O'Brien Institute / Community Health Sciences Seminar Series

Presented by the O'Brien Institute for Public Health and the Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary

Seminar information


Anchor (Panel) Seminars

Upcoming seminar details are posted to the O'Brien Institute events calendar. Each session is also archived for later viewing in the section below. 

Following seminars, attendees may complete the RCPSC Evaluation Form.

Supplementary Seminars

Depending on the available event staff capacity and alignment with the O'Brien Institute's areas of focus, the Institute can provide support or guidance for organizing off-cycle seminars.

Members interested in hosting a seminar using the Institute platform, please contact iph@ucalgary.ca at least six weeks in advance.

Student Year-End Showcase

Stay tuned for more information about the second annual student research showcase coming spring 2024.

Grant Strategy Panel Seminars

Included within the seminar series is a returning panel dedicated to research grant strategies.

View previous sessions.

Upcoming and past seminars

September 5, 2024 - Helping you find those international funding dollars and partners: A UCalgary International service for UCalgary researchers (Supplementary Seminar)
Presenters: Nishan Sharma and Nicole Puccinelli-Martin
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September 19 - Alumni spotlight panel: Celebrating a decade of excellence (Anchor Seminar)
Presenters: Pearl Yellow Old Woman-Healy, Erin Hetherington and Kirnvir Dhaliwal 
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October 10 - Am I doing enough? Indigenizing the physiotherapy curriculum (Anchor Seminar)
Presenter: Robyn Fary
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October 31 - So you want to build some ethnography into your health research study?
Presenters: John D. McLennan, Warren Wilson and Noemi Uribe de la Rocha
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September 14, 2023 - Saying no: Focusing on the “right” opportunities
Presenters: Tyler Williamson, Katrina Milaney, Fiona Clement
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October 12, 2023 - Beyond Publication 2.0 
Presenters: Stephanie Warner, Aaron Johnston, Gabe Fabreau, Caitlin Stokvis
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November 9, 2023 - The Precision Health Equity Project for Racialized Communities in Postgenomic Canada
Presenters: Arafaat A. Valiani, Frank W. Stahnisch

November 14, 2023 - Quantifying improved outcomes, cost savings, and hospital volume changes from optimized emergency stroke transport
Presenters: Jessalyn K. Holodinsky, Cathy Eastwood
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November 16, 2023 - Sharing learnings from editors: hot tips for publishing
Presenters: Kathryn King-Shier, Fiona Clement, Paul Ronksley
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January 18, 2024 - Rounding up the unusual suspects: Non-traditional sources for funding your research
Presenters: Derek Exner, Joanna Rankin, Jenna Slobozian, Gavin McCormack, Andrea Ostergard, Jamie Day
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February 1, 2024 - “LOW”, a short narrative film about the challenges of diabetes and homelessness
Presenters: Saania Tariq, David Campbell, Scott Westby, and co-researchers with lived experience from the Calgary Diabetes Advocacy Committee
Not recorded

February 15, 2024 - Syntax to Symposium: ChatGPT’s Linguistic Legacy
Presenters: Lorelei Anselmo, Na Li, Zack Marshall, and Tyler Williamson
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February 27, 2024 - Human biomonitoring of environmental chemicals: Opportunities for epidemiological research
Presenter: Robin Shutt
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March 21, 2024 - Building for success: Recruiting the right people for effective research teams
Presenters: Tolu Sajobi, Lara Nixon, Khara Sauro, Jaime Kaufman, and Kirsten Fiest
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April 8, 2024 - Transfers from Long Term Care to Acute Care Hospital: measuring harms and benefits, generating evidence to support resident centered decision making
Presenter: Daniel Kobewka
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Seminar recordings will be posted here. Upcoming seminars are posted to the O'Brien Institute events calendar. Please note we have moved to a monthly format between September - April with some exceptions. 

