Past Events
Health over the Life Course Conference
Deadline extension for student poster competition
The seventh National conference of the Canadian Research Data Centre Network will be on Health over the Life Course, on 15-16 October 2009, at the University of Western Ontario.
The Conference Organizing Committee has decided to sponsor a competition for the best student poster, and to extend the deadline to 10 June for posters to be presented at the conference. We expect to be able to fund some student travel to the conference. Two prizes of $200.00 each will be awarded to the two best student posters. The abstracts need to be sent by 10 June to rdccon09@uwo.ca. Students who have already sent abstracts for the 8 May deadline should notify rdccon09@uwo.ca if they wish to be considered for this competition.
Please see the web site that describes the conference:
http://www.rdc.uwo.ca/conference2009/index.html
Showcase Western Conference
The Health Policy Initiative of Western is sponsoring a one-day event to Showcase Research at Western relevant to Health Services, Systems, Delivery and Policy.
May 7th, 8:15 am – 3:30 pm at the Ivey Business School, Room 1R40
Registration is free and includes lunch.
Come and hear presentations, see posters, participate in health economics workshops, experience two lunchtime speeches, see a panel and engage in small group discussions on
- Health Services and Systems Research
- Research Collaborations
- Health Informatics
- Health Economics
- Road Safety Issues
- Social Determinants of Health
- Primary Care Concerns
To come you need to register at the Health Policy Initiative website by Wednesday, April 29th.
Please click here for more details. If you require further information please contact Sandi Richard-Mohamed.
Sixth Annual interdisciplinary Aging/Health Meeting
Building an Interdisciplinary Graduate Community in Health and Aging was held on May 15, 2009.
Our keynote Speaker, Dr. Chloe Bird, Senior Sociologist, RAND Corporation delivered a talk entitled "Gender and Barriers to Health: Developing a New Paradigm of Constrained Choice and Social Policy."
Our Poster Competition was well attended and the two winners (shown below) received a $100 gift certificate from the Bookstore.
Winners and Judges of the Poster Competition
From left to right: Ching Q. Huang, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, winning poster entitled: Time is Money: The Impact of Emergency Department Admission Delay on Hospital Care Outcomes; AHRC director Dr. Andrea Willson and Emily Jovic, Sociology, - winning poster entitled: Timing is Everything" 'On Time' and 'Off Time' Entry to Information Technology Work.
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To view the original schedule of events, please click here.
Lunchtime Colloquium
Speaker: Dr. Sarah Matthews
From: Cleveland State University
Topic: Lessons from History: Surviving Old Age
During The Great Depression in the United States
When: Mar. 27, 2009
Time: 11:30 a.m.
Where: SSC 5220
Sociology Colloquium
Speaker: Dr. William Avison, Dept. of Sociology and Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Topic: "Family Structure and Mothers' Mental Health: The Significance of Single Parenthood for Women's Lives"
When: Feb. 27, 2009
Time: 12:30 p.m.
Where: SSC 5220
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AHRC Presented its 5th Annual Aging/Health Research Meeting Building an Interdisciplinary Graduate Community in Health and Aging
Thursday, May 22nd 2008
KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
Facilitating Older Adult Assertiveness as Health Promotion
Dr. Ellen Ryan, McMaster University
Promoting the Health and Abilities of Older Persons: From Research to Action
Clara Fitzgerald, Program Director, Canadian Centre for Activity and Aging
Friday, January 25th 2008
Women's Employment, Cohort Change & Health
November 13th, 2007
Speaker: Dr. Eliza K. Pavalko
Dr. Pavalko is the Allen D. and Polly S. Grimshaw Professor of Sociology at Indiana University and the incoming editor of Journal of Health and Social Behavior. Her primary research investigates life course dimensions of paid work, unpaid work and health and intersections between individual aging and social change. Additional research interests include attention to work-family policies, health measurement, and understanding discrimination across the life course.
Occupational Science Lecture
April 11, 2007
Speaker: Lena-Karin Erlandsson, PhD, Health Sciences, Lund University, Sweden
Title: Women’s Patterns of Daily Occupations Characteristics and Relationships to Wellbeing
CIHR Recognition Reception
February 22, 2007
Western presented a reception to recognize the efforts of all those who have served on CIHR committees over the years. Pierre Chartrand, Vice-President Research, CIHR was on hand to acknowledge the contributions of all faculty members who have served as peer reviewers for the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. There was also a reception, student poster viewing and remarks by Pierre Chartrand, Vice President CIHR; Ted Hewitt, Vice President Research & International Relations; and Gerald Kidder, Associate Vice President Research.
