You are invited to check out the September issue of Healthe-news, a
newsletter of the School of Public Health at the University of Alberta.

 

In this issue: 

 

Mental health: Are we doing enough? Steven Thomas was diagnosed in April
2008 with bipolar disorder. When his body was later found, some
speculated that his death was a result of suicide. As a society, we must
ask whether we are doing enough to prevent, detect, and treat mental
illness to avert tragedies such as this... 

 

Public Health Dean appointed - Dr. Sylvie Stachenko, public health
expert in the field of health promotion and chronic disease prevention
has been appointed the first dean of the School of Public Health at the
University of Alberta... 

 

Alumna recognized at Homecoming 2008 - Marg Johnson, '80 MHSA, has had a
prominent career in public health leadership. During Homecoming 2008,
Johnson, an alumna from the Department of Public Health Sciences in the
School of Public Health, will receive an Alumni Honour Award...

 

Intentional violence and cars - Part 3 - This is the final article in a
series of three that summarizes recent research into vehicle violence
which will be published in a new book due in the fall of 2008. This
article discusses how vehicles are used in sexual assaults, hit and runs
and homicides...

 

Watching too much TV is causing some university students to pack on the
pounds - Television commercials are a common method for advertising food
products. According to a team of University of Alberta researchers,
these food advertisements have a powerful influence on its viewers,
especially university students...

 

ACHORD gets $5 million for rural Alberta diabetes management - The
Alliance for Canadian Health Outcomes Research in Diabetes (ACHORD) will
receive $5 million over five years from Alberta Health and Wellness for
a new collaborative outreach project to support diabetes care and
management in rural Alberta...

 

 

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For subscription information, please visit
http://www.publichealth.ualberta.ca/ENewsletter.cfm. 

 

 

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

 

www.publichealth.ualberta.ca   

 

 


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