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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Events
The Australian Child Maltreatment Study
Dr. James Scott, professor of child and youth psychiatry at The University of Queensland, presents The Australian Child Maltreatment Study: the first national survey to measure the prevalence of all five forms of child maltreatment and the associated health and psychosocial problems.
News
Public health programs receive new accreditation
The School of Public Health Sciences is pleased to announce that three of its programs have received accreditation from the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH): the Bachelor of Public Health, Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences and Master of Public Health.
Vanier scholar tackles pollution-related health challenges faced by First Nations
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.
SPHS researchers awarded $1.5 million for urban futures project
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.