September 9, 2022 - Welcome and Meet and Greet with Leadership
Presenters: Tom Stelfox, Fiona Clement, Fabiola Aparicio-Ting, Jamie Day, and Katrina Milaney 
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September 23, 2022 - Trusting Relationships: The aim of transformational Indigenous health research
Presenters: Rick Lightning and Richard Oster
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October 28, 2022 - Public and Patient Engagement in Health Services Research
Presenter: Maria J. Santana
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November 25, 2022 - Management of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Case from Nepal
Presenter: Suresh Tiwari
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February 2, 2023 - Grant resubmission panel
Presenters: Christine Friedenreich, Lynn McIntyre, Khara Sauro, Nauzer Forbes, and Tom Stelfox
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Seminar recordings will be posted here. Upcoming seminars are posted to the O'Brien Institute events calendar. Please note we have moved to an every other Friday format between September - April with some exceptions. 

Recordings

September 10, 2021 - Canadian health emergency management professionals’ perspectives on disaster preparedness activities in response to COVID-19
Presenter: Dr. John Richmond, Mr. Jeffrey Tochkin, Dr. Attila Hertelendy
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September 24, 2021 - Building Inclusive Classrooms
Presenter: Dr. Rebecca Haines-Saah, Dr. Alan Martino and Joyce Singh
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October 22, 2021 - Discover trainee funding opportunities: Mitacs and the UCalgary Faculty of Graduate Studies Transformative Talent Internship
Presenter: Sarah Topps and Natalie Wilkinson-Houghton
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November 5, 2021 - Influencing policy makers: the art and science of the policy brief
Presenter: Ms. Nancy Reynolds and Dr. Suzanne Tough
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November 26, 2021 - Addiction management and the continuity of care, from Harm Reduction to Treatment Oriented Services
Presenter: Dr. S. Monty Ghosh and Dr. Rob Tanguay
Recording coming soon

December 3, 2021 - Community based participatory research in harm reduction: Lessons learned and thinking ahead
Presenters: Dr. Lara Nixon and Dr. Martina Kelly 
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January 14, 2022 - Collecting, measuring, and estimating costs of health care innovations: Physician payment models in Alberta
Presenter: Dr. Amity E. Quinn
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January 28, 2022 - Safety of forceps and vacuum delivery in Canada: from inter-hospital to international perspectives
Presenter: Dr. Giulia Muraca
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February 11, 2022 - How To Make Your Work Open Access Without Breaking the Bank
Presenter: Christie Hurrell
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February 25, 2022 - The Calgary Audit and Feedback Framework (CAFF): A homegrown, evidence-informed approach to improving physician performance
Presenter: Dr. Lara J. Cooke
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March 4, 2022 - Community Research with Impact-Practical examples from the Research 2 Social Action HUB
Presenter: Meaghan Edwards, Lisa Zaretsky, Ash Seth and Candace Parsons
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March 18, 2022 - Lost in transition: Job market integration of internationally trained health professionals in health and wellness sector
Presenter: Dr. Tanvir Turin Chowdhury
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March 25, 2022 - Being kept out of sexual fields: The intimate lives of adults labeled/with intellectual disabilities
Presenter: Dr. Alan Martino
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April 22, 2022 - Epidemic Modeling: Investigating Popular Approaches in the Context of COVID-19
Presenter: Dr. Caitlin Ward
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April 29, 2022 - Pathways to Healing: an Indigenous, Local and Global health office initiative to catalyze development in critical Indigenous Health education
Presenter: Pamela Roach, Lynden (Lindsay) Crowshoe, Dianne Mosher, Kate Dunn and Holliston Logan
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Seminar recordings will be posted here. Upcoming seminars are posted to the O'Brien Institute events calendar. Please note we have moved to an every other Friday format between September - April with some exceptions. 

