Exorbitant cost of dentist visits in Alberta cannot be brushed off 
 
 
 
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The S-word: Just stop using it
The Conversation



Opportunity for Early Career Investigators: Call for expressions of interest
     

     
"...though the S-word has an innocent etymology, 'it has become a derogatory term that is no longer acceptable when you're referring to an Indigenous woman.'"
 
CIHR has launched an Observer program for early career investigators (ECIs) to participate as an observer in the peer review process of the Project Grant: Fall 2017 competition.
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The vulnerability of pregnant refugees
Bulletin of the World Health Organization



Alberta STI 2016 summary report
Alberta Government 
     

     
Countries resettling refugees urgently need to address the specific health needs of the growing number of refugee women. This is particularly important during pregnancy, when the vulnerability of refugee women increases their risk for largely preventable adverse maternal and newborn outcomes.
 
This summary highlights notable sexually transmitted infection trends seen in Alberta in 2016. Sexually transmitted infections continue to increase in Alberta, with the exception of chlamydia. 



Battle is poor metaphor for disease
Winnipeg Free Press


 
Volunteers needed for Walk21 Calgary Conference  
     

     
The battle metaphor is particularly harmful when it encourages parents to battle their child's health-care team despite the child's life-ending condition.
 
From Sept. 19 to 22, the Walk21 Calgary conference will host 400-plus delegates from around the world to discuss and debate topics related to walkability and livable communities.


 
 

Good Reads
Funding Opportunities

The Relationship Issue That's Harming Your Health
Recommended fat intake should increase, Canadian researchers say

Take a Page Out of One of the Greatest Novels Ever Written
Innovation without sufficient evidence is a disservice to all
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Quebec doctors see fewer patients than their counterparts in the rest of Canada

Call for more Lyme disease research




Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Operating Grant: Secondary Data Analysis

Internal deadline - September 29, 2017
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Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Connection Grants

Application deadline - October 30, 2017
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Alberta Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research (SPOR) Graduate Studentships in Patient-Oriented Research

Application deadline: October 2, 2017
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Events
Friday Seminar
Series
 
 
Walk21 Calgary 

 
 
The Social Life of Emergency: Emerging Anthropologies of Public Health Crises 
     

     
When: September 19-22, 2017 
Where: Various locations around Calgary
 
Darryl Stellmach, September 15
 
 
Brenda Strafford Centre on Aging - Resiliency in Aging: Exploring people, places, and policies


 
O'Brien Institute for Public Health / Community Health Sciences Seminar Series
     

Speaker Giving a Talk at Business Meeting. Audience in the conference hall. Business and Entrepreneurship.
     
When: October 2-3, 2017 
Where: Alberta Room, Main Campus, U of C
 
Myles Leslie, September 22


Canadians Supporting Syrian Healthcare - special screening

O'Brien Institute for Public Health / Community Health Sciences Seminar Series
     

Speaker Giving a Talk at Business Meeting. Audience in the conference hall. Business and Entrepreneurship.
     
When: September 20, 2017
Where: Theatre Four, Foothills Campus
 
TBA, September 22


 
 
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The Institute's membership includes more than 450 multidisciplinary researchers from 13 Cumming School of Medicine departments and nine other University of Calgary faculties, such as Nursing, Veterinary Medicine, Kinesiology and Arts; health professionals in Alberta Health Services, and; research users and policy makers from municipal and provincial institutions. As an Institute, we share a vision of "Better health and health care" reflecting our two priority research areas of Improved Population Health and Enhanced Health Systems Performance. 

The Institute's success in brokering broader external relationships, with provincial and national interest groups, policy makers, research agencies, the media, philanthropists, and community stakeholders, further extends the reach and impact of our members' significant research outputs.