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Zach Weston is a clinician, educator and health system administrator. As an entrepreneur, he has founded and operated several health science companies leveraging MedTech in the Kitchener-Waterloo, Guelph and Toronto communities.
Since 2003, he has taught courses in entrepreneurship and kinesiology/exercise physiology within the Faculty of Science, as well as entrepreneurial methods/business model development within the Lazaridis School of Business and Economics.
Currently, he also holds the role of Manager of Health System Performance and Clinical Innovation at the Waterloo Wellington Local Health Integration Network (LHIN).
He earned a BSc in Kinesiology and MSc in Exercise Physiology from the University of Waterloo and an MBA at Laurier. He is a registered clinical exercise physiologist with the American College of Sports Medicine and the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology.
- Giangregorio, L. (Principal Applicant): Co-Applicants (Investigators): Funnel, L., Brien, S., Weston, Z., Milligan, J., Ashe, M., Cheung, A., Isaranuwatchai, W., Keller, H., Mourtzakis, M., Papaioannou, A., Straus, S., Thabane, L. ; Co-Applicants (Knowledge Users): Buccino, J., Courtemanche, D., d’Avernas, J., Gingrinch, S., Grantham, A., Jain, R., Lewiecki, M. MoveSTroNg: A model for delivering Strength Training and Nutrition education for older adults in Canadian communities. Submitted November 16, 2018, Approved March 6, 2019.
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research: Catalyst Grant: SPOR Innovative Clinical Trials. March 2019-February 2020: $100,000.
- Sherifali D (Nominated PI): Co-Applicants (Investigators): Cafazzo J, Costa A, Gerstein, H, Goyal S, Ibrahim S, McGillion M, McInnes N, Nerenberg K, O’Reilly D, Scott T, Usman MA, & Weston Z, ; Co-Applicants (Knowledge Users): Brozic A, Mehan U, & Punthakee Z.
- Evaluating the effectiveness and implementation of diabetes technology enabled coaching in individuals with type 2 diabetes. Submitted March 6, 2018, Approved December 3, 2018.
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research: Project Grant. July 2018-June 2023: $990,000; In Kind: $1,080,699.00.
- Laurier Excellence in Teaching Nomination 2011
- KW Chamber of Commerce Business Leader of the Year Nomination 2008
- Antolini, M.R., Weston, Z.J., and Tiidus, P.M. Physical Fitness Characteristics of a front-line firefighter population. Acta Kinesiologiae Universitatis Tartuensis, 2015. Vol. 21, pp. 61–74.
- Weston, Z.J. and Papinksi, D. Predicting resting metabolic rates in non-obese and obese Canadian Men. Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism, 2013. Vol. 38, pp. 1091.
- Weston, Z.J. and Papinksi, D. Predicting resting metabolic rates in non-obese and obese Canadian Women. Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism, 2013. Vol. 38, pp. 1091.
- Woodgate, J., Brawley, L., and Weston, Z.J. Maintenance cardiac rehabilitation exercise adherence: Effects of task and self-regulatory self-efficacy. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 2005. Vol. 35, pp. 183- 197.
- Woodgate, J., Brawley, L., and Weston, Z.J. Attendance and health-related quality of life are related to self-efficacy in maintenance cardiac rehabilitation participants. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 2002. Vol. 24, pp. 27-28.
- Masters Thesis: Lung diffusion capacity of the uncomplicated post myocardial infarction patient with four months of cardiac rehabilitation intervention. University of Waterloo Exercise Physiology Laboratory, 2001.
- Weston, Z., Sharratt, M., Russell, C.,Weston, B., Kraemer, L. Quantification of the Physiological Costs of Fire Fighting: Presented at the American College of Sports Medicine annual conference in Baltimore 2001 and published in Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. University of Waterloo Exercise Physiology Laboratory.
- One Million Steps Winter Research Expedition on Lake Winnipeg. Physiological response to exercise under arctic type conditions. University of Manitoba Exercise and Environmental Medicine Laboratory (Dr. Gordon Giesbrecht) in co-ordination with the Canadian Military and U.S. Navy SEALS, 2001.
- SC200 - Entrepreneurship in Science
- KP426 - Physiological Assessment and Exercise Prescription
- KP424 - Advanced Fitness Assessment, Training and Exercise Prescription
- KP332 - Human Nutrition
- KP223 - Human Anatomy
- ENTR200 - The Entrepreneurial Method
- ENTR300 - Business Model Creation