The federal government announced $4.8 million over four years of new funding for dementia projects this month, including two that involve researchers in the Faculty of Health and Research Institute for Aging. The projects, which total more than $2 million, are all funded by the Public Health Agency of Canada:
Hannah Tait Neufeld, a professor in the School of Public Health and Health Systems, has been awarded a new Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Health, Wellbeing and Food Environments from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
Manvi Bhalla, an MSc student in the School of Public Health and Health Systems, has been named one of the Top 25 Environmentalists Under 25 in Canada by The Starfish, an environmental youth advocacy group. Last month, she was also recognized as one of the Top 30 under 30 Sustainability Leaders in Canada by Corporate Knights.
Household smart thermostat sensors can be used to help monitor the health of older adults and home patients, according to results from a new University of Waterloo pilot study.
The Fellowship funds projects that both focus on health promotion and education, as well as offer experiences to steward students toward graduate studies.
Researchers from the University of Waterloo and Bumble have partnered to study how interacting in a space that promotes justice and social equity affects dating.
As we brace for another possible spike in COVID-19 infections this winter, Professor Troy Glover says we need a reason to bundle up and go outside.
The Faculty of Applied Health Sciences (AHS) will become the Faculty of Health as of January 1, 2021, with a full transition to the new name by September 2021.
Kinesiology Professor Heather Keller and George Heckman, a professor in the School of Public Health and Health Systems, are being renewed as Schlegel Research Chairs with the Research Institute for Aging (RIA).
Congratulations to the graduating students of the Class of Fall 2020! The Faculty of Applied Health Sciences is celebrating with you today, our convocation day, and wish you the best in all your future endeavours.
Watch the recording of the Fall 2020 Virtual PhD Graduate Celebration