This spring marks the 128th convocation at the University of Waterloo, with 490 undergraduate, 72 master's and 16 PhD candidates crossing the stage at the Faculty of Health ceremony.
School of Public Health Sciences PhD candidate Amy Nahwegahbow has been awarded the prestigious Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship for her research in First Nations Peoples communities to address the environmental exposures, socio-cultural vulnerability and health impacts of industrial pollution.
A School of Public Health Sciences research team will receive more than $1.5 million from the federal government to support their Urban Futures project: Toward health equity, inclusive governance, and climate adaptation in African informal settlements.
A new study predicts motorcycle riding postures using digital human software, finding that shorter and taller statured individuals are more vulnerable to discomfort.
Recreation and Leisure Studies associate professor Dr. Karla Boluk and Kinesiology and Health Sciences associate professor Dr. Paolo Dominelli have received Early Researcher Awards valued at $100,000.
Faculty of Health students, families, faculty members and staff came together for a special recognition reception to celebrate more than 120 undergraduate and more than 160 graduate student achievements with a total of 436 awards.
Two Faculty of Health researchers have been named Tier 2 Canada Research Chairs: Dr. Kaylena Ehgoetz Martens from the Department of Kinesiology and Health Sciences, and Dr. Zahid Butt from the School of Public Health Sciences.
The winners of the Faculty of Health Teaching Assistant Awards for the Fall 2023 term are Rachel Almaw of Kinesiology and Health Sciences, Jasmine Nijjar of Recreation and Leisure Studies and Megan Dol of Public Health Sciences.
Dr. Lili Liu has been reappointed as Dean of the Faculty of Health for a three-year term beginning July 1, 2024 until June 30, 2027.
The grant will allow for evaluating and spreading the impact of the healthy lifestyle program, designed for people living with dementia and their care partners.