It’s disturbing to Rohit Ramchandani that he can find a bottle of Coca-Cola in the most remote parts of the world — yet he can’t always find medicine to save a child’s life.
Susan Elliott, Waterloo’s Dean of Applied Health Sciences, is helping to build a brighter future for the people of Usoma, Kenya, one brick at a time.
Today technology drives motherhood and motherhood drives technology,” says Parry, an associate professor of Recreation and Leisure Studies in the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences.
WATERLOO, Ont. (Friday, Apr. 12, 2013) — About 250 high school students from Waterloo Region and surrounding areas will spend their day sampling career options at the TD Discovery Day in Health Sciences taking place at the University of Waterloo on Tuesday, April 16. The Faculty of Applied Health Sciences and Faculty of Science are hosting this interactive event, organized by the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame.
School of Public Health and Health System's Kelly Anthony will be one of four University of Waterloo faculty members to receive the Distinguished Teacher Award for 2013 at convocation, provost Geoff McBoyle announced at the March meeting of the university senate.
WATERLOO — Like most academics, the dean of applied health sciences at the University of Waterloo spends hours engrossed in her research.
But Susan Elliott is taking her work to a whole other level. As a medical geographer, Elliott has turned her work on health and the environment into a personal project.
Elliott has kick-started the building of a water and sanitation facility in the rural village of Usoma in Kenya.
It seems astronauts hovering in weightless environments and earthlings reclining in front of the TV share a surprising trait: both avoid the effects of gravity — and both age rapidly as a result. Now a unique joint venture between Canada’s health-research and space agencies is investigating the parallels between space flight and terrestrial aging, hoping to find ways to prevent the ill effects of each.
2012 Alumni Achievement Awards
Applied Health Sciences and the University of Waterloo is proud to recognize alumni who have made outstanding contributions to the health and wellbeing of society through their professional accomplishments, public service, and/or academic excellence. We are honoured to recognize their accomplishments.
John Hirdes, Professor in the School of Public Health and Health Systems, and Ontario Home Care Research and Knowledge Exchange Chair, has been honoured with the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee medal for his significant contributions to home and community care.
Source: University of Waterloo, Daily Bulletin, Nov. 21, 2012