Waterloo's School of Public Health Sciences is training a new generation of leaders, researchers and change agents to prepare for and respond to the complex adaptive systems that affect health and health care.
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Our undergraduate programs, and professional and research-based graduate programs prepare learners for these opportunities. Join us as we seek innovative solutions to current and emerging challenges to health.

Research excellence
Our researchers work closely with partners including ministries of health and health promotion, the World Health Organization, Public Health Agency of Canada, private industry, and many others to identify and understand health complex challenges and to develop relevant solutions.
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We celebrate diversity and challenge the social and structural factors that undermine health, including structural bias, social inequities, and racism.
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Public health researchers receive new CIHR funding
Research by Drs. Geoff Bardwell and Zahid Butt affect local and international communities
Partnering for FAIR data
University of Waterloo working with Southern Chiefs’ Organization and Manitoba Association of Optometrists to co-develop data governance policies for eye data
Antipsychotic medications don't always work the way they're supposed to
Study finds sixty-eight per cent of nursing home residents who used antipsychotics had more behavioural issues than they did pre-medication