How Calgary's homeless live, die, survive and thrive on city streets
United to drive change for at-risk groups, care providers, researchers, community members and frontline workers connected and shared strategies at a forum hosted by Street CCRED. Read more
 

 
In The News
Announcements
Film aims to improve the health-care system 
Multiple outlets

New training requirements for researchers, support staff as of Sept. 1
     

     
Ward Flemons and O'Brien Institute's scientific director William Ghali discuss the film Falling Through the Cracks: Greg's Journey ahead of the Calgary premiere. Breakfast Television and CBC 
 
UCalgary is implementing new training requirements for researchers and support staff involved in interventional clinical research.  Read more
Opinion: For healthier provinces, stop spending ever more on health care 
Huffington Post


Online course teaches principled Indigenous research
     

     
Is health care really the highest-return place for provinces to invest? Analysis suggests the answer is 'no.' J ennifer Zwicker explains how it will cost the broader well-being of Canadians.  Read more
 
The course gives an overview of the principles of OCAP (Ownership, Control, Access and Possession) for data sovereignty and information governance that respects First Nations. Read more

Alberta hospitals see increase in visits by cannabis users
Edmonton Journal


Community Health Sciences and O'Brien Institute retirement celebration
     

     
Emergency department visits by cannabis users have been steadily growing in Alberta. Eddy Lang talks about what they're seeing and potential impact once cannabis is legalized.  Read more
 
Join us in the HRIC Atrium on June 26 to honour  Betty Ann Henderson, Jocelyn Lockyer, Richard Musto and Reginald Sauve as they embark on new adventures.  RSVP by June 15. 


 

 

Good Reads

Funding Opportunities
More than two years into public health emergency, officials in B.C. still struggle to slow deaths CBC Read more

One million French smokers quit in a year amid anti-smoking measures  BBC   Read more

Five health and science innovations being used to improve quality of life NY Times

In the dead spaces between buildings, an architectural revolution The Globe and Mail

Aging with HIV is an absent reality for Africa CBC  Read more


CIHR Operating Grant: Understanding the Health Impact of Inactivity
Registration deadline: July 24
Application deadline: August 17

NSERC: Discovery Grants program
Notice of intent deadline: August 1

SSHRC Partnership Engage Grants
Application deadline: June 13, noon




 

 
Events

HPV research and the vaccine: Dr. Robert Bednarczyk, Emory University

Don't miss our grant strategy panel: We'll show you the money ... with a dramedy! 
     

     
What: O'Brien/CHS off-cycle seminar
When: May 31 
Where: Theatre 3, HSC
 
When: June 8
Where: Theatre 3
Inspiring solutions together: Impacting obesity in Alberta and beyond

Canada's Food Guide: A healthier Canada through effective nutrition policy
     

     
What: Canadian Obesity Network Calgary Chapter research showcase
When: June 15
Where: Theatre 3
 
What: Nutrition policy forum
When: June 18-19
Where: UCalgary Downtown Campus


 

 
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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 realizing 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.