A new study out of Jessica Grahn’s music lab suggests music training may preserve certain rhythmic motor training abilities in early-stage Parkinson’s disease. Jessica Grahn (Sylvie Li/ …
Health Sciences
Wamsley: Adapt. Evaluate. Modify. Working toward de-stigmatizing mental health
Tonight, the Faculty of Health Sciences welcomes Margaret Trudeau to Alumni Hall for her talk, Exploring Mental Health Issues. This event is part of our ongoing commitment to raise campus awareness about mental health issues – an implicit promise to Eric Windeler, who spoke at Western in 2011 on behalf of The Jack Project, named for Eric’s son, Jack, who took his own life while at Queen’s University in 2010.
Student urges London to ‘get moving’
Kristen Roglasky, a master’s student in Kinesiology at Western, has partnered with Special Olympics London and fitness organizations, such as YMCA London and the Hutton House, to commemorate International Fitness Day on Oct. 13.
Professor makes family connection in obesity battle
As alarming as it was, it didn’t come as a surprise to Shauna Burke. The recent Statistics Canada report showing one third of Canadian children are either overweight or obese is symptomatic of a serious, public health concern, said the Health Sciences professor.
Student follows an inspired path
Grace Nasri is intent on paving an independent path outside the physician footsteps of her parents – even if the end goal remains the same.
Class continues to open eyes to the world
The Rwanda: Culture, Society and Reconstruction course in the Department of French Studies, taught by professor Henri Boyi, involves a five-week international service-learning experience in Rwanda. This course started four years ago. Western News asked three students from that class – Anne-Marie Dolinar, Kylie Erika Spadafora and Martha Elliott – to reflect on that trip.
WHAT I’VE LEARNED: Amanda Spadafora
Amanda Spadafora graduated from the Faculty of Health Studies with an honours specialization in Health Science and a minor in Biology.
Inaugural Schulich Leaders named
Grace Wang and Gurleen Chahal have been named Western’s recipients of inaugural Schulich Leader Scholarships. A new national scholarship program created by Canadian business leader and philanthropist Seymour Schulich, Schulich Leaders receive four-year, $60,000 scholarships to study at one of 20 designated universities in Canada.
Forsyth: Defending Olympic values, not the Olympic industry
With economies collapsing and austerity measures being implemented throughout the world, perhaps it’s time to reconsider the relevance of The Games – as opposed to the ideals – in our current environment.
Margaret Trudeau lecture postponed
Western has postponed today’s Faculty of Health Sciences’ Distinguished Lecture with Margaret Trudeau due to a sudden and unexpected death in her extended family.
Trudeau: Keep mental health’s signs in mind
Margaret Trudeau’s days as a student at Simon Fraser University are tinged with hints of mental illness.
Translating classroom knowledge into lifelong wellness
Watch Britney Spears perform and you can see how she developed musculoskeletal injuries. But how did her acrobatics affect her vocal performance?
Academics, industry leaders expose students to possibilities
Here’s a common assumption: All Health Sciences students will end up working in medicine, on the frontlines, administering health care.