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"Healthy kids learn better"

  • Gillian Rutherford - Folio
  • 23 June 2025
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Eradicating plagues forever, and more...

  • Quirks and Quarks with Bob McDonald - CBC LISTEN
  • 6 June 2025
Elaine Hyshka

U of A professor comments on Alberta’s proposed involuntary drug treatment act

  • Alanna Smith - Globe and Mail
  • 15 April 2025
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U of A students develop an initiative to help unhoused population reach proper healthcare

  • Leo Cruzat - CTV
  • 25 March 2025
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Announcing the Dean of the School of Public Health, Dr. Laura McDougall

  • Verna Yiu - Quad
  • 21 March 2025
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College of Health Sciences Celebrating International Women's Day

  • 7 March 2025
From top left clockwise: Lia Daniels, Padma Kaul, Makenna Kuzyk, Ceilidh Morrissette, Elizabeth Onyango, Marie-Cécile Piro, Emma Rutherford and Verna Yiu.

Celebrating International Women's Day 2025

  • Brittany Shapovalov
  • 6 March 2025
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Five ways purchasing food online can improve your health and well-being

  • Gillian Rutherford
  • 24 February 2025
Elder Darlene Cardinal, Elder Lorraine Albert, Elder Muriel Lee, Elder Jackie Bromley and Knowledge Keeper Norma Spicer — are working with master’s student Sarah Demedeiros (front row, left) and public health professor Stephanie Montesanti (front row, right) to share traditional teachings and cultural practices with their communities and beyond.

Every child needs the wisdom of a grandmother

  • 18 February 2025
Dr. Stephen Hodgins

What is a community health worker? It needs to be clearer, say experts

  • Gillian Rutherford
  • 21 January 2025
2023-2024 Research Impact Report

2023-2024 Research Impact Report

  • 27 November 2024
Binita Jirel

Lofty goals: Nepali grad focuses on helping children and youth reach their full potential

  • Gillian Rutherford
  • 27 November 2024
Ngo Omoaka

Convocation Profile: Ngo Omoaka

  • 26 November 2024
Tara Azima

Convocation spotlight: Tara Azimi

  • 21 November 2024
McKayla Kirkpatrick

Convocation Spotlight: McKayla Kirkpatrick

  • 21 November 2024
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Is public health for you?

  • Gillian Rutherford
  • 10 October 2024
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Five tips for staying safe on an e-scooter

  • 19 September 2024
Dr. Stephanie Montesanti

U of A-led projects funded through CIHR Team Grants

  • 5 September 2024
Dr. Stephanie Montesanti

Strengthening Health Workforce through Indigenous Care

  • Celeste Peterson
  • 29 July 2024
Sherilee Harper

Researcher receives CIHR NFRF grant

  • 4 June 2024
Ishwar Tiwari

Convocation Spotlight: Ishwar Tiwari

  • 29 May 2024
Cristian Neves

Convocation Spotlight: Cristian Neves

  • 29 May 2024
Peace Omodele

Celebrating outstanding graduate Peace Omodele for her impactful contributions to community health

  • Jennifer Fitzgerald
  • 28 May 2024
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Understanding what happens when someone reports a hate crime

  • Danica Erickson
  • 28 May 2024
Rebecca Gokiert

Rebecca Gokiert receives Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award

  • 10 May 2024
Sherilee Harper

Public health researcher a lead author on latest global report on climate change

  • 16 April 2024
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How did you sleep?

  • 5 April 2024
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A divided and hidden life: Mexican migrant farm workers speak out

  • 4 April 2024
Jessica Haight

‘Shared mission’ pays off for students’ mental health

  • 26 March 2024
Yan Yuan

Researchers develop tool to predict likelihood of premature menopause in childhood cancer survivors

  • 18 March 2024
Candace Nykiforuk

Financial strain is bad for our health, says new Canada Research Chair

  • 13 March 2024
Holly Mathias

Investigating the reality of caregiving in a small town

  • 11 March 2024
Xiang Xiao

Xiang Xiao, a School of Public Health graduate student, receives Cardiovascular Research Institute studentship

  • 8 February 2024
Roman Pabayo and Claire Benny

Preventable hospitalizations and deaths ‘of despair’ associated with income inequality

  • 7 February 2024
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Urgent and Long Overdue: Legal Reform and Drug Decriminalization in Canada

  • 5 February 2024
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5 things you may not know about the Campus Food Bank

  • 1 February 2024
Les Hagen

Opinion: Alberta leading the way in stamping out tobacco use

  • 30 January 2024
Elaine Hyshka

Experts condemn Sask.'s move to stop providing pipes, limit needle exchanges

  • 19 January 2024
Elizabeth Onyango

Innovator Spotlight: Elizabeth Onyango

  • 19 January 2024
Sherilee Harper

Setting the agenda for climate science

  • 16 January 2024
Claire Benny

Researching inequality and its impacts

  • Danica Erickson
  • 10 January 2024
Louis Hugo Francescutti

Public health advocate and community builder named to the Order of Canada

  • Shirley Wilfong-Pritchard
  • 2 January 2024
Adjunct professor Shannon MacDonald

Alberta directed removal of COVID, flu references in fall vaccine campaign, documents show December 22, 2023

  • 22 December 2023
Elaine Hyshka

Experts dispute Saskatchewan police’s description of latest fentanyl doses

  • 18 December 2023
Stan Houston

Opinion: Should Albertans trust cabinet to manage health emergencies?

  • 18 December 2023
Louis Hugo Francescutti

Opinion: Louis Francescutti co-authors article that says AI in the ER can help break the cycle of homelessness

  • 18 December 2023
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‘Very little buffer’: Older Albertans have lengthy waits to access long-term care beds

  • 15 December 2023
Sherilee Harper

School of Public Health Professor Sherliee Harper to attend COP28

  • 4 December 2023
Jamie Boisvenue

Participatory research gives people living with Type 1 diabetes a voice to reshape their care

  • 29 November 2023
Kirsty Choquette

Innovator Spotlight: Kirsty Choquette

  • 23 November 2023

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