Professor and Canada Research Chair in Physical Activity and Cancer, University of Alberta Friday, May 23, 2025 Kerry S. Courneya, Ph.D., is a Professor and Canada Research Chair in the Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada. His research program focuses on the role of exercise after a cancer diagnosis (i.e., exercise oncology), including how exercise might help cancer patients prepare for treatments, tolerate and respond to treatments, recover after treatments, and improve cancer outcomes. He has published over 600 peer-reviewed scientific papers, including many influential randomized controlled trials in breast, prostate, colorectal, lymphoma, and testicular cancer patients. In 2023, Prof. Courneya was appointed an Officer in the Order of Canada for his scientific contributions to the field of exercise oncology.Dr Courneya is the CO21 CHALLENGE study co-chair investigating the impact of a physical activity program on disease-free survival in patients with stage III or high-risk stage II colon cancer. The results of the 17 year study were presented at ASCO 2025 and simultaneously published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
