UCalgary delivers on age-friendly university promise
From curriculum redesigns to new funding programs, the Centre on Aging, housed within the O'Brien Institute, is advancing age-inclusive initiatives across campus.
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The O'Brien Institute's Health Equity HUB welcomes applications from undergraduate students for a summer student position
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Digital fingerprint of driving patterns identified as potential predictor of Alzheimer’s
UCalgary’s Healthy City Lab develops “route complexity metric” to track subtle changes in older adults’ everyday navigation behind the wheel
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2025 Vanier Scholars advance community-driven health and land equity research at UCalgary
From improving access to cervical cancer screening to advancing gender- and youth-focused land justice in the Amazon, two PhD researchers are shaping policy, practice and lived experience
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Informing the fight against COVID-19
“Evidence and leading with science… One of the very first calls I made March the 8th was to [past O'Brien Institute Scientific Director] Dr. Ghali … saying, I’m going to need some help. He put together a group of incredibly skilled scientists, economists and others that I ask questions to.”
-Former Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi