I received my MSc and PhD in Health Studies and Gerontology from the University of Waterloo and an Honours BA in Psychology and Physical Education from Wilfrid Laurier University.​ Prior to joining Laurier on a full-time basis, I was a postdoctoral fellow in the School of Public Health and Health Systems at the University of Waterloo and a long-term member of the contract academic staff at Laurier (2004-2013) in the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education and the Department of Health Sciences.

My broad research interests encompass nutrition, obesity and chronic disease prevention/management. I am currently working in the area of nutrition and breast cancer survivorship, with a focus on relationships between dietary changes after diagnosis, body composition, disease recurrence and long-term survival. 

I am willing to supervise undergraduate students in the areas of nutrition, nutrition and chronic disease, body composition and cancer survivorship.

• Vance, Vivienne, Sharon Campbell, Linda McCargar et al. “Dietary changes and food intake in the first year after breast cancer treatment”. Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism (2014).
• Lieffers, Jessica, Vivienne Vance and Rhona Hanning. “Use of mobile device applications in Canadian dietetic practice”. Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research (2014).
• Bell, Kirsten, Katie DiSebastiano, Vivienne Vance et al. “A comprehensive metabolic evaluation reveals impaired glucose metabolism and dyslipidemia in breast cancer patients early in the disease trajectory”. Clinical Nutrition (2013).
• Vance, Vivienne, Marina Mourtzakis, Linda McCargar et el. “Weight gain in breast cancer survivors: prevalence, pattern and health consequences”. Obesity Reviews (2011).

• HE 100 - Health Issues I
• HE 101 - Health Issues II
• HE 330 - Human Nutrition and Health
• HE430 - Advanced Nutrition and Chronic Disease​