Recordings

September 11, 2020 - Assessing the effectiveness of the community-based naloxone program in Alberta
Presenter: Eldon Spackman
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September 18, 2020 - Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Public Health: Intersectionality and Implications
Presenter: Aliya Kassam
At the request of the presenter, this webinar was not recorded. For questions related to this presentation, please email iph@ucalgary.ca 

September 25, 2020 - The Biology of Learning: Can neuroimaging inform Medical Education?
Presenters: Kent Hecker, Sarah Anderson and Heather Jamniczky
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October 16, 2020 - Relearning Parenting: A Process Analysis of Deskilling of Yazidi Refugees as Parents Upon Arrival in Canada in Dealing with Trauma
Presenter: Pallavi Banerjee
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October 30, 2020 - The Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Portfolio: The Disabling and Enabling World of Ability Expectation and Ableism: The need for Ability expectation and Ableism governance
Presenter: Gregor Wolbring
At the request of the presenter, this webinar was not recorded. For questions related to this presentation, please email iph@ucalgary.ca 

November 20, 2020 - Development and validation of the Cannabis Exposure in Pregnancy Tool (CEPT)
Presenter: Katie Chaput 
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November 27, 2020 - A global perspective on the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on medical education
Presenters: Allison Brown and Rahim Kachra 
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December 4, 2020 - SPARK Calgary: Translating Digital Health Research at UCalgary
Presenters: Scott Kraft and Nicola Quiggin
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January 15, 2021 - Hindsight is 20/20: Emerging Innovations and Ideas in Global Health
Presenter: Jenn Brenner
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For more information about UCalgary Global Health, please visit their office's website

January 29, 2021 - Anti-Racism in Emergency Care: Reflecting on Results of an Ongoing Mixed Methods Project
Presenter: Bonnie Healy and Patrick McLane
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February 5, 2021 -  Developing data analytical methods to improve blood demand and supply chain management
Presenter: Na Li
At the request of the presenter, this webinar was not recorded. For questions related to this presentation, please email iph@ucalgary.ca 

February 12, 2021 - Using Tableau to examine Public Health Research in Canada and the role of the O’Brien Institute
Presenter: Justin Bisal
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February 19, 2021 - Patient-oriented research in digestive health – The IMAGINE Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research Chronic Disease Network
Presenter: Deborah Marshall
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February 26, 2021 - Food Insecurity and Type 2 Diabetes: Current Evidence and Future Directions
Presenter: Seth A. Berkowitz
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March 26, 2021 - Modern Health GIS – Supporting the spectrum from understanding to action
Presenter: Dr. Este Geraghty
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April 9, 2021 - Is airborne transmission an important and mitigable aspect of the COVID-19 pandemic? - A panel discussion
Presenters: Dr. John Conly, Dr. David N. Fisman, Dr. Kim Prather
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April 16, 2021 - Overdiagnosis: Creating harm in the pursuit of health
Presenters: Dr. Eddy Lang, Dr. Daniel Niven, Dr. James Dickinson, Keltie Hamilton and Arnav Agarwal
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April 23, 2021 - Guided by the community towards developing a program of research: Equitable access, health promotion, and health & wellness literacy in racialized/immigrant communities
Presenter: Dr. Turin Tanvir Chowdhury
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April 30, 2021 - Changing behaviours to reduce COVID-19 transmission: Attitudes, current behaviours and barriers to public health measures that inform targeted messaging
Presenters: Dr. Jamie Benham, Dr. Raynell Lang and Dr. Jia Hu
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September 6, 2019 - Valuation in Health Economics: Reflections of a UK Health Economist…and Patient
Presenter: Dr. Mandy Ryan
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To watch the recording of this event, please email iph@ucalgary.ca

September 13, 2019 - Perspectives on a community-based tooth decay prevention program for families subjected to domestic abuse.
Presenters: Cynthia Weijs and Kirsten Marsh
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September 20, 2019 - A Healthy Alberta through Healthier Public Policies: The Alberta Public Health Association’s Federal Election 2019 Strategy and Primer
Presenters: Angeline Webb, Lindsay McLaren, Pablo Fernandez, Jia Hu, Franco Rizzuti and Richard Musto
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To watch the recording of this event, please email iph@ucalgary.ca

