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Wednesday, May 15, 2019

Driving Safety For Teens

Most of us know that driving comes with many risks and that driving can be dangerous. However, thankfully, there are many things we can do to make driving a safer experience for us and for the others on the road. For teenagers, it's really important to learn how to make driving safer as they... More

Saturday, November 10, 2018

The Mentor Perspective of the ONE H.E.A.L.t.H Student Challenge 2018

As our ONE HEALtH Student Challenge 2018 is nearing its end, we are catching up with our senior and graduate student mentors to find out more about their experiences with the challenge. *** The mentors come from a variety of backgrounds including cognitive science, psychology, biology, health sciences, and philanthropy and non-profit leadership.... More

Wednesday, October 3, 2018

ONE HEALtH Student Challenge 2018 Launch

This past Friday, the CHAIM Centre hosted the official launch event for the ONE HEALtH Student Challenge 2018. The event was marked with fabulous speakers, whose personal and professional stories gave the student participants great insight into a One Health perspective, and into the Challenge itself. The One Health approach focuses on the... More

Saturday, January 20, 2018

The CHAIM Centre’s Collaboration with Carleton Psychologists

Health research at Carleton University is growing within many departments across faculties. Researchers are generally aware of the health-related research within their own department, but our research would be enriched and have broader application if we were able to identify potential collaborators we might never otherwise be exposed to because... More

Wednesday, February 8, 2017

BPA and obesity in offspring

Abizaid research demonstrates in an animal model that an expectant mother's exposure to bisphenol A (BPA) can raise her offspring's risk of obesity by reducing sensitivity to a hormone responsible for controlling appetite. Read more... More

Friday, September 23, 2016

Issues in Health KMb

The TIM Review has released its September, 2016 issue on Knowledge Mobilization in the health sector, guest edited by Managing Director of 1125@Carleton, Cathy Malcolm Edwards and CHAIM Centre Director, Kim Matheson. The issue addresses challenges encountered in the KMB process. It includes articles by CHAIM Centre members Renate Ysseldyk and... More

Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Music Matters: Melodies to Nourish the Body and Mind

By Angela Paric, Department of Neuroscience, Carleton University  This past March, a novel music program began at Elizabeth Bruyère Hospital in downtown Ottawa, Ontario. Several individuals living with dementia and their caregivers gather each week to make music, reminiscence about the past, and connect with others. Currently in week seven of... More

Thursday, April 7, 2016

Research Works covers CHAIM Centre

As we pass our first anniversary as a Carleton University Research Centre, the CHAIM Centre is pleased to be highlighted in this issue of Research... More

Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Varied diet repels poisoned fungus

World Health Organization agency report, produced by an IARC working group chaired by Carleton's J.D. Miller, makes important recommendations to prevent food contamination with fungal toxins and how to diminish their impacts on human health.  Read more about the importance of crop and diet diversification... More

Thursday, March 3, 2016

Music matters

A novel new intervention study has been launched with adults with dementia and their caregivers. A multi-disciplinary group of partners and researchers, led by Artswell, an Ottawa-based non-profit organization that promotes wellness through art, have launched a new program to give older adults living with dementia and their caregivers an... More

Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Part II. Zika: Communicating Under Uncertainty

Following the World Health Organization's declaration of Zika as a Public Health Emergency of International concern, author Josh Greenberg, Director of Carleton's School of Journalism and Communication, assesses the implications for health risk communications. Read more... More

Wednesday, February 17, 2016

IARC Releases Report on Health Effects of Mycotoxins

An international working group of experts, chaired by Carleton's David Miller, reviewed the health effects of aflatoxins and fumonisins. Stemming from the panel's analysis, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) today released a report stating the evidence and conclusions reached by the panel. The panel concluded that mycotoxins... More

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