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Do you do research in the area of water, sanitation and health?

Do you have an idea for a review in the area of water, health and sanitation?

Think about sending your idea for a review to the journal Water Security to elliotts@uwaterloo.ca. This journal is by invitation only, but we are really excited to see ideas related to the following...

GoHelP lab members Susan Elliott, Thelma Zulfawu Abu and Abraham Nunbogu are authors on a groundbreaking new piece in Nature Climate Change!

Congratulations to Thelma who has recently accepted a position as a postdoctoral fellow in Geography at University of Toronto Mississauga working with Dr. Kathi Wilson.

Congratulations to Francesca Cardwell, on the acceptance of her paper, "The value of hackathons in integrated knowledge translation (iKT) research: Waterlupus" in Health Research Policy and Systems!

We are pleased to announce Thelma Zulfawu Abu has successfully defended her PhD thesis, "'When you preach water and you drink wine” Exploring the implementation, use and management of WASH in healthcare facilities: A Case Study from Kenya". Thelma is a treasured member of the GoHelP community and we wish her great success in her future endeavors!

Thelma's thesis can be found using the information below:

Congratulations to Maurice Anfaara Dogoli who has successfully defended his master's thesis, "The intersection of water, sanitation, and gender-based violence in sub-Saharan Africa: A parallel case study of national policies and NGO interventions". Maurice's hard work has led him to this great accomplishment. We look forward to his future accomplishments!

Maurice's thesis can be found using the information below:

Congratulations to PhD Student, Abraham Nunbogu, on the acceptance of his paper, "Towards an integrated theoretical framework for understanding water insecurity and gender-based violence in Low-and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs)" in Health and Place! Well done, Abraham!

Congratulations to Susan Elliott who has received the Canadian Association of Geographers (CAG) award for Scholarly Distinction. Keep up the great work!

Carise Thomspon, MA Geography

Alison Curtis, MA, Planning

Theresa O’Neil, MA, Planning

Gerrit Boerma, MEs, Planning

Congratulations to Emily Shantz who has received the CAG Geography of Health and Health Care Specialty Group PhD student presentation award for her presentation last week at the Canadian Association of Geographers Conference! Great work!