September 27, 2019 - Dog politics and One Health promotion – rabies preparedness, free-roaming dogs and community wellbeing in remote northern Australia
Presenter: Chris Degeling
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To watch the recording of this event, please email iph@ucalgary.ca

October 4, 2019 - No patient left behind: the importance of accessible patient advocacy services
Presenters: Zach Hong and Farwa Naqvi
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October 11, 2019 - No Seminar in lieu of the Long Weekend

October 18, 2019 - Policy Matters: Assessing the Continuum of Care for Youth with Disabilities and their Families
Presenter: Jennifer Zwicker
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October 25, 2019 - Mobilizing a Community of Practice for Newcomers’ Health and Wellness: Bringing Together Academia, Practice, Policy, and Grassroots Community
Presenter: Dr. Turin Tanvir Chowdhury
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November 1, 2019 - Alberta's Strategic Clinical Networks – Creating synergy with Academic Researchers
Presenter: Braden Manns 
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November 8, 2019 - The Clients with Diabetes Action Committee: A community-based participatory research project using concept mapping and photovoice
Presenters: Dave Campbell and Matt Larsen
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November 15, 2019 - No seminar, Term Break

November 22, 2019 - Nike, Uber, and UME?: Using design thinking to re-imagine undergraduate medical education
Presenter: Rahim Kachra
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November 29, 2019 - Beyond Housing: Documentary Filmmaking with Formerly Homeless Older Adults
Presenter: Christine Walsh

December 6, 2019 - Climate Health: The medical professional’s role in the world’s crisis
Presenter: Joe Vipond
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December 13, 2019 - Integrative Bayesian statistical approaches and application to omics cancer data
Presenter: Thierry Chekouo Tekougang 

December 20, 2019 - January 3, 2020 - No Seminars, Holiday Break 

January 10, 2020 - Today's seminar cancelled.

January 17, 2020 - How do we know the influenza vaccine works?
Presenters: James Dickinson  and Yvonne Efegoma
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January 24, 2020 - Connect 2 Care: A novel community outreach program for socially vulnerable patients with complex needs
Presenters: Kerry McBrien, Gabriel Fabreau and Anne McGregor

January 31, 2020 - Tracking Your Research Impact over Time
Presenter: Diane Lorenzetti
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February 7, 2020 - Inter-disciplinary Simulations: Engaging learner perspectives in non-traditional simulations
Presenter: Joanna Rankin

February 21, 2020 - Candidate for Scientific Director: Deborah Marshall
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February 28, 2020 - Candidate for Scientific Director: H. Thomas Stelfox 
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March 6, 2020 - Making hard conversations easier – Implementation of the Serious Illness Care Program in acute care
Presenter: Jessica Simon
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March 13, 2020 - Incorporating Equity Considerations in Health Technology Assessment and Policy Decision Making
Presenter: Eldon Spackman
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April 3, 2020 - April 17, 2020 - Seminars cancelled

April 24, 2020 - The Surprising Attenuation of the Odds Ratio
Presenter: Gordon Hilton Fick 
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May 1, 2020 - Social support and social outcomes in older adult physical activity
Presenter: Meghan McDonough 
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May 8, 2020 - Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Disease Epidemics using the Gridded Population of the World (GPW)
Presenter: Dr. Ashok Krishnamurthy 
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May 15, 2020 - No Seminar, Long Weekend

May 22, 2020 - Age stratified SEIR models of social distancing and relaxation scenarios in COVID-19
Presenter: Mark Lowerison
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May 29, 2020 - Research 2 Social Action for Vulnerable Families: Advancing Social Change with ‘True’ Community Engaged Research and Partnership
Presenters: Meaghan Edwards & Katrina Milaney
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Due to technical issues, the recording is not available

