crossroads

Crossroads winners (L-R) - Larissa Padayachee, Robyn Waite, Stephanie Jones, Kaye Hare and Justin Hiltz. (Missing - Carly Pender)

10 Years at the Crossroads
Research of the New Millennium
An Interdisciplinary Student Health Conference

The School of Health and Human Performance Graduate Student Society’s 10th annual Crossroads Conference was held on Saturday, March 24, 2012 at Dalhousie University.

Designed as an adjudicated, peer-reviewed academic forum for undergraduate and graduate students, Crossroads is a unique opportunity for students to showcase and engage in dialogue about their innovative health research. Emphasizing the importance of inter-disciplinary exchange, the conference includes submissions from a wide range of health-related disciplines, such as health promotion, leisure, kinesiology, nursing and health administration.

Congratulations to the following award winners:

Best Undergraduate Poster – Justin Hiltz (Mount Allison University)
Best Undergraduate Oral Presentation – Robyn Waite and Larissa Padayachee (Health Promotion, Dalhousie University)
Best Graduate Oral Presentation – Kaye Hare and Carly Pender (Health Promotion, Dalhousie University)
Best PhD/Postdoc Oral Presentation – Stephanie Jones (Kinesiology, Dalhousie University)

Clockwise, from top: Gillian Pritchard, Rachel Mullenger, Emily Murray, Erica Brooks

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.”

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