Community Health Sciences News Archive

Businesses should continue to follow public health orders, says UM population health expert
April 14, 2020 —
Dr. Joss Reimer, Manitoba's medical officer of health and director of undergraduate medical education in community health sciences at the University of Manitoba, believes that re-opening the province for business following the peak of COVID-19 will be challenging.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
The science behind the social determinants of health
March 10, 2020 —
Dr. Sharon Bruce, new head of community health sciences (CHS) in the Max Rady College of Medicine, is taking the lead of a growing and changing department situated within an evolving discipline.

COVID-19 Rapid Response Program funding for studies in Indigenous populations
March 6, 2020 —
Two University of Manitoba researchers have received nearly $1 million in COVID-19 Rapid Response Program funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research for research projects that focus on public health responses in Indigenous populations.

Building equitable AI for public health
January 17, 2020 —
Training next generation to close gap in AI and health inequalities

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
First Addictions Awareness Day advocates for ending stigma around addiction
December 2, 2019 —
A new event on campus is aiming to spread awareness and reduce stigma around addiction and substance abuse.

Gold Leaf Prize recognizes excellence
May 23, 2019 —
Professor Tracie Afifi, an international child maltreatment and mental health researcher, and advocate for children’s rights, has received the Gold Leaf Prize for Outstanding Achievements by an Early Career Investigator

U of M’s Evelyn Forget selected for Donner Prize shortlist
April 2, 2019 —
As the Donner Canadian Foundation has announced, Evelyn Forget an economist and professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences at the University of Manitoba, has made the short list for the Donner Prize

The Conversation: No vacation? Find serenity with these five financial wellness tips
February 27, 2019 —
Have you been thinking about money lately? Wondering where to find more?

The Conversation: Fighting tuberculosis: Databases are new and powerful weapons
January 30, 2019 —
'Partnerships with communities most impacted by TB are essential to ending TB through earlier diagnosis'

The Conversation: Huge disparities in C-sections highlights inequalities in healthcare
January 18, 2019 —
Because they can save women’s and infants’ lives, C-sections should be universally accessible, but they aren't