Forum engages medical community and public in discussion around cannabis legalization 

Forum hosted by O'Brien Institute hears from researchers, policy experts, clinicians and patients on polarizing topic of impending cannabis legalization.  


News
Announcements

Anti-smoking advocates fear legal cannabis will 'renormalize' smoking
Calgary Herald



CIHR Team Grant
Rebecca Haines-Saah says a legal age for cannabis use of 18 makes sense because people in the 18 to 24 demographic are the greatest users of cannabis.
Read more , Nugget

Brent Hagel and his national team received more than $1.9M to study features of our communities and the impact on the likelihood of children getting hurt by using active transportation.
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'Parks and open spaces help ensure our 
very survival'
UToday
 

Jocelyn Lockyer named honorary fellow of the Royal College
Beverly Sandalack spurs discussion about the vital role parks play in Canada's cities.
The Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC) and its Council have bestowed one of just three honorary fellowships on Dr. Jocelyn Lockyer in recognition of her stature and remarkable accomplishments in medical sciences.

How do we make health sustainable in our communities?
UToday


John Brown appointed interim dean, Faculty of Environmental Design
Gavin McCormack says Influencing health at the individual level alone is not enough to create a healthy population.

Institute member, architect, and co-founder of the makeCalgary initiative John Brown has been appointed interim dean, Faculty of Environmental Design. 


Good Reads
Funding Opportunities
Who's really to blame for Canada's falling vaccination rates? It's not just anti-vaxxers, report says

Canada must (and can) take control of 
drug prices

One third of medical care in Canada is unnecessary - and over testing and treatment is on the rise

Why Minnesota lost a battle against anti-vaccine campaigners

Ten things to know about social assistance 
in Canada

O'Brien Institute for Public Health / Cumming School of Medicine Postdoctoral Scholar Program

Application deadline - June 1, 2017

Operating Grant: Collaborative Health Research Projects (CHRP)

Application deadline - June 2, 2017
More info

Catalyst Grant: Population Health Intervention Research on Legalization of Cannabis

Application deadline - August 22, 2017


  Events
Seminars

O'Brien Institute International Scientific Advisory Group Welcome Lunch

O'Brien Institute for Public Health / Community Health Sciences Seminar Series
When: June 2, 2017
Where: HRIC atrium, Foothills campus

Speaker Giving a Talk at Business Meeting. Audience in the conference hall. Business and Entrepreneurship.
There will be no Friday seminar this week due to the long weekend. 


SSHRC Insight Grant "If at First You Don't Succeed" Panel Discussion

Big Data in Health Professions Education: What has changed?
When: June 6, 2017
Where: Science A, 147, main campus

Martin Pusic, May 26
O1500 - Health Sciences Centre, Foothills campus



Campus Alberta Student Conference on Health (CASCH)


O'Brien Institute for Public Health / Community Health Sciences Seminar Series
When: September 15 - 16, 2017
Where: Edmonton

Speaker Giving a Talk at Business Meeting. Audience in the conference hall. Business and Entrepreneurship.
The O'Brien Institute for Public Health / Community Health Sciences Seminar Series is finished for the summer. We will re-commence in September. 


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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.