Population & Public Health Research Milestone Award

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research-Institute of Population and Public Health (CIHR-IPPH), in partnership with the Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA), recently announced the winners of the inaugural Population and Public Health Research Milestones Initiative. SPPH Professors Morris Barer, Clyde Hertzman, and colleagues including Centre for Health Services and Policy Research Faculty member Robert Evans were recognized for their book, Why Are Some People Healthy and Others Not? The Determinants of Health of Populations.  Click here for more information.

Governor General Lecture Series

The 2011 Governor General lecture series has wrapped up.  Please click here for a link to Dr. Hertzman’s University of Saskatchewan presentation on Early Childhood Development in the 21st century. More information about the Dr. Hertzman’s Governor General Lecture Series can be found on the the events page.

Vancouver Sun Article: Parents’ stress alters children’s genes anxiety levels, brain growth affected, UBC study finds

Vancouver Sun Article: Early childhood conditions help shape DNA: research

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New Video: Dr. Hertzman presents HELP’s cell to society research model used to explore early childhood development

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