Starting this spring, frontline officers with the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) will use a screening tool developed at Waterloo to assess mental health issues, allowing for improved transitions from police custody to hospital care.
On February 8, 2014, student teams from Waterloo’s School of Public Health and Health Systems claimed two of the three finalist spots in Round One of the 2014 Case Evaluation Society (CES-CESEF) Case Competition.
After years of steady decline, rates of tobacco use in Canada have stalled, according to a new report published by the Propel Centre for Population Health Impact at the University of Waterloo.
There aren't enough geriatricians in Canada to cope with the number of older adults, reports a new paper from the University of Waterloo and published in the Canadian Geriatrics Journal.
While researchers have flagged climate change as the biggest global health threat of the 21st century, a recent study by Professor Susan Elliott and her graduate student, Francesca Cardwell, found that most Canadians just don’t see the link.
Three student teams from Waterloo’s School of Public Health and Health Systems beat out 26 other teams from across the country to claim the top spots at the 2013 Canadian Evaluation Society’s student case competition.
Canadian students in Grade 12 are in worse health than their younger high school peers, according to a new study from the University of Waterloo.
A new partnership between Canadian Red Cross and interRAI will bring together interRAI's expertise in health assessments and the experience of Canadian Red Cross in disaster response and community health services.
Distinguished teacher award recipient brings students out of the classroom to talk to homeless people. “I try to encourage deep learning,” says Waterloo professor Kelly Anthony.
Waterloo researcher is working to help doctors find the best treatment for their patients – fast.