O'Brien Institute re-designated
a WHO Collaborating Centre
Issue: # Month/Year
Such re-designations happen in fewer than 50 per cent of WHO partnerships. Dr. Cathy Eastwood, PhD, and Greg Hallihan discuss the global coding system O'Brien Institute researchers played a central role in developing through this ongoing partnership.  Learn more
 In The News
 Announcements
What's the real cost of cheap food? Explore UCalgary

Applicants selected for 2018 Campus Alberta meeting grant competition
   

     
Institute members, Drs. Tanis Fenton, PhD, Norm Campbell, MD, Dana Olstad, PhD, and Charlene Elliott, PhD, discuss the factors that shape our eating habits. Read more  
 
Researchers and stakeholders across Alberta will have the opportunity to collaborate on several important public health issues, thanks to new Campus Alberta funding. Read more
Probiotics make no difference to intestinal infections in kids: Studies  Multiple outlets

Institute members named to 2018 list of Canadian women leaders in global health
     

     
Despite marketing claims, two studies involving Dr. Stephen Freedman, MD, finds 'no evidence' that probiotics help. Globe & Mail, Singapore Straits Times, Japan Today
 
Congratulations to Drs. Jennifer Hatfield, PhD, and Jenn Brenner, MD , for this recognition of leadership in advancing global health and equity. Read more
Early medical screenings could be light on benefits, heavy on potential harm  CBC

 
Message from the O'Brien Institute team
     

     
A growing body of research shows there are dangers with early cancer screenings. Dr. Eddy Lang, MD, and a Canadian task force hope to stimulate a conversation. CBC and Homestretch
 
This is the last O'Bulletin of 2018, but will return January 9 with Institute updates. From everyone here at the O'Brien Institute, happy holidays and warm wishes for 2019. 

 
 

Good Reads
Funding
Opportunities
Ten considerations for the next Alberta budget Behind The Numbers

The British are axing the fax in hospitals and physician offices. Will Canada follow suit? The Globe and Mail

Stanford lab explores experiments in universal basic income Stanford News

25,000 Ottawa students could be suspended in blitz for better vaccine coverage Ottawa Citizen

Canadas's shameful history of sterilizing Indigenous women  The Conversation

Tri-Agency (CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC) New Frontiers in Research Fund - Exploration
Internal application deadline: February 5, 2019

University of Calgary SSHRC Explore Faculty Seed Grants
Application deadline: January 15, 2019

University of Calgary Faculty Seed Grants (CIHR/NSERC)
Application deadline: January 15, 2019



 
 

Events
Friday Seminar
Series

Ring out 2018 with the O'Brien Institute and Community Health Sciences

[NEW LOCATION] Analysis with Misclassified Covariates in the Absence or Presence of Missingness: Dr. Hua Shen
     

     
What: Annual Holiday Celebration
When: December 18: 3 - 6 p.m.
Where: HRIC Atrium, Foothills Campus

 
When: December 14, noon to 12:50 p.m.
Where: Theatre 4
Webinar: Let food be thy medicine, with Dr. Norm Campbell


December 21, 28 and January 4: No seminars
     

     
When: January 11, noon
 
Consider a trip to the mountains. Here are 12 hikes and snowshoe trips in Alberta.  More info
The Guts and the Glory: What Public Health Research Looks Like in Calgary


O'Brien Institute/CHS Friday Seminar Series

   

   
What: O'Brien Institute membership forum
When: January 17, 8 a.m. - 1 p.m.
More information to come

 
January  11: Dr. Natalie Ludlow, PhD
More information to come


Are you or your research making waves in the news cycle? Have you received an award or nailed down an impressive partnership? Did you clinch a massive grant or get yourself published again? We want to hear from you. Email IPH@ucalgary.ca

 
 

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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.