September 7, 2018 - Population Informatics: Applying Data Science to Big Data about People to Advance Population Health
Presenter: Hye Chung Kum
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September 14, 2018 - Reflections on receiving the O’Brien Societal Impact Award: Team work for capacity building locally and globally
Presenter: Jennifer Hatfield
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September 21, 2018 – Peter Coyle Place: A case study of an innovative approach to housing older adults with high and complex health and social needs
Presenter: Lara Nixon 
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September 28, 2018 - The Boundaries of Public Health: implications for research, training, practice and policy
Presenters: Bill Ghali (Moderator), Lindsay McLaren and Jason Cabaj (Panelists) 
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October 5, 2018 - No Seminar in lieu of the Long Weekend 

October 12, 2018 - Precision and economics in medical education
Presenter: Rachel Ellaway 
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October 19, 2018 - Rethinking Front Line Care for Chronic Back Pain: Addressing Access Challenges through Teams and Technology
Presenter: Dr. Brenna Bath
Room Change: this seminar will take place in the Rose / Nightingale Room, TRW Building - 3280 Hospital Dr. NW
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October 26, 2018 - Bibliometrics: Responsible use in an age of Big Data
Presenter: Jenny Godley
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November 2, 2018 - The Economics of Health Inequality in the English NHS
Presenter: Dr. Miqdad Asaria
Room Change: this seminar will take place in Clara Christie, HSC 
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Due to technical issues, the recording has failed and will not be posted. 
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November 9, 2018 - No Seminar in lieu of the Long Weekend 

November 16, 2018 - Calibrate, Good Times - Come on! A Tutorial on Developing and Assessing Clinical Prediction Models with Applied Examples
Presenters: Darren Brenner and Devon Boyne 
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November 23, 2018 - Connect Care from a Data and Analytics Perspective
Presenter: Dr. Stafford Dean 
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November 30, 2018 - No Seminar as we are hosting the Gairdner Symposium 

December 7, 2018 - Photo-based evaluation of a gender-transformative health promotion program for adolescent boys
Presenter: Deinera Exner-Cortens 
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December 14, 2018 - Analysis with Misclassified Covariates in the Absence or Presence of Missingness
Presenter: Dr Hua Shen
This seminar was not recorded at the request of the speaker.

December 21, 2018 – January 4, 2019: No seminars in lieu of Holiday Break

January 11, 2019 - Ethics in GIS
Presenter: Natalie Ludlow

January 18, 2019 - Because it’s 2019: Gender, Equity and Quality in Health Care
Presenter: Dr. Doreen Rabi

January 25, 2019 - You better be as stressed as I am: Working men’s mental health amidst workplace expectations for busyness
Presenter: Dr. Bonnie Lashewicz 
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February 1, 2019 -  Work after cancer – the value and the costs
Presenter: Alison Pearce
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February 8, 2019 - Equitable medicine innovation and medicine access
Presenter: Dr. Reed Beall
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February 15, 2019 - No Seminar in lieu of the Long Weekend

February 22, 2019 - Patients, Clinicians and Researchers Working Together to Improve Cardiovascular Health
Presenter: Maria Jose Santana
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March 1, 2019 - Helping Coder’s Get More out of the World Health Organization’s ICD-11 through Human Factors and Education
Presenters: Nishan Sharma and Greg Hallihan
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March 8, 2019 - Test of cure: Use of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) testing to optimize cervical cancer screening clinical pathway post-treatment
Presenters: Karen Kopciuk and Gordon Kliewer 
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March 15, 2019 - Policy Transformations in Health Care: How and When Some Systems Change and Others Don’t
Presenter: Carolyn Hughes Tuohy
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March 22, 2019 - The Logarithmic Link : A Viable Option When Modelling Health Outcomes
Presenter: Gordon Fick
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March 29, 2019 - Urban Design, Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour, and Public Health – New Insights Using Space Syntax
Presenter: Dr. Javad Koohsari
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At the request of the speaker, this seminar will not be recorded. 

