Meet Our Graduates: The importance of lived experience and an open mind
Master of Public Health graduate Jennifer Lee discusses why lived experience is a form of expertise that is just as or more important than letters behind a name.
SPPH community helping to launch BC Global Health network
School of Population and Public Health students, faculty, and alumni are helping to launch a global health network in British Columbia.
Meet Our Graduates: How flushing toilets can spread infection – and UV light can kill it
MSc OEH graduate Jesse Cooper explains why his research looking at how flushing toilets can contribute to pathogen transmission in healthcare facilities could help stop infections and protect patients.
Congratulations to SPPH’s 2017 Fall Graduates!
Congratulations to our graduates on the culmination of all their hard work!
Investigating how children’s health behaviour changes when starting high school
Research Highlight: Professor Louise Masse’s project will examine how physical activity, sedentary behaviour and diet changes when children move from elementary to high school, with the potential to change unhealthy behaviours seen during this period. Photo credit: stevepb/Pixabay
Study finds no added risk for home births in rural areas
Elizabeth Nethery, a PhD student in the school of population and public health, compared the outcomes for rural women who have babies at home to those in other, more populated, parts of the U.S., to investigate access to care in rural areas. Photo credit: Jason Lander / flickr. This photo has been cropped
Student Research: Integrating therapy for stimulant use with treatment for long-term opioid-dependence
School of Population and Public Health doctoral candidate and 2017 Killam Doctoral Award winner Heather Palis is working on an innovative solution to the opioid overdose crisis. Credit: Providence Health Care
Research Highlight: Investigating how injured construction workers can get back to work quickly and safely
Associate Professor Chris McLeod’s project looks at how injured construction workers can get back to work as soon as they are healthy to do so, in a sector with a high incidence of injuries, and a challenging environment for accommodating work injuries.
Young Indigenous people who use drugs in BC 13 times more likely to die than young Canadians
A new study by The Cedar Project demonstrates that young Indigenous people who use drugs in BC are dying at an alarming rate – nearly 13 times Canadians their age.