The School of Health and Human Performance recently hosted “Meeting at the Crossroads:  Interdisciplinary Student Health Research Conference.”  This conference provides an opportunity for graduate and undergraduate students to present and work toward a publication.  The Atlantic Health Promotion Research Centre sponsored prizes for the best paper in undergraduate and graduate categories.  The winners were as follows:

Best Graduate Oral Presentation – Erica Brooks (Health Promotion Candidate, Dalhousie).  Supervisor – Dr. Anita Unruh.  “Exploring the Lived Experience of Adults Using Prescription Opiods to Manage Chronic Non-Cancer Pain.”

Best Undergraduate Oral Presentation – Gillian Pritchard (Health Promotion Candidate, Dalhousie).  Supervisor – Dr. Debbie Martin.  “Aboriginal Perspectives on Water:  How Does Water Contribute to Overall Health and Well-Being?”

Graduate Poster Presentation – Emily Murray (MA Health Promotion Graduate, Dalhousie) “The Experience of Canadian Childhood Cancer Survivors Transferring to the Adult Health Care System.”

Undergraduate Poster Presentation – Rachel Mullenger (BSc Kinesiology – St. FX) “The Roles of Peer Mentors in Enhancing School-Based Physical Activity:  Phase 1.”