Liza's research interests focus on the physiological and clinical responses to exercise in older adults and the dissemination of evidence-based research related to physical activity and aging. She conducted her graduate work at the Canadian Centre for Activity and Aging and conducted a fellowship at the Evidence Based Practice Centre at McMaster University training in the conduct of systematic reviews; thereafter working as a research assistant on the systematic review that informed the update of Canada’s Physical Activity Guidelines for Older Adults. Liza is the founding faculty member of Exercise is Medicine Canada on Campus at Western University, Treasurer and research board member for Active Aging Canada, and an associate editor of the Journal of Physical Activity and Aging.