Dr. Carolyn Watters
The FHP News & Events Update for September 2010 has been issued. Click here to read. If you have any photos or stories for the October issue of the update, we’d love to see them! Please email to fhp@dal.ca.
The School of Nursing Research Committee is hosting the above workshop on Monday, October 18, 2010 from 2:00 – 3:30pm. Program managers from NSHRF will be on hand to describe the recent priority setting process and the resulting health research priorities, and to take questions from the audience about new priorities, programs and initiatives. For further information on the event, please click here. If you wish to attend in person or by teleconference, please RSVP by October 11, 2010 to Theresa Gilbert.
Applied Research Collaborations for Health (ARCH) is the research group for Dr. Sara Kirk. Sara Kirk holds a Canada Research Chair in Health Services Research within the School of Health Administration at Dalhousie University and cross-appointments with the School of Health and Human Performance and the IWK Health Centre.
ARCH uses a social-ecological approach to understand lifestyle factors influencing health status and health services utilization, particularly in relation to excessive weight gain. In particular, ARCH is looking at how obesity is managed within the health setting, as well as in understanding the contribution to the “obesogenic” environment.
To learn more about ARCH and get regular updates about their work, check out the ARCH blog.
The Global Health Office is hosting a number of events this month – visit their website to find out more.
Dr. David Jakeman from the College of Pharmacy is leading a research partnership to engineer microbes to produce new molecules and study their potential in fighting bacteria and cancer. To read more about this innovative study, see the DalNews story.
The College of Pharmacy is now on Facebook – checkout their page here.
Dr. Louise Parker
The Picchione Lecture series serves to engage public interest and understanding of the role of health research in delivering quality health care. This year, the lecture will be on the “Prevention of Cancer: Partnerships to Reduce the Risks” and will be led by Dr. Louise Parker.
This free public lecture will be held in the Ondaatje Auditorium of the McCain Building from 6:30 – 8:00 pm, with a wine and cheese reception follwing. To RSVP, please email info@ihrtp.ca or phone 494-6834. For further information, please visit the IHRTP website.