Upcoming events:

Research In Progress sessions:

Tuesday, May 22nd - 1:30pm

Targeted versus universal child care: an opportunity to advance understanding of population health interventions.   R.I.P. / practice presentation by Lindsay McLaren and Lynn McIntyre, to be held in conjunction with the Foundations of Population and Public Health course.

Wednesday, June 6th - 12 noon - Rose Room

A practice run of presentations (each one is 10 minutes) to be delivered at the 2012 Canadian Public Health Association Conference.  Please join us and bring your comments and questions.  Presentations will include:

“Sentiments in the Sentinel: Environmental Challenges in Adapting to the National Definition of Mental Health in Kitimat, British Columbia, 1954-1959” by Kelsey Lucyk

“Drinking water fluoridation and oral health inequalities in Canadian children” by Lindsay McLaren.

"The relationship between cluster-analysis derived walkability and neighbourhood-based recreational and transportation walking among Canadian adults" by Gavin McCormack

News

Dan Dutton is the lead author on a new commentary in the Canadian Journal of Public Health. This paper concerns banning the marketing of food and beverages to children as an intervention to prevent obesity. The co-authors include Dan's PhD supervisor, Lindsay McLaren.

New publication by co-authors - Kenda Swanson and Gavin McCormack (2012). The Relations Between Driving Behavior, Physical Activity, and Weight Status Among Canadian Adults, Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 9, 352-359.

Melanie Rock will be at the Centre for Values, Ethics and Law (VELiM) at the University of Sydney in July and August 2012, thanks in part to a Visiting Scholar Award from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Institute for Population and Public Health (CIHR-IPPH).

Congratulations to Prabh Lail, who will soon transition into a new role at the University of Calgary, as a medical resident in internal medicine.

Congratulations to Ann Toohey, who has successfully completed all requirements for her MSc degree. Her thesis is titled, "Neighbourhoods, dogs and walking: An exploration of factors relevant to healthy aging in place." Part of her thesis has been published in the International Journal of Behavioural Nutrition and Physical Activity

Congratulations to Dr. Gavin McCormack. As of February 2012 Gavin was appointed to the position of Assistant Professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary.

Dr. Chris Degeling is now a Research Fellow in the Centre for Values, Ethics and Law at the University of Sydney. At VELiM, he will lead a new research theme area in animals and ethics. As a postdoctoral fellow with Melanie Rock in the Centre, Chris took the lead on two areas of research connecting non-infectious disease outcomes in human and animal populations. The research on both popular and veterinary perceptions of diet, physical activity and weight in dogs led to publications in the Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science, Anthrozoos, the Canadian Veterinary Medical Journal (in press), and Social Epistemology (in press). The research on hemoglobinA1C in relation to type 2 diabetes and exposure to stressors in the environment led to publications in the Journal of Medical Ethics and the American Journal of Public Health. Many of us at the Centre look forward to continuing to work with Chris in his capacity as co-investigator for our CIHR-funded research on the overall health implications of allowing dogs to be off-leash in public space.

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