Past sessions include:

SeminarSpeakerTopic
November 28, 2018Geoff Ball, professor in the Department of Pediatrics and the Alberta Health Services chair in obesity researchMargie Davenport, associate professor in the Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and RecreationKnowledge translation in physical activity and obesity-related research

Presented by the WCHRI Trainee Advisory Committee.

November 5, 2018Ginetta Salvalaggio, family physician and associate professor with the Department of Family MedicineLes Umpherville, member of both the Inner City Health and Wellness Program’s Community Advisory Group and Alberta Addicts Who Educate and Advocate Responsibly (AAWEAR)WCHRI Engaging social actors in health research series

Presentation slides: Patient engagement is harm reduction

October 5, 2018Geoff Ball, professor in the Department of Pediatrics
Maryam Kebbe, PhD student
Presentation slides: How to prepare your oral or poster presentation
September 28, 2018Linda Kreitzer, Faculty of Social Work, University of Calgary

Gustave Mukurarinda, 1994 Genocide Memory Keepers Association, Edmonton, Alberta

Arthemon Rurangwa, 1994 Genocide Memory Keepers Association, Edmonton, Alberta

Sophie Yohani, Department of Educational Psychology

WCHRI Engaging social actors in health research series

Reflections on collaborative community-based research with survivors of the 1994 genocide against Tutsi of Rwanda living in Edmonton

September 18, 2018Rhonda Bell, professor in the Faculty of Faculty of Agricultural, Life & Environmental SciencesMichelle Bailleux, WCHRI
grants administrator
Presentation slides: WCHRI Postdoctoral Fellowship program
July 18, 2018Todd Alexander, professor in the Department of PediatricsPresentation slides: How to prepare your abstract
June 26, 2018Samina Ali, professor in the Department of PediatricsPresentation slides: You got this! An introduction to research proposal writing
May 30, 2018Maria Ospina, assistant research professor in the Department of Obstetrics & GynecologyPresentation slides: Challenges and opportunities of using administrative health data for research
May 11, 2018Grant Bruno and Richard Oster, members of the ENRICH research groupWCHRI Engaging social actors in health research series

Building trusting research relationships with an Indigenous community to support parents to-be: The ENRICH First Nations Project

April 24, 2018Kim Raine, PhD, RD, FCAHS, professor and associate dean (Research) School of Public HealthWCHRI Engaging social actors in health research series

Engaging policy/decision-makers in health promotion research

March 9, 2018Bethan Kingsley, postdoctoral fellow in the Community-University Partnership (CUP) for the Study of Children, Youth and Families in the Faculty of ExtensionWCHRI Engaging social actors in health research series
A more stable place: Collaborating to develop supportive housing for young families
March 1, 2018Charity Slobod, professional development and community volunteer coordinator for the Faculty of Graduate Studies & ResearchPresentation slides: Avoiding jargon – six syllable words need not apply
February 13, 2018Piush Mandhane, associate professor in the Department of PediatricsPresentation slides: Happy birthday CHILD! Come unwrap the data gifts
February 6, 2018Geoff Ball, professor in the Department of PediatricsSpencer Proctor, professor in the Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental SciencesPresentation slides: CCHCSP and WCHRI present: Perspectives on Publishing and Reviewing in Discovery, Clinical & Health Services Research
January 18, 2018Graham Erickson, data scientist, Women and Children’s Health Research InstitutePresentation slides: Machine learning in medical research: A case study on cervical cancer screening
December 7, 2017Gary Goldsand, director of the John Dossetor Health Ethics Centre in the Faculty of Medicine & DentistryEthical challenges for clinician-researchers
November 14, 2017Sharon Farnel, metadata coordinator with University of Alberta Libraries,James Doiron, research data management services coordinator with University of Alberta LibrariesPresentation slides: Bridging the data divide: Enhancing data discoverability and sharing with U of A Libraries
September 28, 2017Geoff Ball, professor in the Department of PediatricsMaryam Kebbe, PhD studentVideo recording: Preparing an oral or poster: The right presentation to the right audience

Presentation slides: Preparing an oral or poster: The right presentation to the right audience

September 20, 2017Tatjana Alvadj-Korenic, research coordinator, WCHRI

Rhonda Bell, professor in the Department of Agricultural, Food & Nutritional Science

Maria Mayan, assistant professor, CUP

Video recording: Knowledge translation best practices
Presentation slides: Knowledge translation best practices 
September 12, 2017Kay Rittenbach, assistant scientific director of the Addiction & Mental Health Strategic Clinical Network (SCN) within Alberta Health Services (AHS)Addiction and mental health grant opportunity: Integrating care in the community presented by WCHRI and NMHI
July 28, 2017Todd Alexander associate professorHow to prepare your abstract
June 6, 2017Alexis Millar, WCHRI communications coordinator

Breanne Fisher, WCHRI senior communications lead

Jillian Byrne, director of clinical research within the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry

Mary Jo Fell, ADI communications associate

Your research communications toolkit: Free online resources you didn’t know you needed
May 30, 2017Oana Caluseriu, assistant professor in the Department of Medical Genetics

Piush Mandhane, associate professor and divisional director of Pediatric Respiratory Medicine

Make an impact with your research poster and abstract
10 simple rules to improve your poster presentation
April 11, 2017Lisa Jensen, WCHRI graduate student
Shangwei Huang, WCHRI graduate student
Reaching the community with your research: Advice for an effective community-based presentation
March 14, 2017Lindsay Peddle, director of communications at the Royal Alexandra Hospital Foundation
Martin Schuldhaus, director of marketing and communications with the Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation
Robert Moyles, senior director of advancement strategic communications
Sue Ross, Cavarzan Chair in Mature Women’s Health Research & Innovation
How to communicate your research to a public audience
February 24, 2017Pam Marples, Rick Watts and Shana Rimmer, WCHRI clinical research informatics specialistsNicole Olivier, clinical study coordinatorHow can REDCap help your research
The capabilities of REDCap
December 6, 2016

Gwen Rempel, adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Pediatrics

Justine Turner, associate professor in the Department of Pediatrics

CCHCSP and WCHRI present: Authorship in academia: What’s all the fuss?
October 28, 2016

Sarah Curtis, associate professor in the Departments of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine

Chloe Joynt, associate professor in the Department of Pediatrics

How to prepare your oral or poster presentation
July 28, 2016

Sandra Wiebe, associate professor in the Department of Psychology

How to prepare your abstract
April 18, 2016Jeffrey A. Johnson, professor in the School of Public Health
Fatima Al Sayah, PhD student in the School of Public Health
Alberta PROMS and EQ-5D Research and Support Unit
March 2, 2016Shannon MacDonald, assistant professor in the Faculty of NursingGuide to the care and feeding of your career mentor
February 22, 2016Tim Murphy, vice president, Provincial Platforms and Alberta Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research (SPOR)Secondary Use Data Project – Plans and progress

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