Future graduate students

Friday, March 8, 2019 8:00 am - Sunday, March 10, 2019 5:00 pm CST (GMT -06:00)

10th Annual CUGH Conference | Translation & Implementation for Impact in Global Health

Join more than 1,800 global health faculty, students, implementers, and leaders from over 55 countries to explore the latest in global health and how academia, NGOs, government and the private sector can translate and implement the global health challenges before us...

Monday, November 19, 2018 12:00 am - Wednesday, November 21, 2018 12:00 am EST (GMT -05:00)

Join us for the Canadian Conference on Global Health | CSIH

The Canadian Conference on Global Health (CCGH) is an international conference held annually to share and mobilize knowledge relating to global health. Researchers, students, policy makers, and community organizers are invited to attend.

GET-FACTS scientists Yuka Asai, Ann Clarke, Denise Daley and their team have published a study in The Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology that provides new information on how our genes may be involved in the development of peanut and other food allergies. In their study, researchers identified several new genes linked with peanut allergy.

Susan Elliott engaged community members in a game of Food Allergy Jeopardy as part of her presentation at the public event Science in the Square. Elizabeth Opiyo, PhD candidate from the GoHelP Lab, was also part of the impressive lineup of speakers.

Friday, October 28, 2016 12:00 am - Saturday, October 29, 2016 12:00 am EDT (GMT -04:00)

2016 Canadian Association of Geographers of Ontario Conference (CAGONT)

Join us in Geography and Environmental Management at the University of Waterloo on October 28 (field trips and grad student reception) and October 29 (exciting plenary and concurrent sessions presenting cutting edge research)

Approximately 2.5 million Canadians living with a food allergy, researchers say. Adults reported a slightly higher prevalence of food allergies (7.7 per cent) than children under 18, who came in at 6.9 per cent.

Watch out for the next AllerGen funded survey of Canadian households next month (November, 2015) aimed to answer the questions: