We are excited to congratulate Dr Don Lafreniere, a Faculty Associate with the HEALab at Western University, on his Eddie Goldenberg Research Chair at Trent University. He is receiving $8 million in federal funding over eight years to build a national program training marginalized youth in geospatial technologies and research. Dr Lafreniere spent 15 years […]

The HEAL is proud to share that Mackenzie Betteridge has completed her master’s thesis in Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Western University. Her thesis, “Adolescent Cannabis Use in Canada: Patterns, Correlates, and Change Over Time During Early Cannabis Legalization and the COVID-19 Pandemic,” examined cannabis use among Canadian adolescents and explored how sociodemographic, psychological, lifestyle-behaviour and […]

The HEAL Spotlight series is a monthly feature where we celebrate the people behind the research and highlight the diverse voices that make the HEAL such a vibrant community. Meet Neil Kovacs: Hometown: North Bay, Ontario Hobbies: Weightlifting, Running & Genealogy Education: BAS (Hons) in Biology & Geography from Trent University Current role at HEAL: Second-year MSc Student […]