Save the date for the 2023 O'Brien Institute members forum
The O’Brien Institute presents its 2023 members forum - A healthier future for all: Mobilizing health equity research into action. This half-day event will bring researchers, students and community organizations together to forge a collaborative path toward transformative health equity solutions.
This forum serves as the official launch of the O’Brien Institute Health Equity Hub which will act as a platform for researchers across the University of Calgary to collaborate with government and community agencies.
More details to come.
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'An early warning': Researchers see spike in opioids in Alberta wastewater samples,
Toronto Star
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Drs. Monty Ghosh, MD, and Michael Parkins, MD, say the amount of opioids and other illicit drugs found in a monitoring of Alberta wastewater jumped in June.
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Alberta hospitals, clinics and care homes continue to support N.W.T. wildfire evacuees, CBC
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Displaced Northwest Territories residents are receiving a range of health supports while in Alberta, including cancer, dialysis and obstetrical care. "This is a big effort to coordinate care," says Dr. Jennifer Jackson, PhD.
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The growth of lifestyle medicine: From post-war RCAF to Jane Fonda to now, Vancouver Sun
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The prescription pad is increasingly giving way to “lifestyle medicine” – doctors prescribing changes to patients’ lifestyles, says Dr. Ann Crabtree, MD.
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Welcome Dr. Katrina Milaney as the O'Brien Institute interim director
Dr. Milaney will serve as the Institute's interim scientific director until the search for a new director concludes.
Read a message to the Institute membership from Dr. Milaney here.
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SPARK Alberta program applications now open
Are you developing a digital health technology that could improve patient lives or health care delivery?
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W21C-led project receives $6.3M in provincial innovation grant funding |
Congratulations to the Health Everywhere project team, led by Dr. Mary Brindle, MD, on this grant, which will enable the creation of Health Everywhere - an eHealth and mHealth hub.
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Good Stuff
B.C. researchers studied how homeless people spent a $7,500 handout. Here’s what they found, Globe and Mail
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Funding Opportunities
Alzheimer's Association: Advancing Research on Care & Outcome Measurement 3.0 (ARCOM-3)
LOI deadline: Sept. 15, 2023
Innovate Calgary: Evolve to Innovate (e2i)
Application deadline: Sept. 15, 2023
CIHR Operating Grant: Evaluation of Dementia Programs, Services, & Care Models (2023)
Registration deadline: Nov. 2, 2023
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Department of Community Health Sciences and the O’Brien Institute seminar series
Saying no: Focusing on the “right” opportunities.
Sept. 14, 12 p.m. - 1 p.m.
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Alberta innovative trials symposium
This research symposium brings together members of the health research community to share knowledge and experiences from innovative trials.
Sept. 18, 9 a.m.
Sept. 19, 12 p.m.
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Navigating DORA: Tools for advancing research assessment
Professor Ruth Schmidt will present on her work developing new, user-centred tools and resources for research assessment, with a focus on Project TARA (Tools to Advance Research Assessment).
Sept. 27, 12 p.m. - 1 p.m.
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Educational needs and perceptions about psychedelic-assisted therapy among mental health professionals within AHS
This Addiction & Mental Health Knowledge Bites Lunch & Learn features Dr. Kevin St. Arnaud.
Oct. 4, 12:05 p.m. - 12:50 p.m.
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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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