It’s Hypertension Awareness Month, and population health research is helping to advance how we predict, manage, and understand high blood pressure 🩺 Recent studies using CARTaGENE and Alberta’s Tomorrow Project data have uncovered insights on: 💊 Suboptimal antihypertensive prescribing patterns in Quebec 💡 Why we should discard the first BP reading in clinical practice ❤️🩹 How a Read more about Hypertension Awareness Month[…]
Unmasking mental health means asking deeper questions, and CanPath data is helping researchers find the answers. This Mental Health Week, we’re recognizing how interconnected mental health is with every part of life. Researchers are using Atlantic PATH data to explore: 🔹 Mental health and shift work (Sweeney et al., 2021) 🔹 Depression, anxiety and the risk Read more about Mental Health Week & Research[…]
🌟 Happy National Volunteer Week and Thank You Thursday from CanPath and Atlantic PATH! 🌟 Atlantic PATH participants are critical partners in advancing health research. For more than fifteen years, their voluntary contributions have enabled discoveries shaping the future of disease prevention, diagnosis, and care. Atlantic PATH participants’ commitment reminds us that every data point Read more about National Volunteer Week and Thank You Thursday[…]
From Research Nova Scotia: The Scotia Scholars Award provides financial support to students with exceptional potential who are, or wish to be, engaged in a health research project at participating institutions. Applications for the undergraduate awards are now open to students at Cape Breton University, Université Sainte-Anne, and University of King’s College, and applications for the Read more about 2024/25 Scotia Scholars Undergraduate and Summer Research Awards[…]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Wednesday, June 5, 2024 Predicting chronic disease enabled by New Brunswick and Nova Scotia data linkage Predicting chronic disease has gotten faster and simpler with the linkage of data gathered from a longitudinal study involving over 34,000 participants and administrative health data routinely gathered by New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Read more about Predicting chronic disease enabled by New Brunswick and Nova Scotia data linkage[…]
June 1st was National Health and Fitness Day! 💪 It is important to recognize the importance of maintaining the health of our communities and the vital role of regular physical activity among Canadians. CanPath and our regional cohorts strive to advance research that promotes healthy living and well-being for everyone. Check out these interesting findings based Read more about National Health and Fitness Day[…]
CanPath National Scientific Director Dr. Philip Awadalla is presenting at an upcoming virtual event hosted by the Parliamentary Health Research Caucus and Research Canada. Join to learn more about current trends in Canadian healthcare, particularly in the tech and eHealth space. 🗓️ Wednesday, May 8 🕛 12pmEST/1pmAST 🔗https://rc-rc.ca/phrc-virtual-ehealth-event-may-8-2024/ Special Virtual Event hosted by the Parliamentary Health Research Caucus Read more about Shaping the Future of Health Care with New Technologies, Devices and eHealth Innovations[…]
Atlantic PATH is pleased to be represented at the Conference of Atlantic Medical Students (CoAMS) on April 27th at Dalhousie University. This conference seeks to facilitate student networking to build a strong community environment among Atlantic medical students that will promote knowledge sharing and future collaboration. To accomplish this, a series of medical talks and Read more about Conference of Atlantic Medical Students (CoAMS)[…]
Join the CanPath team as the new Research Operations Manager at the University of Toronto. Deadline: September 22, 2023. “CanPath is Canada’s largest population health cohort and a national platform for population-level health research. CanPath is studying the biology, behaviours and environments of Canadians to learn more about the causes of chronic disease and cancer Read more about CanPath is Hiring: Research Operations Manager[…]
We are looking forward to attend our colleague, Dr. Kelvin Fong’s presentation in the Dalhousie University Department of Community Health and Epidemiology‘s Seminar Series on September 13th at 12pm AST (11am EST). Dr. Fong’s presentation is entitled, “How does the Environment Contribute to Health in Atlantic Canada?” Dr. Fong is an assistant professor at Dalhousie University Read more about CH&E Seminar Series – Dr. Kelvin Fong (Sept 2023)[…]