Claire Mallette NURSING NURSING PROFESSOR CLAIRE MALLETTE believes in letting students see for themselves how powerful they can be. Her fourth-year leadership course is all about inspiring them to identify a health issue and create a strategy for positive change that emphasizes compassion in health care. In its first year, when she linked the assignment […]
Lyndsay Hayhurst KINESIOLOGY & HEALTH SCIENCE STUDENTS ARE EAGER to make connections in their field. For employers, the creative ideas and fresh energy that students bring can be a huge benefit to their organizations. Realizing these two perspectives, Kinesiology & Health Science Professor Lyndsay Hayhurst decided to bring both sides together in an experiential education […]
Ali Abdul-Sater KINESIOLOGY & HEALTH SCIENCE INFLAMMATION IS ONE WAY that our bodies sound the alarm about potential attacks to the immune system. But in some cases, our systems overreact, resulting in autoimmune conditions from rheumatoid arthritis to diabetes to heart disease. Inflammation can also happen with intensive exercise, a hindrance for high-level athletes at […]
Shayna Rosenbaum PSYCHOLOGY FOR AS LONG AS Shayna Rosenbaum can remember, the big star in memory research has been the hippocampus, the curved structure of the brain’s limbic system that plays an important role in creating and maintaining short- and long-term memories. Yet, as Rosenbaum has learned, that’s only one part of the story. Along […]
Joel Katz PSYCHOLOGY ABOUT ONE IN 10 PEOPLE experience chronic post-surgical pain (CPSP). This means that of the 400 million people who have operations each year worldwide, about 40 million may develop ongoing moderate to severe pain that interferes with their ability to lead a productive, enjoyable life. But despite these staggering statistics, and their […]
Farah Ahmed HEALTH POLICY & MANAGEMENT THE NOTION THAT WE TRUST PEERS over strangers is long established, and in recent years the impetus for organizations has been to tap peer leaders as a conduit for awareness and information about health issues. Lesser known, however, are the emotional complexities of this role, increasingly important in reaching […]
Tamara Daly HEALTH POLICY & MANAGEMENT OVER 100,000 ONTARIANS live in long-term care homes in any given year, and they are among our most vulnerable citizens. It’s essential that both residents and the people who care for them enjoy the highest quality of life and excellent conditions of work. Professor Tamara Daly has dedicated her career […]
KINESIOLOGY & HEALTH SCIENCE KINESIOLOGY AND HEALTH SCIENCE Assistant Lecturer Nicolette Richardson has taken the teaching of anatomy to the next level by introducing state-of-the-art dissection software into the courses she teaches. The software is “really impressive,” says Richardson. “It allows you to lift layers away, or rotate structures to get three-dimensional views.” It also allows […]
Julie Conder, John Eastwood & Ron Sheese PSYCHOLOGY AS JOHN EASTWOOD WILL TELL YOU, writing isn’t just about expressing thoughts – it’s about learning how to think. That’s why Eastwood, in conjunction with colleague Ron Sheese, developed a second-year course called Writing in Psychology. Here, students learn that to express ideas in clear and compelling […]
Jonathan Weiss PSYCHOLOGY THE STATISTICS ON MENTAL HEALTH IN CHILDREN are staggering: fully 20 percent struggle with conditions such as depression and anxiety. And when children have neurodevelopmental disabilities (such as autism, ADHD or cerebral palsy), that number can often rise to 50 percent or higher. However, a study conducted by clinical psychologist Jonathan Weiss has […]