April 5, 2019 – Sex and Gender-Based Medicine in Health Care: Proper Care or Propaganda?
Presenter: Sofia Ahmed
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At the request of the speaker, this seminar will not be recorded. 

April 12, 2019 - No Seminar in lieu of the All-Party Candidate Forum
More info: https://allpartycandidateforum.eventbrite.ca

April 19, 2019 - No Seminar in lieu of the Long Weekend 

April 26, 2019 - mHealth, Artificial Intelligence, and Aging-in-place: Why this Combination Makes a Lot of Sense
Presenter: Dr. Joon Lee
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May 3, 2019 - Healing the Whole Human Being: Promoting Indigenous Community-Based Approaches to Address the Opioids Crisis
Presenters: Rita Isabel Henderson, William Wadsworth and Bonnie Healy
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May 10, 2019 - Insulin and its Discontents: A Global view of the healthcare ecosystem with regard to insulin
Presenter: Warren Kaplan 
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May 17, 2019 - No Seminar in lieu of the Long Weekend 

May 24, 2019 - Measuring Agreement between Measurements
Presenter: Martin Bland

June 7, 2019 - Grant Strategy Panel: Stories of perseverance in submitting funding applications
Presenters: William Ghali, Christine Friedenreich, Gil Kaplan, Deborah Marshall, Rebecca Haines-Saah and Mary Brindle
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June 14, 2019 - Health promotion in urban environments: Two perspectives from Alberta
Presenters: Vikram Nichani and Morgan Mouton
This seminar was not recorded at the request of the speaker.
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June 21, 2019 - Linked health data: New research opportunities for health information
Presenter: Gisèle Carrière 
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09/08/2017 - Mindfulness - Lost in Translation? From efficacy to effectiveness, economics, implementation and dissemination in the science of mindfulness based interventions
Presenter: Graham Meadows 
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09/15/2017 - The Social Life of Emergency: Emerging Anthropologies of Public Health Crises  
Presenter: Darryl Stellmach 
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Anthropology in public health emergencies: what is anthropology good for?, published in the BMJ Global Health journal

09/22/2017 - Tools and Hands: Researching technology and policy to assist the informal networks caring for Canada’s elderly 
Presenter: Myles Leslie 
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09/29/2017 - Modelling the Health Care System: A Policy Decision Support Aid
Presenter: Michael Carter 
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10/06/2017 - Generation Healthy: Empowering Communities
Presenter: Tracy Martin & Dwayne Sheehan 
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10/13/2017 - Qualitative research: Commonalities, contrasts and complementarities
Presenters: Rebecca Haines-Saah, Anne Hughson, Melanie Rock and Bonnie Lashewicz, facilitating
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10/20/2017 - Research Impact Assessment in a Nutshell
Presenters: Maxi Miciak, Rosmin Esmail and Jenny Godley 
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10/27/2017 - High-selenium Lentils: A Nutritional (Whole Food) Trial to Combat Arsenic Poisoning in a Rural Bangladeshi Community
Presenters: Regina Krohn and Judit Smits
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11/03/2017 - Population Health -- Beyond Social Determinants of Health
Presenter: Norma Padron
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This session was not recorded at the discretion of the presenter.

11/10/2017 - No Seminar in lieu of the Remembrance Day Long Weekend. Lest we forget.

11/17/2017 - Welcome to Parenthood© - Alberta: Combining neuroscience and mentorship to improve maternal mental health
Presenters: Karen Benzies 
This session was not recorded at the discretion of the presenter.

11/24/2017 - Battling the Opioid Crisis through an Indigenous Lens
Presenter: Esther Tailfeathers
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12/01/2017 - Modelling Air Quality in Calgary Using Land Use Regression
Presenter: Isabelle Couloigner
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This session will not be recorded at the discretion of the presenter.

