Health-care system must embrace potential of digital communication

Despite being proven to significantly improve results for patients and satisfaction with care, health-care systems have been slow to adopt the use of digital technologies. This systemic disconnect was brought to the forefront at a public policy symposium, hosted in Edmonton on Feb. 14 by the O'Brien Institute for Public Health and the Institute of Health Economics.


News
Announcements

Can Depression Up Odds for Arthritis Linked 
to Psoriasis?
U.S. News


A new appointed Dean and Chief Executive Officer at University of Calgary in Qatar
Study led by Dr. Cheryl Barnabe finds connection between depression and the development of psoriatic arthritis 
Read more, PsychCentral

Deborah White has been appointed Dean and CEO of the University of Calgary in Qatar, effective immediately.
Read more

Advance knowledge of relationship between exercise and brain health
UToday
 


Volunteers sought for Board of Directors 
Marc Poulin is recruiting study participants with risk factors for developing dementia to participate in the Brain in Motion II study.
The Alberta Public Health Association is accepting expressions of interest or nominations to their voluntary Board of Directors.  
More info can be found here and here


Alberta coal: A rebuttal
Alberta Coal Phase Out

Advance Care Planning and End of Life Care Call for Abstracts 
Dr. Joe Vipond on the  strong evidence of significant health impacts related to coal-fired power generation.

The 6th International Conference on Advance Care Planning and End of Life Care (ACPEL) is accepting abstracts. Deadline for submission: March 31st 2017.


Good Reads
Funding Opportunities
Chief Public Health Officer Statement: Public health reminder regarding mumps 

Globe editorial: Moving slowly on pharmacare is better than not moving at all

When evidence says no, but doctors say 
yes

Rising antibiotic resistance in children 
has infectious disease experts scared

Health Canada is pushing forward with an aggressive plan to drastically decrease tobacco use across the country

Joint Programming Initiative on Antimicrobial Resistance Call for transnational research projects within the Joint Programming Initiative on Antimicrobial Resistance (JPIAMR)

Pre-proposal submission deadline - 
March 21, 2017

Workers' Compensation Board (WCB) Alberta Research Program

Application deadline - March 29, 2017
More info

CIHR Team Grant : More Years / Better Lives

Application deadline - March 31, 2017
More info


  Events
Seminars





AGE-WELL NCE Calgary Roadshow
Listening is not the same as hearing, and teaching is not the same as educating: Creating communication for successful dog population management and dog bite prevention in remote indigenous communities
When: March 20
Where:  HRIC Atrium, Foothills Campus

Jasmine Dhillon, March 10
More info

Think Big: Clearing the Smoke - Cannabis, the Brain and Public Health
Featuring Jay Ingram
History of Medicine Days Keynote Address
Life course health and sequential trauma: A role for history of medicine
When: March 24
Where: Calgary Public Library, 
Central - Main Floor Open Area
Paul J. Weindling, March 17
Libin Theatre 



Group for Research with Indigenous Peoples (GRIP) Research Forum 2017: Urban Indigenous Health Invitation



O'Brien Institute for Public Health /
Community Health Sciences Seminar Series
When: May 9
Where: Theatre One, Foothills campus
Call for abstracts now open!
More info
Speaker Giving a Talk at Business Meeting. Audience in the conference hall. Business and Entrepreneurship.
Kerri Johannson, March 24

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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.