Waterloo's School of Public Health Sciences is training a new generation of leaders, researchers and change agents to prepare for and respond to the complex adaptive systems that affect health and health care.
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Our undergraduate programs, and professional and research-based graduate programs prepare learners for these opportunities. Join us as we seek innovative solutions to current and emerging challenges to health.
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Our researchers work closely with partners including ministries of health and health promotion, the World Health Organization, Public Health Agency of Canada, private industry, and many others to identify and understand health complex challenges and to develop relevant solutions.
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We celebrate diversity and challenge the social and structural factors that undermine health, including structural bias, social inequities, and racism.
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News
Dr. Ellen MacEachen honoured for excellence in graduate supervision
Dr. Ellen MacEachen, director of the School of Public Health Sciences, is one of four Waterloo recipients of the 2025 University of Waterloo Award of Excellence in Graduate Supervision.
Q and A with the Experts: Measles
Dr. Zahid Butt discusses risks and protections as disease once eliminated in Canada makes a comeback
Public health researchers receive new CIHR funding
Research by Drs. Geoff Bardwell and Zahid Butt affect local and international communities