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Team GoHelP celebrates the convocation of Elijah Bisung and Roxanne Springer.

The University of Waterloo Daily Bulletin and The School of Public Health and Health Systems (SPHHS) recently profiled Kristin Brown's work on mandated physical activity in Ontario elementary classrooms.

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.

Professor Susan Elliott, Francesca Cardwell, Kristin Brown and Andrea Rishworth were on hand to represent the GoHelP lab at the 16th International Medical Geography Symposium in Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Elsevier has just announced the launch of Social Science & Medicine's new open access sister journal, SSM – Population Health.

George Atiim, a PhD Candidate in the department of Geography and Environmental Management and GoHelP lab member, is departing this week for Ghana  in order to carry out his PhD fieldwork. George's research explores emerging health challenges of food allergy in sub-Saharan Africa.

Good luck George!

The GoHelP lab is excited to announce that Elijah Bisung will be defending his PhD dissertation on Friday July 3rd, 2015. The oral examination is open to the public, come join us at 10 am in EV1 221.

Elsevier launches a free, online training platform for researchers. Sign up today! 

http://editorsupdate.elsevier.com/issue-47-may-2015/elsevier-launches-a-free-online-training-platform-for-researchers/ 

Professor Susan Elliott, along with two PhD candidates, Stephen Wilcox and Ryan Clement from UWaterloo's Department of English, attend the annual Anaphylaxis Canada conference in Toronto, Ontario.

Knowledge Integration student and GoHelP lab member Alexandra Olarnyk presented her honours thesis poster on Friday March 27th, 2015. Supervised by Professor Susan Elliott, Alex's thesis looks at the experiences and perceptions of food allergy on the University of Waterloo campus.