March 15, 2023 Health Studies professor Jennifer Irwin's research on the impact of kindness on university campuses gives her a unique perspective to assess Western's new Making Kindness Count campaign.
March 10, 2023 Health Studies professor Anuskha Ataullahjan is a critical qualitative researcher who draws on a variety of disciplines in her work, including anthropology, demography, and public health. Much of her work has taken place within Pakistan (and particularly in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), where she’s studied issues like polio vaccination and family planning.
February 27, 2023 Physical Therapy professor Laura Brunton is one of two Western University researchers sharing in nearly $1.5 million in federal funding to improve health care for Canadians experiencing transitions in care.
February 15, 2023 Kinesiology professors Laura Misener and Angela Schneider argue that the Canadian government's inaction in regard to launching an inquiry into abuse in Canadian sport highlights enduring gender and racial inequities.
February 13, 2023 Occupational Therapy professor Gail Teachman says that most of the focus in children’s rehabilitation tends to be on addressing impairment in an effort to help kids with disabilities be as ‘normal’ as possible. But what is ‘normal’? And should the focus be on ‘fixing’ something that isn't ‘broken’? The research shows that, though well-intentioned, rehabilitation in this form can actually be detrimental to a child with disabilities.
February 08, 2023 Traditional gyms still sell weight loss and a change in one’s body appearance – leading to improved self-esteem – as the desired outcomes to potential customers. Those reasons are why many people engage in physical activity in the first place. But are they the right ones? If the goal is to achieve a healthier body image, the answer is certainly not, according to Eva Pila, an assistant professor and researcher in Western’s School of Kinesiology.
February 03, 2023 Conditions of employment under Canada’s temporary foreign worker program can cause challenges to workers’ health, rights, and survival
January 30, 2023 A new Western study shows that university students who were regularly vaping wanted to cut back after learning about the threat the habit could pose to their health.
January 25, 2023 In collaboration with the Child and Youth Network, OT professor Trish Tucker, MScOT/PhD student Leah Taylor and a team from Western’s Child Health & Physical Activity Laboratory produced a practical, online resource to support physical activity participation for families of children with disabilities in London, Ontario: Everyone Can Play.
January 16, 2023 Kinesiology professor Eva Pila discusses the social issues related to the use of the diabetes drug Ozempic as a rapid weight loss drug on CBC Radio: The Current,
January 08, 2023 Announced as a recipient of an inaugural Canadian Hearing Services Global Partnerships for Research & Innovation Grant, Communication Sciences and Disorders professor Marlene Bagatto's new research study, “Mapping the Social Determinants of Infant Hearing Health Care in Canada”, will examine hearing health care inequity across regions in Canada and determine the costs when infant hearing issues go unidentified.
