April 4, 2025
The School of Public Health Sciences (SPHS) is delighted to be hosting the Research and Practice in Health Sciences Conference (RPHS). The conference will take place Friday, April 4, 2025 in a hybrid format.
Registration is not required to attend the in-person conference at Federation Hall. However, tickets must be purchased in advance if you would like to attend the lunch.
Registration to attend virtually is coming soon!
About the conference
The aim of this student-led conference is to expose current undergraduate and graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to a range of career paths, including research and practice related to public health. The conference will offer an opportunity for the community to reflect on skills needed for health research and practice and provide graduate students and postdoctoral fellows with presentation experience.
The conference is open to all UWaterloo graduate students conducting research or working in public health, and all SPHS undergraduate students, faculty and staff.
All undergraduate thesis (HLTH 432) student poster presentations are automatically included in the conference.
- Conference program (includes livestream info!)
- Keynote spotlight - Dr. Melody Morton Ninomiya
- Careers panel
- Poster presentations
- Oral presentations
If you have any general questions about the conference please email us.
Important dates
- March 1, 2025 - Notification of review results (accepted/not accepted)
- March 21, 2025 - Deadline for purchasing lunch tickets
Presenter information
- Oral presenters: Sunday March 30 at midnight, power point slides due
- Graduate poster presenters:
- Printed posters - To be eligible for the poster subsidy. Please have both the payment and the poster submitted by Sunday, March 30 at midnight
- Online posters due Sunday, March 30 at midnight, poster .pdf due
HLTH 432B Undergraduate posters
- Email your .pdf no later than midnight on Sunday, March 30
Pre-order sales for lunch tickets have now closed
A limited number of lunch tickets will be available on the day of the conference.
Lunch prices: $26 for Faculty and Staff; $12 for Undergraduate and Graduate Students
Attendance at the a.m and p.m sessions is FREE and does not require a ticket.
The lunch will be a selection of sandwiches, fresh fruit, and salad:
- Italian panini – Soppressata, ham, prosciutto and mortadella served on panini loaf with mayonnaise, lettuce, tomato and mozzarella
- Smoked montreal meat– Sliced smoked meat, mayonnaise Dijon mustard and pickles layered on a soft baguette
- Vegetarian (25%) balsamic portobello – Marinated and seared portobello mushrooms, goat cheese, roasted red peppers and baba ganoush served on a ciabatta bun
- Classic chicken salad (Halal) – Diced grilled chicken mixed with mayonnaise and celery topped with shredded lettuce and tomato served on a Village Bakery bun
Salad: Spinach and Ontario quinoa salad with diced mango, pomegranate and champagne vinaigrette (gluten free, vegan)
Past conferences
See past conference proceedings and presenters:
Acknowledgements
Thank you to the School of Public Health Sciences, the Graduate Studies Endowment Fund, the SPHS Graduate Students' Association, the Health Dean's Advisory Committee on Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Anti-Racism, and the Applied Health Sciences Endowment Fund (AHSEF) for their generous support of this event.