Dr. Simon L. Bacon is a Professor at Concordia University. He graduated from the University of Warwick, followed by his M.Sc. from De Montfort University and his Ph.D. from the University of Birmingham. Dr. Bacon's research deals with the impact of health behaviors and lifestyle (e.g., physical activity, diet, weight management, stress) on the development and progression of chronic diseases (e.g., obesity, cardiovascular disease, COVID-19). He utilizes multiple methodologies including epidemiological, psychophysiological, evidence syntheses, and behavioral trial designs. Currently, Dr. Bacon is the FRQS co-chair in Artificial Intelligence and Digitial Health for Health Behaviour Change and the CIHR SPOR Chair in Innovative, Patient-Oriented, Behavioural Clinical Trials. He is also a fellow of the Obesity Society, the Canadian Cardiovascular Society, and the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research. In addition to Concordia, Dr. Bacon is co-director of the Montreal Behavioural Medicine Centre, a researcher at the Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux du Nord-de-l'Île-de-Montréal, and co-leads the International Behavioural Trials Network and the CIHR funded Canadian Behavioural Interventions and Trials Network.