SCSRU Associate Director Sarah Wilkins-Laflamme on the religious landscape in the Waterloo Region of Ontario, as a reflection of religious diversity in the whole of Canada. Presented for The Institute for Religion, Culture and Societal Futures (IRCSF).
An international study has found that despite two decades of global tobacco control efforts, the message still is not getting through to enough smokers that smoking and second-hand smoke cause heart attack and stroke.
Researchers at the University of Waterloo and the Global Tobacco Control Program at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) conducted the study, which is the largest of its kind.
The Statistical Society of Canada (SSC) has awarded the 2026 Canadian Journal of Statistics Award to University of Waterloo researchers Meixi Chen, Reza Ramezan and Martin Lysy for their paper, Fast and scalable inference for spatial extreme value models, published in the Canadian Journal of Statistics in 2025.
Minzee Kim and Sidharth (Sid) Bajaj published a study in JMIR Aging presenting personalized predictive models to evaluate how well older adults with diverse abilities can use different medication adherence technologies. Collaborating with Dr. Tejal Patel’s lab, the research applied statistical modeling to health technology design, showing that personalized models—developed and evaluated through rigorous cross-validation—outperformed non-personalized and naïve approaches. The work highlights the effectiveness of personalization and the value of interdisciplinary collaboration in improving medication management for older adults.
As part of Bara’ Abdallah AlShurman’s doctoral research exploring the multifactorial and evolving nature of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among university students in Ontario, Canada, two studies were recently published in Vaccine.
Congratulations to Xisi Zhang on his recent publication in Vaccine.
The article titled "Understanding the Shift in COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy and Its Associated Factors for Primary and Booster Doses Among University Students: A Cross-Sectional Study" represents an interdisciplinary collaboration among Bara' Abdallah Al Shurman, Shannon E. Majowicz, and Zahid A. Butt from the School of Public Health Sciences, along with Kelly Grindrod from the School of Pharmacy.
Congratulations to Jeremy VanderDoes on his recent publication in BMJ Public Health.
The article titled "Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on health services utilisation and mortality in Ontario, Canada: an interrupted time series analysis" is an interdisciplinary collaboration with Kiran Saqib, Vivek Goel, and Zahid A. Butt from the School of Public Health Sciences, as well as Joel A. Dubin from the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science.
Congratulations to Kyu Min on his recent publications in Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy
Congratulations to Yuling Max Chen on his recent publication in the Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association!
The article, titled "Librarian Involvement on Knowledge Synthesis Articles and its Relationship to Article Citation Count and Journal Impact Factor," is an interdisciplinary collaboration with Reference & Subject Librarians Krista Alexander and Katharine Hall from Concordia University.
Congratulations to Jeremy VanderDoes on his recent publication in Public Health!
The article, titled "Exploring the Syndemic Impact of COVID-19 and Mental Health on Health Services Utilization among the Adult Ontario Population," represents a collaborative effort with Kiran Saqib, Vivek Goel, and Zahid A. Butt from the School of Public Health Sciences, as well as Joel A. Dubin from the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science.