The first ever list of Canadian Women Leaders in Global Health has been published by the Canadian Society for International Health. A huge congratulations to Dr.
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.
Susan Elliott's co-authored abstract, titled "Economic Evaluation of Damage Accrual in a Nationwide Canadian SLE Cohort", will be presented at the 2017 American College of Rheumatology (ACR) Annual Meeting on November 7th, in San Diego CA.
VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT: UNU-INWEH INTERNSHIP (Sustainable Development Goals (SDG))
Internship Reference Number: UNU-INWEH/Intern.2017.01
Application deadline: 15 January 2017
The 2015-2016 University of Waterloo's annual research brochure, "Inspiring Research Innovation", features GOHelP's Prof. Susan Elliott and the Queen Elizabeth Scholar's work on the Global Index of Wellbeing (GLOWING) project.
The Queen Elizabeth Scholars, Roxanne, Joseph, and Elizabeth, along with their supervisor Susan Elliott, went to the United Nations University (UNU) to discuss frameworks surrounding sustainable development issues pertaining to water.
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:
Stephanie Lu, PhD candidate in the School of Public Health and Health Systems, won the best student poster award at the Science in the Developing World Workshop held at the Balsillie School for International Affairs.