Archives: health

Wednesday, June 24, 2020

Making Yourself Matter: the Science of Self-Awareness

By Veronica Zuccala, Department of Neuroscience The spread of COVID-19 has created stress worldwide and continues to disrupt our day-to-day lives, making it very difficult to sustain healthy habits. Even as we seek to find a new normal, health care professionals and public figures continue to encourage us to “stay home” and “take time... More

Wednesday, October 16, 2019

Exploring Links between Bonds with Pets & Human Well-Being

By Maria Pranschke, M.Sc., Department of Neuroscience Can having a pet improve your health? Ask any pet owner with a close relationship to their dog or cat and you’ll probably get a resounding “Yes!” Many researchers will also tell you that the scientific findings regarding the association between having pets and health look pretty... More

Monday, April 16, 2018

The Global Water Institute: Water Conversation

Water Conversations: Does living near water and greenness impact the mortality of Canadian urbanites? Findings from the Canadian Census Cohort April 19, 2018 at 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM Location: 3235 Mackenzie Cost: Free Audience: Anyone Key Contact: Christiane Mineau Contact Email: christianemineau@cunet.carleton.ca Contact Phone: (613)520-2600... 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

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

Sunday, January 3, 2016

Wind turbines: Nothing to lose sleep over

By Anna Tomczak, Department of Health Sciences, Carleton University Although the saying “sleep is for the weak” was a common theme throughout high school and university, sleep has become more of a luxury – something we always want and can never get enough of. This is especially true considering that Canadians’ quality of sleep... More

Monday, June 15, 2015

The Canadian Health Research Collection

Carleton has recently acquired access to the Canadian Health Research Collection, a rich resource for health research in the Canadian context. This collection includes documents from “Canadian research institutes, government agencies and university centres working in the area of health and medical research. The organizations included in this... More

Friday, April 17, 2015

Mercury and marine birds in Arctic

By Jennifer Provencher, Department of Biology, Carleton University A striking step forward in environmental protection policy was the creation of the Minamata Convention signed by 128 countries in 2013. As of April 2015, ten countries had ratified the convention. The Convention aims to limit the release of mercury into the environment. Although... More

Friday, April 10, 2015

Who are you to nudge me?!?

By Kim Matheson, Department of Health Sciences, Carleton University Like many health researchers who are committed to having an impact on human behavior in order to prevent illness, I saw the ‘Nudge’ phenomena as a welcome revelation. And so when a colleague of mine presented a paper at a recent symposium, I, like many... More

Sunday, March 29, 2015

What happens when moulds and humans share the indoor environment?

by David McMullin, Department of Chemistry, Carleton University One of the most fascinating aspects of fungi is their ability to synthesize an array of structurally diverse, often potently bio-active compounds known as secondary metabolites. This phenomenon can be exemplified by Sir Alexander Fleming’s discovery of penicillin from an indoor... More

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