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Research at the Faculty of Health Sciences


Research is a priority of the Faculty of Health Sciences. Our research grants have more than tripled since 2001 totalling approximately eight millions of dollars in 2008.

Our researchers see their research largely funded by the granting councils (SSHRC, NSERC, CIHR) and by a growing number of other external agencies.

Research at the Faculty of Health Sciences involves many important aspects of health, including women's health, health in the elderly, health needs of Francophones in a minority context, Aboriginal health, physical activity and health, multiple interventions in population health, palliative care, rehabilitation and functional autonomy, health and technology, and evidence-based practice.

Faculty of Health Sciences researchers are affiliated with a number of university-linked research units such as the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, the Élizabeth Bruyère Research Institute, the Community Health Research Unit, the Institute of Rehabilitation Research and Development, the Institute of Population Health, and the Ottawa Health Research Institute.



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Trudeau Foundation Doctoral Scholarships - Deadline: December 1st, 4 p.m.
The Trudeau Foundation awards up to 15 doctoral scholarships each year to candidates pursuing doctoral studies in the humanities and social sciences. The scholarship is worth at least $40,000 per year for 3 years. There is an annual travel allowance that candidates may qualify for and this could raise the value of the scholarship another $20,000 annually. Also, Trudeau Scholars may apply for a thesis writing scholarship or a postdoctoral scholarship, for a fourth year of financing.
All the information and the application form are available on the Trudeau Foundation at
http://www.trudeaufoundation.ca/program/scholarships.
Please note that all applications and supporting documents must be submitted to the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies no later than 4 p.m. on December 1st, 2012 in room 107 in Hagen Hall.

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Professors Carlsen and Cressman lead one of nine major research projects at the University of Ottawa funded by the CFI’s Leaders Opportunity Fund
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The fifth annual Canadian Sponsorship Landscape Study, led by Professors Norm O'Reilly and Benoit Séguin, shows that, in 2010, more Canadian corporations made their largest single sponsorship investment in an education property, a significant change compared to 2009. Read more