledge of the causes of cancer and other chronic diseases over time.

More specifically, Dr. Hrubeniuk aims to investigate the relationships between, and the impact of various levels of, physical activity, exercise, and sedentary behaviour on cancer and chronic disease throughout the lifespan and the subsequent influences on public health policy.

Brief bio

Dr. Travis Hrubeniuk is an assistant professor of community health sciences. He obtained his PhD from the University of New Brunswick in 2022, focusing on exercise's effects on prediabetes and type 2 diabetes. His academic journey includes an MSc (Kinesiology) and a BKin from the University of Manitoba. With a career starting in 2021 at CancerCare Manitoba, he now leads the Manitoba Tomorrow Project, overseeing one of the province's largest population cohort initiatives. He is a certified clinical exercise physiologist endorsed by the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology.

Education

• PhD in Education from the University of New Brunswick (2022)
• Master of Science in Kinesiology from the University of Manitoba (2017)
• Bachelor of Kinesiology from the University of Manitoba (2014)