12/08/2017 - Research in Progress Showcase
Presenters: Dana Olstad, Meaghan Edwards and Deirdre McCaughey
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12/15/2017 - Pulling Together: How Population, Public and Indigenous Health (PPIH) is transforming to support the new AHS vision 
Presenter: Laura McDougall

12/22/2017 - NO SEMINAR - Last Day before the Holiday Break

12/29/2017 - NO SEMINAR - University Closed, Holiday Break

01/05/2018 - NO SEMINAR 

01/12/2018 - Linking best evidence and patient preferences to inform treatment guidelines for rheumatoid arthritis 
Presenter: Glen Hazlewood, O'Brien Institute's Early Career Award Winner

01/19/2017 - UCalgary Newcomer Research Network: collaborating on scholarly activities that address the needs of newcomers 
Presenters: Newcomer Research Network Panel - Dr. Christine Walsh, Dr. Suzanne Goopy, Dr. Xu Zhao, and Dr. Turin Chowdhury

01/26/2018 - An Anthropological Consideration of Mental Health Among Mothers in Rural Nicaragua
Presenter: Warren Wilson

02/02/2018 - “Alexa, how do I improve the value of preference-sensitive surgical care?”
Presenter: Trafford Crump

02/09/2018 - Re-Engineering Transitions of Patient Care: A Case Study of Critically Ill Patients
Presenter: Tom Stelfox
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This session was not recorded at the discretion of the presenter.

02/16/2018 - NO SEMINAR in Lieu of the Family Day Long Weekend

02/23/2018 - What Can the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) Do for You?
Presenters: Dr. David B. Hogan, Ann Toohey and Raynell McDonough
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To watch the recording of this event, please email iph@ucalgary.ca

03/02/2018 - Children safety around schools and parks as pedestrians: what to worry (or not) about!
Presenter: Marie-Soleil Cloutie
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03/09/2018 - Targeting low-value care: moving to action
Presenter: Fiona Clement
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To watch the recording of this event, please email iph@ucalgary.ca

03/15/2018 - Alberta’s Tomorrow Project: Health Data to Support Your Research
Presenter: Jennifer Vena, Scientific Director, Alberta's Tomorrow Project
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03/16/2018 - GIS and EMS – Utilizing Geospatial Data for EMS Response & Planning
Presenter: Tyler Selby
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This session was not recorded at the discretion of the presenter.

03/23/2018 - Patient preferences and simulation modeling to improve care of patients and health system performance
Presenter: Deborah Marshall
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03/30/2018 - NO SEMINAR - Good Friday

04/06/2018 - Microdynamics of implementing change on organizations’ frontline
Presenter: Jo-Louise Huq
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04/13/2018 - Community-Based Assessment and Prevention of Tooth Decay for Children Experiencing Domestic Violence
Presenter: Cynthia Weijs RDH PhD

04/20/2018 - Controlling dogs in a multicultural and (post)colonial public space: Complexities, challenges and sensitivities in Iqaluit, Nunavut
Presenter: Francis Lévesque
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04/27/2018 - Towards Better Surgical Outcomes through Improved Decision Making about Appropriateness for Total Knee Arthroplasty in Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis
Presenter: Deborah Marshall
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05/04/2018 - Does policy matter? Improving food environments in recreation and sport facilities
Presenter: Dana Olstad
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05/11/2018 - The wait is part of the treatment
Presenter: Diane Bischak
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05/18/2018 - NO SEMINAR - May Long Weekend

05/25/2018 - Ask me anything: In conversation with qualitative researchers
Presenters: Jennifer Hatfield,Jocelyn Lockyer and Bonnie Lashewicz 
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05/31/2018 - The current state of the research on Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and HPV vaccines
Presenter: Robert Bednarczyk, Emory University
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For questions about events and seminars please email iph@ucalgary.ca