Dr. David Hammond has received the 2023 Trailblazer Award in Science for Policy by the Canadian Science Policy Centre.
Researchers find adolescents’ self-concept – the image we have of ourselves – is lower for those with both a physical and mental illness compared to adolescents with only a physical illness.
An expert committee on viruses in foods conducted a global review of the frequency and clinical severity of viruses associated with foodborne illnesses.
Waterloo's Dr. Mahmood Gohari, using survey data from over 5,000 Canadian adolescents, examines changes in mental health from 2018 to 2021.
Gig work is transforming our global economy and public health as workers weigh risks every day in precarious, low-wage jobs to deliver us food and parcels.
While most aspects of care quality in long-term care homes did not differ in the first year of the pandemic from pre-pandemic levels, a new study shows that the use of antipsychotic drugs increased in all provinces.
Waterloo researcher is investigating the association between high school grades and the complexity of young adults’ essays with the risk of Alzheimer’s disease later in life.
David Hammond was out for a walk when a red package caught his eye. Lying on the ground was a cigarette box, plastered with health warnings and vivid imagery of blackened organs. It was at that moment his career aspirations clicked into place.
COVID-19 has introduced strains to health systems around the world that modern society has never seen before. The outcomes have resulted in an uphill battle for many communities working to mobilize health-care workers and managing dwindling supplies of resources.
Layered over the pandemic in 2021 was an epidemic. Toxic drug overdoses in Canada spiked that year, with almost 8,000 reported deaths from opioid overdoses alone. In British Columbia, 2,264 people died that year of toxic drug overdoses.