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Master of Public Health Graduate - Article Published in Women's Studies International Forum

Sabah Rahmath 2016 MPH Graduate has published an article in Women's Studies International Forum
Article title: Asserting citizenship: Muslim women's experiences with the hijab in Canada
http://authors.elsevier.com/a/1TNT4_6JtuR0qB

Originally from Calgary, Sabah now calls Thunder Bay home.

Sabah completed her placement with Toronto Public Health. Here she had an opportunity to recommend policy changes in order to reduce systemic barriers faced by racialized minorities and immigrants in our healthcare system.

As a Graduate Assistant working with Dr. Lori Chambers, Sabah explored the experiences of Muslim women in Canada. On July 16th Sabah published the findings from this research.

Committed to causes that seek to empower women, Sabah hopes to continue making a positive impact by working with immigrant, racialized and Indigenous community members. Currently, Sabah is the Empowerment of Women Coordinator at Racialized Young Professionals Network  https://www.facebook.com/RacializedYoungProfessionals/
 

Master of Public Health Candidate wins local 3 minute thesis

Congratulations to Erica Sawula, MPH candidate. On February 11, 2015, Erica participated in the 3 Minute Thesis (3MT)  at Lakehead University. Erica’s thesis is entitled “A randomized trial of a comprehensive training process to enhance safe driving in older adults.” Her supervisor is Dr. Michel Bédard, Department of Health Sciences, and currently Acting Dean of the Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences.

Erica’s successful presentation was called: "On the Road Again: Improving Safe Driving in Seniors".  She will now represent Lakehead University at the Ontario-wide competition on April 23, 2015 at Western University, where one student from each Ontario university will present their 3-minute thesis.

Michel stated “I am not surprised that Erica won the contest. She has been fully immersed in the project and obtained results that will contribute to better supporting seniors’ quality of life and independence.”

Erica learned about the competition through the Lakehead University Graduate Students' Association. Any Graduate student was welcome to present their thesis (background, objectives, results, and conclusion) in 3 minutes at a level that would be comprehensible to a non-specialist audience, using a single, static slide in PowerPoint.

3MT provides the opportunity for Graduate and PhD students to present their research concisely and effectively using academic, presentation and communication skills. Erica stated, “it was a really good learning experience because it is difficult to condense a 40-page thesis into 3 minutes!”

Master of Public Health Alumnus: Practicum Placement leads to Publication

Ms. Sonja Senthanar, a 2013 graduate of the Master of Public Health program, is first author on an article published in the International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (IJOEM) Vol 6, No 3 July (2015). Sonja’s Practicum project, conducted at the Institute for Work & Health (IWH), is the basis for the publication.

Entitled “Working and Living in Northern vs Southern Ontario Is Associated with the Duration of Compensated Time off Work: A Retrospective Cohort Study”, the article was co-authored with Dr. Vicki L. Kristman, Associate Professor, Department of Health Sciences, and Dr. Sheilah Hogg-Johnson, Associate Scientific Director and Senior Scientist, IWH.

The objective of the project was to compare the duration of work disability in people working and living in Northern versus Southern Ontario from 2006-2011. Workers in Northern Ontario were found to have longer compensation periods than workers from Southern Ontario.

Read the July 24th CBC News article.

International Innovation - Dr. V. Kristman

Dr. Vicki Kristman, Associate Professor in the Department of Health Sciences, and Research Scientist, Institute for Work and Health, discusses her research into better understanding the reasons why some supervisors support return-to-work accommodations more than others do.

The article, Making the return to work work appears in Issue 181 of International Innovation.

Master of Public Health Candidate wins fourth place in poster competition

Erica Sawula, a Master of Public Health candidate, attended the 2015 AUTO21 Conference in Ottawa, May 26 – 27.  Student researchers, also known as Highly Qualified People (HQP), competed for approximately $15,000 in the AUTO21 poster and video competitions. 

Erica's poster, titled "Individualized training to enhance safe driving in seniors: a randomized controlled trial", won 4th place at the AUTO21-NCE poster competition and was voted best in Theme A. 

Theme A focuses on four areas of research that affect the people who design and build vehicles, and those who use them. In addition to exploring how to keep vehicle occupants safe, Theme A also reviews how to improve on-the-job health and safety precautions that may help autoworkers avoid chronic injuries such as lower back pain.

Erica’s Supervisor is Dr. Michel Bédard, Professor in the Department of Health Sciences, and Director of the Centre for Research on Safe Driving, Lakehead University.

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