How Can We Prevent Older People Falling? Evidence from the Prevention of Falls Network Europe (PRoFaNE)
February 16th, 2007
Dr. Chris Todd,
Director of ProFaNE
Professor of Primary Care and Community Health,
School of Nursing, Midwifery & Social Work,
The University of Manchester,
Manchester, UK
Dr. Helga Krüger
November 6, 2006
Dr. Helga Krüger is a Professor of Sociology at the University of Bremen, Germany. Her research and teaching interests lie in the areas of family dynamics, labor market hierarchies and transitions from school to work; socialization, qualification and gender; equal opportunities and linked life course patterns. She talked about "The private and public: Family policies and the life course the case of Germany."
Angela M. O'Rand
October 6, 2006
Angela M. O'Rand is Professor of Sociology at Duke University and Senior Fellow in the Duke University Population Research Institute and in the Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development. She was the guest of a research discussion luncheon, where she gave a talk on Gender and Stratification Over the Life Course.
Dr. Elaine M. Gallagher
June 23, 2006
Dr. Gallagher presented a talk on "Integration of Research, Policy and Practice: The Case of Preventing Falls in British Columbia"
Reception for the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Institute of Aging Advisory Board
June 15, 2006
The reception brought together researchers from the University of Western Ontario, the Robarts Research Institute, and the Lawson Health Research Institute to meet informally with Dr. Anne Martin Matthews, Scientific Director of the Institute of Aging, and the members of the Institute Advisory Board.
Graduate students who are affiliated with the Aging & Health Research Centre displayed research posters at the reception.
View pictures from the reception
Dr. Robert Petrella
May 11, 2006
Dr. Petrella presented a review of his program of research and provided information about the Aging, Rehabilitation, and Geriatric Care Program at Parkwood Hospital.
Dr. Bruce Link
April 3-4, 2006
Dr. Bruce G. Link, Professor of Epidemiology and Professor of Sociomedical Sciences at Columbia University, visited Western on April 3rd and 4th, 2006 to deliver two lectures and to meet with interested faculty members and graduate students.
Age and Anger
November 17, 2005
Dr. Scott Schieman of the Department of Sociology, University of Toronto gave a talk on 'Age and Anger.'
Is age associated with levels of anger? Theoretical views of the sites of anger and perspectives on the life-course inform predictions that, on average, older adults report ower levels of anger than younger adults. Most of that association, however, can be explained by the social patterning of statuses, roles, and stressors across the life-course. That is, older adults tend to report a lower level of exposure to the sites of anger provocation.
In addition, this study also examines the significance of the age structure in the workplace role-set and its association with anger. I draw comparisons between the data that yields these findings, a nationally representative 2005 U.S. survey of working adults, and two other national U.S. surveys from the mid-1990s. Conclusions from the study focus on conceptual, theoretical, and empirical linkages among stress processes, life-course views, and sociological perspectives on emotions.
Establishing the First Canadian Research Laboratory in Occupational Science
November 9, 2005
Drs. Debbie Laliberte Rudman and Lynn Shaw, both faculty members in the School of Occupational Therapy at UWO, discussed their work aimed at establishing the first Canadian research laboratory in Occupational Science.
Lynn and Debbie provided an overview of this internationally emerging, innovative and interdisciplinary academic discipline, which focuses on understanding occupation (broadly defined as the activities people do to look after themselves, contribute socially and economically to their communities and enjoy life) and its relationships with health and quality of life.
Debbie's broad research interests are in the area of occupations in later life, with specific foci on contemporary policy and discursive changes in retirement, later life work, and the impact of disability on occupation and identity. Lynn's broad research interests productive work across the lifespan, community living and driving.
Dr. Anne Martin-Matthews, Scientific Director of the Institute of Aging, CIHR, visits UWO
October 25th, 2005
On October 25th, 2005 Dr. Anne Martin-Matthews, Scientific Director of the Institute of Aging, CIHR, visited UWO. She attended a breakfast meeting in Michael's Garden for graduate students and post-docs across campus who wished to learn more about CIHR and the Institute of Aging. Later in the morning she made presentation to the Faculty of Social Science regarding funding opportunities at CIHR. And over lunch she met with researchers from across campus interested in aging and health issues.
