She teaches both undergraduate and graduate level courses and has been recognized several times for her outstanding contributions to teaching. Dr. Burke is a faculty researcher in the Health Promotion Laboratory at Western and was the Principal Investigator of the Children’s Health and Activity Modification Program (“C.H.A.M.P.”), a family based program targeting childhood obesity in London, Ontario. Her current research interests include childhood obesity, health behaviours (physical activity, breastfeeding), and literacy (food, physical, political).