'Fine showing': Members make O'Brien Institute history with record number of CIHR grants
Members of the O'Brien Institute will extend the boundaries of science thanks to millions in funding awarded in the latest CIHR competition, the Institute's most successful to date. Read more
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Announcements
Forget about oil: Alberta is poised to become the province of marijuana
The Globe and Mail
Have you heard about this Public Health Journal Club?
O'Brien Institute member Fiona Clement explains how one friendly market takeover will impact cannabis production and the distribution landscape in Alberta. Read more
Meetings are once a month in the Rose Room on TRW3 and all members are welcome to join. For more information on the club, tap here. Next meeting is February 16.
Doctors must stop misleading women about cervical screening
National Post, The Conversation
International Population Data Linkage Network (IPDLN) 2018: Call for abstracts
It is one of the most effective cancer screening tests available, but it can be overused.
James Dickinson explains the dangers. Coverage in
National Post and
The Conversation
The IPDLN conference, co-hosted by the O'Brien Institute, will be held Sept. 12-14 in Banff. Oral, poster, rapid fire and creative presentations are welcome. Submission deadline is March 1. More info
Alberta opioid awareness campaign reflects input from affected families
Yahoo News, Red Deer Advocate
Alberta Environmental Public Health Information Network (AEPHIN) is now live
Dr. Kathryn Todd, a member of the O'Brien Institute's strategic advisory board, explains why this public awareness campaign is necessary. Coverage on Yahoo and the Red Deer Advocate
AEPHIN provides user-friendly visualizations of environmental and public health data in Alberta. It's intended for the public, but highly relevant to those in the public health field.
Tap here for AEPHIN
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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, realizing the benefits of such research by informing 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.
