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"While making the round of new restaurants and the movement toward ‘slow cooking’ might be highly rewarding to some of us, others couldn’t care less about food. The Globe and Mail’s, Maryam Siddiqi explores why this is the case, including an interview with CHAIM Centre researcher Alfonso Abizaid..." |
"Although the saying “sleep is for the weak” was a common theme throughout high school and university, sleep has become more of a luxury – something we always want and can never get enough of. This is especially true considering that Canadians’ quality of sleep has been on the decline for the last couple of decades..." |
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"Carleton’s Faculty of Graduate Studies wanted to find out more about what inspired a graduate student, Ariel Root, to write about her experiences with communities in Northwestern Ontario. .." |
"Congratulations to CHAIM Centre Research Affiliate, Bill Willmore, a recipient of a 2016/17 Carleton University Research Achievement Award! These awards are given to 10 outstanding researchers in recognition of their record of productivity and research impact..." |
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"Tony is waiting outside, his eyes crinkled into a smile. ‘Come inside the house,’ he says. He knows what I am feeling. And in I go, where the dogs lie flat on the kitchen floor, tails wagging, and the kettle is whistling, and the house is very warm...." |
"Why has the Zika outbreak received so much international attention in the media? What do we know about the level of risk, the infectiousness of the illness, and the severity of the consequences? Not a lot actually..." |
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"Health geographer, community researcher, and environmental advocate, Ashlee Cunsolo Willox visited Carleton University on February 5th to help convey the strong connections the Inuit have to the land, and the direct and indirect impacts of climate change..." |
"An international working group of experts, chaired by Carleton’s David Miller, reviewed the health effects of aflatoxins and fumonisins. Stemming from the panel’s analysis, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) today released a report stating the evidence and conclusions reached by the panel...." |
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"From the right combination of timing, interest, mentors, and luck, Kristin Connor found herself at the front of an emerging and exciting field of research regarding the influence of the early life nutritional environment on fetal growth and development, preterm birth, and later disease risk..." |
"Following the World Health Organization’s declaration of Zika as a Public Health Emergency of International concern, author Josh Greenberg, Director of Carleton’s School of Journalism and Communication, assesses the implications for health risk communications..." |
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"A novel new intervention study has been launched with adults with dementia and their caregivers. A multi-disciplinary group of partners and researchers, led by Artswell, an Ottawa-based non-profit organization that promotes wellness through art, have launched a new program to give older adults living with dementia and their caregivers an opportunity to lift their mood, manage stress and enjoy companionship through the power of song..." |
"ONE is an international campaign and non-partisan advocacy organization. Their mission: to end extreme poverty and combat preventable diseases, particularly in Africa...." |
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"You may be that person who struggles to lose those last few pounds, or you keep gaining weight despite your best efforts, or maybe you can’t seem to keep any weight on...." |
"I’ve grown accustomed to the constant interruption of a ping from a text message, a lit screen from an email, a vibration from an incoming call. A tweet, a notification, an update. Facebook, Instagram, family, colleagues, employers. This state of connectivity creating a constant cascade of events in my brain, and a constant state of stress...." |
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"Miller is interested in large unanswered questions that are important to public health. “They take a long time, but they’re important, and that’s the challenge that I’m interested in...." |
"World Health Organization agency report, produced by an IARC working group chaired by Carleton’s J.D. Miller, makes important recommendations to prevent food contamination with fungal toxins and how to diminish their impacts on human health..." |
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"Why all the fuss over air pollution? Well, for a long time, the fields of toxicology and epidemiology have provided evidence that our health is negatively affected by air pollution..." |
"As we pass our first anniversary as a Carleton University Research Centre, the CHAIM Centre is pleased to be highlighted in this issue of Research Works...." |
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"Philpott wants action, but she has some worries. Echoing a theme from Cindy Blackstock’s opening address, she described a recent meeting with indigenous leaders who expressed deep frustration with federal government incrementalist policy approaches that ignored and discounted indigenous peoples’ lives and suffering...." |
"Paul Villeneuve reflects back on an inspirational co-op work term at Health Canada during his statistics undergraduate training. He was required to apply statistics to better understand specific health issues, but found it much more appealing than theoretical statistics. .." |
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"Despite significant efforts to address the current obesity epidemic facing our nation, experts have expressed that our food environment may be one of the primary drivers..." |
"Music Matters is coordinated by Dr. Tracy Luciani, who works at Bruyère Continuing Care and is President of Artswell, a registered charity dedicated to improving the quality of life and well-being of individuals living with the effects of age, illness or injury...." |
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"It is estimated that by 2036 about 25% of the Canadian population will be over 65 years old. To meet the needs of these seniors, the demand for home and long-term care services is expected to grow...." |
"Communication is a crucial component of emergency response and crisis management. Warning imminently threatened populations, coordinating involved stakeholders, engaging community partnerships, and understanding public risk perceptions are all essential and effective risk communication strategies..." |
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"Ever wondered what is meant by the microbiome? Natasha Prince explains some basic facts. What is it? Why are people studying it more today than they did 10 years ago? What should I know about the microbiome? Is it even important? Find out more..." |
"When DeRosa started her faculty position at Carleton, she was introduced to the health impacts of mycotoxins.“These secondary metabolites that are produced by fungi can be widespread on crops and food commodities. I realized that developing low cost, easy-to-use technology that detects these contaminants in food would be a worthy pursuit and could have a global impact on health,” resulting in her pursuit of developing aptamers for mycotoxins in food." |
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"They’re really cool. They do different things, and do lots of things that we don’t even think or know about. It’s fascinating how they can generate so much diversity,” says Carleton University’s Alex Wong...." |
"The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council announced the 2016 Partnership Grants. The CHAIM Centre is pleased to be supporting the Indigenous Youth Futures Partnership led by Kim Matheson...." |
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"Banu Örmeci, professor and Canada Research Chair in Wastewater and Public Health Engineering, has been awarded the first Jarislowsky Chair in Water and Global Health to be held at Carleton University..."
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"The TIM Review has released its September, 2016 issue on Knowledge Mobilization in the health sector, guest edited by Managing Director of 1125@Carleton, Cathy Malcolm Edwards and CHAIM Centre Director, Kim Matheson. The issue addresses challenges encountered in the KMB process...." |
"As a frightening mixture of pathogens, organic materials, heavy metals, gases, pesticides, pharmaceuticals and other chemicals, wastewater requires specialized facilities and techniques to properly and sufficiently remove these contaminants, and then manage the removed wastes...." |
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"Between insurance plan deductibles, co-payments, or no insurance at all, Canadians are paying over $6 billion out of pocket for prescription drugs. That’s 22% of all prescription drug costs in Canada. Inequities and inconsistencies between provinces have placed undue strain on Canadian businesses and citizens...." |
"Congratulations to CHAIM Centre researcher, Alex Wong, and his collaborators for their success in the Joint Programming Initiative on Antimicrobial Resistance (JPIAMR) grant competition. Their project “Predicting the Persistence of Resistance Across Environments” (PREPARE) is one 19 out 83 applications that was successfully funded...." |
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"Cities internationally recognize that features of the urban built environment have dramatic impacts on a number of environmental exposures that, in turn, are linked to human health..." |
"The objective of the HEALtH Challenge is to raise awareness and develop the skills to understand and seek solutions to the complex health issues that face the world today...." |
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"What happens when we don’t recognize the bond between animals and humans?” In so doing, Dell emphasized the importance of the human and non-human bond, and with the audience identified many benefits people gain from this bond..." |