Better Now: An Intimate Conversation about a National Challenge

Canada's health care system is facing tremendous challenges, challenges which threaten the very health of a system that is a model many other nations look up to, and that has become deeply ingrained in the identity of Canadians. Join us on February 8 as we discuss these issues with renowned physician, speaker and health innovator   Dr. Danielle Martin.  


News
Announcements
Assisted dying no financial burden to health system: report
Globe and Mail


Dr. Tom Feasby to head health co-operative
While there is a cost associated with providing medically-assisted dying in Canada, it's the 
money saved that caught Institute researcher 
Dr. Braden Mann's attention.
Read more

Dr. Tom Feasby has been appointed president and chief executive officer of the Airdrie & Area Health Benefits Co-Op (AAHBC), effective January 1.
Read more

Cities should be more realistic about homelessness: report
Globe and Mail
 

Ardene Vollman completes CPHA 
Chair term 
A new report from Institute member
Katrina Milaney, advocates for a "functional zero" approach to homelessness.
Congratulations to member Ardene Vollman on a successful term as Chair of the CPHA Board of Directors. 
Read more


Closing the 17-year gap between scientific evidence and patient care
University Affairs




Highly Cited Researchers List
Newer tests and treatments are not always better and too much care can be bad for your health, according to Institute member Dr. Daniel Niven. 

Congratulations to members Herman Barkema, Hude Quan and Marcello Tonelli who were named to the Thomson Reuters highly cited researchers list for 2016. 


Good Reads
Funding Opportunities
Social media ethics in research

Concerned about vaccine safety? Here 
are the facts

Flu vaccination rate for Alberta health-
care workers below target

In 2017, let's take back science!

We will miss antibiotics when they're 
gone

CIHR Team Grant : More Years / Better Lives

Application deadline - March 31, 2017 

CIHR Planning and Dissemination Grants

Application deadline - February 24, 2017
More info

PolicyWise for Children & Families 

Secondary Application deadline - EXTENDED TO FEB 27
More info from funding agency; 
More info from Research Services


  Events
Seminars


Can One Health strategies be more effectively implemented through the prior identification of public values?

Effects of Aerobic Exercise on Cerebrovascular Health and Cognitive Performance in Older Adults: Insights from the Brain in Motion Study
When: January 31, 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Where: 2D32, 2nd Floor TRW Building


Marc Poulin and Gabrielle Heine, January 27
O1500 - Health Sciences Centre
More info

Alberta SPOR SUPPORT Unit Foundations in Patient-Oriented Research Training
O'Brien Institute for Public Health / 
Community Health Sciences Seminar Series
When: February 6
Where: Snow/Fisher Room, TRW3
Speaker Giving a Talk at Business Meeting. Audience in the conference hall. Business and Entrepreneurship.
Speaker: Mandy Ryan, February 3
G500, Health Sciences Centre  


e-Health Policy Symposium: Towards "Person-Centred" Integrated Health in Alberta 

O'Brien Institute for Public Health / 
Community Health Sciences Seminar Series
When: February 14
Where: Westin, Edmonton


Speaker Giving a Talk at Business Meeting. Audience in the conference hall. Business and Entrepreneurship.
TBA,  February 10
G500, Health Sciences Centre 

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The O'Brien Institute for Public Health at the University of Calgary supports excellence in population health and health services research, while striving to realize the benefits of such research by using that knowledge to inform community, policy and health practice stakeholders.

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.