AHRC Presented its 4th Annual Graduate Student Interdisciplinary Health / Aging Research Meeting
May 16, 2005
Building an Interdisciplinary Graduate Community in the areas of Health and Aging
KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Participatory Research with Communities
Dr. Carol Herbert, Dean, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry
The Aging & Health Research Centre, with the Population and Community Health Unit, held its annual interdisciplinary aging / health meeting on Monday, May 16th. Participants learned about interdisciplinary training and research opportunities, met students and faculty from other faculties and departments across campus who are doing similar work, and found out about the new initiative to build a graduate community on campus.
View pictures from the research day
Network and Promote Gerontological Research at UWO
March 11, 2005
Research Presentation/Discussion
Dr. Andrea Willson discussed "Research Challenges in Studying Health and Inequality Across the Life Course"
Networking with members of CAG and other faculty and students interested in research on aging and the life course; learning about the CAG Student Connection - Connexion Étudiante (SC-CÉ)
PHRED (Public Health Research Education and Development)
March 8, 2005
The Aging & Health Research Centre and the Child Health Research Institute presented a research luncheon on March 8, 2005. Charlene Beynon (Director, PHRED program), Meizi He and Piotr Wilk (PHRED researchers) gave an informative discussion about the PHRED program (Public Health Research Education and Development) -- an innovative program with the Middlesex-London Health Unit that combines practice and research to examine issues related to parental and child health!
They discussed PHRED's dual mandate on applied public health research and post-secondary education, as well as the research opportunities that are available for faculty and graduate students.
Age and Disability in Paid Employment
February 11, 2005
Dr. Kim Shuey discussed her work on age and disability in paid employment. Kim is a research scientist with the Workforce Aging in the New Economy Project. Her broad research interests are in the area of aging and the life course. Ongoing projects include examinations of pension risks for workers in the new economy; socioeconomic status and health outcomes in later life; and the complexities of intergenerational relationship quality.
The Practice of Life Coaching
January 14, 2005
Dr. Jennifer Irwin, Faculty of Health Sciences, UWO.
Dr. Irwin gave an interactive discussion about how the practice of life coaching can facilitate health-related behaviour changes; in other words, how to use coaching for "doing" health promotion. Dr. Irwin specializes in health promotion and health-related behaviour change. Other areas of research include the promotion of healthy body-weight among preschool-aged children, and behavioural determinants of physical activity among university students.
Spontaneous Mutation in Individual Tissues Over the Lifespan of the Mouse
October 15, 2004
Dr. Kathleen A. Hill, Department of Biology, UWO.
Dr. Hill's research seeks to determine the levels and/or qualitative nature of DNA damage relevant to aging and risk of disease. Her research focuses on the development, validation and application of improved mutation detection assays to study DNA damage with aging and aging-associated disease. An extensive analysis of spontaneous mutations in individual tissues over the lifespan of the mouse led to several interesting observations. The research generated a database of 5,000 mutations permitting study of rare mutations relevant to aging. The research is expected to determine thresholds and critical parameters of DNA damage that accelerate aging and predispose an individual to disease. In addition, antimutagenic strategies successful in preventing or delaying these conditions will be identified.
Enchancing Data Services at UWO: The Research Data Centre
September 24, 2004
Cynthia Cook, Senior RDC Analyst, Statistics Canada and Vince Gray, Data Resources Librarian, UWO
Aging and Health Research Meeting
May 10, 2004
KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
Health Research in the Context of the Life Course: Some Interdisciplinary Considerations
William R. Avison, PhD Professor of Sociology, Paediatrics, and Psychiatry, and Chair, Child Health and Well-Being Program Child Health Research Institute
Guest Speaker
April 2, 2004
Glen Elder, Professor, Department of Sociology, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill gave a presentation entitled "The Greatest Generation:Insights from History and the Life Course".
Spring Research Discussion Luncheon
March 26, 2004
The purpose of this gathering was to provide a casual forum where ideas and projects could be discussed without the formality that accompanies presentations. It also provided an opportunity to meet other members of the Aging and Health Research Centre.
Dr. Roma Harris discussed the development of Canada's health 'infostructure' and the possible mismatch between policy expectations for e-health and the realities how rural women seek health information for themselves and on behalf of their families.
Roma is a co-investigator on a $3 million SSHRC (INE) research project led by Ellen Balka at Simon Fraser University titled, "The Role of Technology in the Production, Consumption and Use of Health Information in Varied Settings: Implications for Policy and Practice."
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