Celebrating 50 years on March 26, 2010....click here to view celebration agenda and purchase tickets....

50th Anniversary Legacy Scholarship

 Be part of an ongoing Legacy!
CH&E has established a trust fund with a goal of raising $25,000 (or more) to be made available to students in the form of a scholarship for $1000 (or more) per year.

To donate, please go to
https://lamp.usask.ca/donation/advancement.php
 
Online instructions:  Designate your gift to the College of Medicine.
                                      In the comments section indicate that your donation is to go to:
                                      "The Community Health and Epidemiology 50th Anniversary Legacy Scholarship Fund"

17th Annual Life & Health Sciences Research Day - March 12th 2010

Congratulations to our department participants who took the time and effort to enter their posters in this year's 17th Annual Life & Health Sciences Research Day which was held on March 12, 2010 in the Education Gym and Quance theatre. 

We are proud to announce that we have 3 winners from our department.  Sabuj Sarker and Florence Wagner won 1st and 2nd place respectively in the Health Services Health Education section, while Yan Yao won 1st place in Epidemiology.  See presentation photos on the left.

Top photo: Sabuj Sarker, MSc Candidate under supervision of Dr. Hyun Lim

Middle photo: Florence Wagner, MSc. Previous supervisor Dr. Bonnie Janzen

Bottom photo: Yan Yao, visiting student from China under supervision of Dr. Hyun Lim

Congratulations on your success!

Department Overview

Over the years, along with a name change in 1988, it has developed and expanded into a vibrant department with

It is affiliated with 6 research units, also located in the Royal University Hospital, and has forged partnerships with
multiple provincial and federal health service programs.

Masters and PhD students will be admitted ONLY in the Fall term, although occasional exceptions may be made. In order to be considered for Fall admission,
we must have your complete application by January 15 of the same year.

Please note: you are responsible for ensuring that all application materials are received by the relevant deadline.
Students will be notified regarding their application by April 30. This decision will be communicated to the student and the College of Graduate Studies and Research.

AWARD WINNING RESEARCH

Have you heard the recent news in the Healthy Children research program at the Saskatchewan Population Health and Evaluation Research Unit (www.spheru.ca).

* Nazeem Muhajarine,  professor and chair of the Department of Community Health and Epidemiology at the University of Saskatchewan, was awarded the Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation's 2009 Achievement award at their Sante banquet last week, acknowledging his leadership in turning research into policies and programs to improve the lives of Saskatchewan's children, their families, and communities. We wanted you to know about this award, as our work would not be possible without the collaboration, partnership and ongoing support we have with so many of you. This press release is posted online at: http://shrf.ca/2009_Sante_Award_Winners and attached below.

* Nazeem is also playing a key role in a new $19.5-million nation-wide study of children's brain development, leading efforts to raise public awareness of childhood brain disorders and helping to put the latest research knowledge into practice. The NeuroDevNet project, funded by the Networks of Centres of Excellence (NCE) and based at the University of British Columbia, will focus initially on autism spectrum disorder, fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, and cerebral palsy. More than 70 researchers from a wide range of disciplines will explore how the brain develops, how to detect abnormalities, and how to repair the damaged brain. The press release can be found on the U of S site at http://www.usask.ca/research/news/read.php?id=905# (also attached above), a story in the Star Phoenix can be found at http://www.thestarphoenix.com/health/researcher+leads+brain+study/2319038/story.html (also below), and more information on the network is at www.neurodevnet.ca

*We recently launched a provincial network kidSKAN—the Saskatchewan Knowledge to Action Network for early childhood development—which has been awarded $200,000 from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. This network is fueled by momentum from the seven Understanding the Early Years studies in Saskatchewan in the last 10 years (including the Saskatoon study), other collaborative research projects, and the provincial government's decision to implement the Early Development Instrument provincially starting last year.

As part of this network, we are developing an online community at www.kidskan.ca. You can read more about this project in the fact sheet attached to this email, or at the website. We are developing an email newsletter for kidSKAN and expect to send many of you the first issue when it is available.

For more information on any of these items, please contact Nazeem (nazeem.muhajarine@usask.ca) or Fleur Macqueen Smith (fleur.macqueensmith@usask.ca)

Muhajarine story, StarPhoenix, December 9, 2009 pdf      -        Muhajarine SHRF award-NeuroDevNet announcement Dec 7 2009 pdf    -     kidSKAN poster - Macqueen Smith Nov 2009 pdf

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Fleur Macqueen Smith, MA(c)
Research and KT Officer, Healthy Children research team

Events

• Celebrating 50 years....March 26, 2010...more information in the New Year
• LMCC Refresher Course in Community Health and Health Care Ethics, April 20, 2010.  Registration closes April 5
  
• Upcoming Department Seminar (click to view seminar info)
  

Departmental Seminars and "Work in Progress Seminars" are held Mondays throughout the academic year. CH&E students are required to attend at least 75% of the seminars.

Department News

• U of S Researchers Conduct Unique Studies on Childhood Obesity
• Dr. Kalyani Premkumar, Assistant Professor in Community Health & Epidemiology was chosen for the CAME 2009 Certificate of Merit award.....more