The School of Public Health at the University of Alberta is pleased to
announce a new issue of our newsletter, Healthe-news.

 

In this issue...

 

 

Study finds positive link between childhood nutrition and literacy

What our children eat affects more than their health - it impacts their
future. New research conducted by Paul Veugelers, a professor in the
Department of Public Health Sciences at the School of Public Health, has
shown that overall diet quality affects academic performance. 

 

Two cancer researchers receive more than $1 million in funding

Two University of Alberta cancer researchers have received more than $1
million from the Canadian Cancer Society to put towards their research.
Chris Le, professor in the departments of Laboratory Medicine &
Pathology and Public Health Sciences, and Canada Research Chair in
Bio-Analytical Technology and Environmental Health, will receive
$442,712 over four years to help understand how arsenic causes cancer
and, conversely, helps treat the disease.

 

From advocacy to acute care: Grad leads world-class children's hospital

Ask people what life was like once they became a parent and most will
say their world was transformed. Ask parents whose child has been
admitted to a hospital with a critical illness or injury and they will
say their life dramatically changed again. For the parents of the
137,000 patients seen each year at the Stollery Children's Hospital in
Edmonton, this life-changing experience is a reality. 

 

Intentional violence and cars - Part 2

This article focuses on one component of intentional violence and cars -
suicide. It is the second article in a series of three that summarizes
recent research into vehicle violence which will be published in a new
book due in August 2008.  As early as 1935, Professor Karl Menninger
wrote that automobile crashes often occur under circumstances
suspiciously indicative of unconscious intent. His patients frequently
confessed that they had fantasies of driving their cars off cliffs or
into trees or power poles.

 

 

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Donna Richardson
Manager, Faculty Communications

 

School of Public Health, University of Alberta

5-10 University Terrace, 8303 - 112 Street

Edmonton, AB, T6G 2T4, Canada

 

Phone: 780 492-1386

Fax: 780 492-9579

 

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