Faculty of Health Sciences

How does where you live affect your health?

Dr. Julia Brassolotto is using her interdisciplinary expertise as a social scientist and health-services researcher to examine how living in a rural area affects health and health care

Longtime nursing educator to receive Friends of Health Sciences Award

Dr. Joyce D'Andrea has mentored thousands of nursing students during her career as a nursing educator

Two students share this year’s Michael Chan prize

Rutika Gandhi and Fallan Curtis share this year's Michael Chan Prize in Asian Studies

New study to offer free online counselling for rural and remote people struggling with gambling disorders

For people living in rural communities and experiencing problems with gambling, the support and resources available to help them are often limited

Health Sciences welcomes a familiar face to its leadership team

Peter Kellett has been appointed to the position of assistant dean of nursing

Diane Shanks to receive Friend of Health Sciences Award for 2016

For her remarkable and inspirational commitment to registered nursing, Diane Shanks has been chosen as this year's Friend of Health Sciences Award recipient

Collaborative effort leads to provincial tobacco prevention strategy

U of L nursing instructor Kathy Haight leads multidisciplinary effort to reinvigorate dated tobacco prevention resources for classrooms

Kulig research highlighted throughout Fort McMurray wildfire event

Faculty of Health Sciences researcher's findings play important role in understanding health factors experienced by evacuees

Currie study finds racial discrimination may play role in prescription drug misuse among Aboriginal populations

Dr. Cheryl Currie suggests an expanded focus is needed in the fight against prescription drug addiction, including fentanyl abuse, within Aboriginal populations

Dr. Esther Tailfeather to receive Friends of Health Sciences Award

Dr. Esther Tailfeathers has been instrumental in mobilizing a community response to fentanyl

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