Congratulations to Hillary Maxwell, a 2008 graduate of the Master of Public Health Program at Lakehead University, and a team of researchers from the Centre for Research on Safe Driving (CRSD) at Lakehead University.

Together they earned a 2nd place finish, out of 70 participants, in the Poster Competition at the Annual AUTO21 Conference held May 22-23, 2013, Toronto, Ontario. The AUTO21 Conference recognizes contributions to Canadian automotive research and development.  

The award-winning poster, rated by a panel of industry experts, contained research findings from a study entitled: "Acceptability of 1-Screen and 3-Screen Simulators for Assessing Driving Capacity."

The award is accompanied by a $3,500 prize.

The Departments of Health Sciences and Sociology, and the Centre for Health Care Ethics, welcome everyone to attend presentations by

Dr. Janice Graham, Professor & Medical Anthropologist

Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University

Dr. Graham will be part of an Encounters in Bioethics panel entitled: Vaccination: An obligation or a privilege?

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Time: 7:30-9:30 p.m.

Location: St. Joseph's Hospital, Conference Room 3, Basement, 35 North Algoma Street, Thunder Bay, ON

Thursday, March 21, 2013

Time: 3:00-4:00 p.m. and 7:00-8:00 p.m.

Location: Lakehead University ATAC 5036.

The LU events will be Mediastreamed. If you have questions about mediastreaming, please contact: multimed@lakeheadu.ca

3:00 p.m.     What's the risk with innovation? Regulating new therapies in Canada

http://mediastreamer4.lakeheadu.ca/

Recording ID: 0321131

No PIN required

7:00 p.m.     Global vaccine safety: Capacity building in low, middle and high income countries

http://mediastreamer4.lakeheadu.ca/

Recording ID: 0321132

No PIN required

For other queries about the events at Lakehead University, please contact: Helle Møller, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Department of Health Sciences

Lakehead University

hmoeller@lakeheadu.ca

Telephone: +1 (807) 343-8965

Ms. Afekwo Mbonu, a 2013 candidate for the Master of Public Health, has been accepted to present her Thesis Research  proposal on March 8, 2013 at the 16th Interdisciplinary Conference of the Graduate Students' Association, University of Ottawa. 

The conference, entitled Transformative Research:  Creativity, Conversations and Communities of Change, will be held March 1st, 8th, 15th, and 22nd at the University of Ottawa.

The title of Afekwo's presentation is "Beyond the problem & the intervention, understanding contextual factors influencing adoption of a comprehensive school health program". 

Afekwo previously presented her proposal on February 11th, 2013 at the Lakehead University Graduate Studies conference, as part of the University's Research & Innovation Week 2013.