Community Health Sciences
Advancing Health with Communities.
At the Department of Community Health Sciences, our North Star is Healthy Societies.
Public health emergencies, explosive changes in technology and deepening health inequities are just some of the community health challenges of today. By pursuing meaningful research, reimagining education and creating with communities, we are taking action.
University News
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FAIR Lab redefines youth mental health by focusing on flourishing
How we think about youth well-being can’t simply be about the absence of anxiety or depression
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UCalgary–led research transforms understanding of refugee health in Canada
A decade-long effort builds country’s most comprehensive refugee-health dataset
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What matters to patients drives research: UCalgary’s first role in UNIFIED
Dr. Deborah Marshall named to lead Calgary-based part of international study
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Study shows intermittent fasting is effective for people with Crohn’s disease who want to lose weight
UCalgary and UBCO researchers find improvements in symptoms and body composition when time-restricted eating is the focus instead of calories
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In Memoriam: Hude Quan, Cumming School of Medicine
The family of Dr. Hude Quan, PhD’98 would like to share the following details about his Celebration of Life.
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Dr. Jennifer Chan reappointed director of Arnie Charbonneau Cancer Institute
Appointment effective Jan. 1, 2026