Welcome to Geographies of Health in Place
Welcome to the Geographies of Health in Place (GoHelP) lab, led by Susan J. Elliott, PhD, in the Department of Geography and Environmental Management at the University of Waterloo.
News
- Mar. 31, 2020New paper published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Congratulations to GoHelP's Adrian Buttazzoni, Marta Veenhof, and Leia Minaker on their co-authored publication titled, "Smart city and high-tech urban interventions targeting human health: An equity-focused systematic review". The article is now available online.
- Mar. 31, 2020New paper on wellbeing and ageing is available online!
GoHelP alumni Andrea Rishworth and Joseph Kangmennaang, and Susan Elliott co-author a new paper recently published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. The paper titled "Getting old well in Sub Saharan Africa: Exploring the social and structural drivers of subjective wellbeing among elderly men and women in Uganda" is available online.
- Mar. 23, 2020Paper published in Chronic Illness
Jenna Dixon, Francesca Cardwell, Ann Clarke, and Susan Elliott co-author a paper titled "Choices are inevitable: A qualitative exploration of the lifecosts of systemic lupus erythematosus" published in Chronic Illness. Read the full publication.
Events
- May 25 to 29, 2020Canadian Association of Geographers Annual Meeting
2020 Annual General Meeting & Conference
The 2020 CAG Annual Meeting will be held at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, from May 25 to 29, 2020, in conjunction with the Association of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives (ACMLA) and the Canadian Cartographic Association (CCA)...
Blog
- June 17, 2019The Waterlupus Hack Experience
“What’s a hackathon?”
As we shared our research plans with colleagues and potential participants, we were asked this question many times over the last 6 months! Even after spending so much time learning what to expect through the planning process, the hackathon experience and its outcomes exceeded my expectations.
Health hackathons are multidisciplinary events that bring together a diverse group of stakeholders to solve key health challenges through a process of co-creation – the term itself combines ‘hack’ (i.e., a solution reached through innovation) and ‘marathon’ (i.e., an event of defined length and concentrated effort), emphasizing the rapid development of small but scalable solutions that can be expanded following the event...
- Apr. 22, 2019My PhD journey as a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Scholar (QES) with 'diverse titles'
I am stepping back to write this post after receiving an acceptance note for the final version of my thesis on UWSpace, a University of Waterloo thesis repository. This comes up after successfully defending my PhD Dissertation and incorporating comments from my examiner and the supervisory committee. The time therefore seems quite ripe to really think through the many aspects of my training that worked well and those that did not, and the lessons learned from them. The intention here is to share my experiences as a QES and to demonstrate some approaches that enable me carry through the pressures of being a student, a mother, a wife, and a woman of African origin penetrating the Western culture...
Meet our people
Susan Elliott
Susan Elliott is a health geographer whose primary area of research focuses on relationships between environment and health, broadly defined...
