According to Amelia Monstad at the Canadian Society for International Health (CSIH), connectedness is necessary to advance the agenda of the Sustainable Development Goals. In her commentary, Everything is Connected, Monstad discusses...
University of 蓝莓视频 Water Institute's Derek Armitage (School of Environmental Resources and Sustainability), Susan Elliott (Geography and Environmental Management),
Susan Elliott authors a book chapter titled 'Environmental Health' pubished in the International Encyclopedia of Human Geography, 2nd Edition. The chapter discusses the complex relationship between human health and the environment, and the design, measurement, and evaulation of such studies.
A new and useful paper which shows potential for hackathons in integrated Knowledge Translation is accepted for publication in Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada. The paper entitled, "Hacking Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE): Outcomes of the Waterlupus Hackathon" will appear in the journal's July 2020 issue.聽
Congratulations to GoHelP's Roxanne Springer on the acceptance of her paper entitled, "There鈥檚 not really much consideration given to the effect of the climate on NCDs鈥 鈥 An exploration of knowledge and attitudes of health professionals on the relationship between climate change and NCDs in Barbados, to the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. Well done, Roxanne!
Susan Elliott is being recognized for her outstanding work in scholar mentorship in the field of allergic disease with the .
Congratulations to GoHelP's Emily Shantz and Shawna O'Hearn on the successful completion of their oral comprehensive exams. Emily's exam discussed the role of epigenetics in the social determinants of health while Shawna's discussed water security. Way to go Emily and Shawna!
Congratulations to GoHelP's Elizabeth Ochola on the successful defence of her PhD entitled, "The impact of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) on health and wellbeing in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA): A case study of Kenya". A copy will be available online soon. Way to go Liz!
A huge congratulation goes to GoHelP's Samantha Biglieri on the successful defense of her doctoral dissertation on the creation of dementia-friendly neighbourhoods. Way to go Sam!
Congratulations to Leia Minaker on her co-authored paper titled, "Development of a teen-informed coding tool to measure the power of food advertisements". The article is part of the special issue Health promotion: Physical activity and nutrition behaviours in children and youth, and is available .