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Four top researchers at the University of Waterloo, including kinesiology’s Jack P. Callaghan, Canada Research Chair in spine biomechanics and injury prevention, spoke at a conference in Toronto, positioning Canada as an international leader in research and development.

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For his ongoing research on cigarette labelling and how it can be used to influence behaviour, David Hammond of the University of Waterloo has been awarded Canada’s Premier Young research award.

The award, a career development prize given to Canada's brightest young researchers at the beginning of their careers, is granted by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.

Full story published on the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CCIHR) website.

Education and enforcement: keys to preventing concussions

Pat Bishop, retired professor of kinesiology from the University of Waterloo, comments on the connection between concussions and sports equipment. Although helmet designs have improved, he explains, “The injury is caused by a rotational motion and acceleration of the head and at the present time there is no helmet that will protect against rotation of the head, or of the brain.”

RBC alongside the University of Waterloo has advice on how to manage physical and financial capital well into retirement. These tools and plans are to help balance health and finances together for a better quality of life into retirement.

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Canadian Space Agency astronaut Dr. Robert Thirsk visited the University of Waterloo and the Village of Winston Park to discuss his six-month experience on board the International Space Station and what life in outer space may teach us about maintaining good health here on Earth.

In October 2010, the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences was proud to recognize the contributions made by two outstanding alumni to the health and well-being of society.

For achieving international prominence in Women’s Rugby and in bobsleigh–culminating with Canada’s first ever women’s bobsleigh gold medal at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics, and for dedicated public service in Canada and abroad, the faculty honoured Heather Moyse with the 2010 AHS Young Alumni Award.

The Faculty of Applied Health Sciences hosted representatives of Uganda Christian University (UCU) on campus in Waterloo to commemorate a new collaboration to build education and research capacity in the areas of public health, water-health, and health informatics.

Waterloo professor John Garcia is collaborating with the Government of Nunavut and Inuit communities on a tobacco control strategy for the territory. He states that “The Government of Nunavut identified a whole series of priorities” in public health and tobacco control is high on the list. Approximately two thirds of Nunavut’s population smokes on a regular basis and lung cancer rates in Inuit Canada are among the highest in the world.

Full article published in the Nothern News Services.

The University of Waterloo’s MAREP program and the mayor of Waterloo plan to host a public event to unveil and launch a brand new user friendly version of the website. The new version of the website will easy to navigate help guide communities to become more age friendly.

Read the full article in The Record

Survey shows youth smoking cigarillos don’t see themselves as “smokers”

The results of the latest national Youth Smoking Survey (YSS), conducted by scientist Steve Manske and colleagues at Waterloo’s Propel Centre for Population Health Impact, indicate that youth are not seeing cigarillos as harmful as cigarettes, supporting the need for impending Bill C-32.

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