Examining primary health care for patients with mental illness
(University of Ottawa) University of Ottawa study examines if the chronic health problems of people who live with serious mental illness overlooked by primary care providers (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - October 5, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Rise of the mutants: New uOttawa-led research to improve enzyme design methodologies
(University of Ottawa) A group of researchers at the University of Ottawa has been looking for ways to improve enzyme design methodologies. They developed a novel computational procedure for enzyme design that is more accurate than previous methods because it allows to approximate the intrinsic flexibility of the protein scaffold used as a template for design. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - October 1, 2020 Category: Biology Source Type: news
University of Ottawa study finds self-harm may be socially contagious among adolescents
(University of Ottawa) A new study led by University of Ottawa epidemiologist Dr. Ian Colman suggests non-suicidal self-injury--behaviours like cutting oneself without the intent to die--may be contagious among teenagers, who are more likely to harm themselves when they know someone who has. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - October 1, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Study explores just transition task force lessons for depolarizing energy, climate policy
(University of Ottawa) The University of Ottawa's Positive Energy program released today a new report that explores the work of Canada's Just Transition Task Force. In 2018, the Task Force met with communities and stakeholders across Canada that would be affected by the federal government's phase out of coal-fired electricity. The report, written by Positive Energy researchers Brendan Frank and Sebastien Girard Lindsay, identifies aspects of the Task Force's work that could help to depolarize Canada's energy and climate dialogue. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - September 30, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Canada snapping up COVID-19 vaccines at expense of poorer countries, experts say
Global health experts including Ronald Labonté of University of Ottawa are calling on wealthier nations such as Canada to stop hoarding COVID-19 vaccines and do more to help distribute them to the countries least equipped to fight the pandemic. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - September 28, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Ottawa Source Type: news
SPNHC Panel Discussion on Actions to Conserve Biodiversity
The Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC) is hosting a panel discussion to consider how the biological collections community can most effectively contribute to protecting biodiversity.
Join the SPNHC Biodiversity Crisis Response Committee and a panel of five experts on October 7, 2020 from 11:00 - 1:00 PM EDT.
Panelists include:
Dr. Tara Cornelisse, an insect conservation biologist and Senior Scientist with the Endangered Species Program at the Center for Biological Diversity.
Dr. Robert Gropp, Executive Director of the American Institute of Biological Sciences.
Dr. Rebecca Johnson, ...
Source: Public Policy Reports - September 28, 2020 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Source Type: news
Schulich Leader Scholarships supports two new STEM rising stars at uOttawa
(University of Ottawa) Two uOttawa students have been awarded a chance to study in a STEM-related field, worry-free, thanks to a generous four-year Schulich Leader Scholarship, valued at up to $100,000 each. They are among 100 students across Canada to receive this scholarship, one of the most coveted in the country, in 2020. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - September 23, 2020 Category: Biology Source Type: news
uOttawa, Taiwan's National Dong Hwa promote Indigenous academic and research initiatives
(University of Ottawa) The University of Ottawa's Faculty of Social Sciences is joining forces with Taiwan's National Dong Hwa University College of Indigenous Studies (NDHU-CIS) to promote Indigenous Studies after signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on academic and research cooperation. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - September 22, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Polarization over energy and climate in Canada: Oil and gas
(University of Ottawa) Positive Energy released new survey results examining Canadians' views on the role of oil and gas in Canada's current and future economy, and the respective roles of federal and provincial governments in the country's energy and climate future. This novel survey explores how party affiliation, ideology, region, gender, and age may influence opinions on these topics. The survey, conducted prior to the onset of COVID-19, provides a valuable benchmark for Canadians' views on oil, gas and government leadership. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - September 17, 2020 Category: Biology Source Type: news
uOttawa Ph.D. student receives Fire Researcher of the Year Award
(University of Ottawa) Jennifer Keir, a uOttawa Ph.D. student and Research Associate whose research investigates firefighters' health and their occupational exposure to hazardous substances, has been named the 2020 Fire Researcher of the Year by the Canadian Fire Chiefs Association. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - September 15, 2020 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Autism is twice as common in children whose mothers used cannabis in pregnancy
A University of Ottawa study of 2,200 women who reported using marijuana while pregnant found the autism rate among their kids was four per 1,000 person-years, compared to 2.4 among others. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - August 10, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Canada ’s Last Remaining Ice Shelf Crumbles Due to Global Warming
Much of Canada’s remaining intact ice shelf has broken apart into hulking iceberg islands thanks to a hot summer and global warming, scientists said.
Canada’s 4,000-year-old Milne Ice Shelf on the northwestern edge of Ellesmere Island had been the country’s last intact ice shelf until the end of July when ice analyst Adrienne White of the Canadian Ice Service noticed that satellite photos showed that about 43% of it had broken off. She said it happened around July 30 or 31.
Two giant icebergs formed along with lots of smaller ones, and they have already started drifting away, White said. The biggest is ne...
Source: TIME: Science - August 7, 2020 Category: Science Authors: SETH BORENSTEIN / AP Tags: Uncategorized climate change News Desk wire Source Type: news
uOttawa's Faculty of Medicine announces $40M investment in 58 clinical research chairs
(University of Ottawa) The University of Ottawa's Faculty of Medicine has awarded 58 clinical research chairs to top clinician-scientists in a five-year, $40 million investment to drive clinical research excellence and enhance health and patient care. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 30, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Your brain on birth control
(University of Ottawa) Millions of women have been taking oral contraceptives, but little is known about whether the synthetic hormones found in the oral contraceptives have behavioural and neurophysiological effects, especially during puberty and early adolescence, which are critical periods of brain development. A uOttawa team of researchers found that oral contraceptive use is related to significant structural changes in brain regions implicated in memory and emotional processing. It also alters stress reactivity. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 28, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
COVID-19: Unearthing the ties that bind
(University of Ottawa) New book provides deep dive into the vulnerabilities exposed by the pandemic. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - July 16, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
