May 2012

Reminder: CRDCN 2012 Conference on “Evidence-Based Policy Formation and Evaluation”: Call for papers

The deadline to submit an abstract for an oral or poster presentation to the annual conference of the CRDCN is June 29, 2012. The conference will be held on October 23-24, 2012 in Fredericton. To know more and to submit a proposal, click here.

14 May, 2012 |

Childhood Obesity Prevention: What’s the Evidence?

Health Evidence will be hosting a 90 minute webinar on obesity prevention interventions in children, presenting key messages, and implications for practice on Thursday, May 31, 2012 at 1:00 pm EST. Maureen Dobbins, Scientific Director of Health Evidence, will be leading the webinar, which will include an interactive discussion. An online posting board will also be available following the webinar to view the PowerPoint slides and a recording of the presentation. To register, click here.

CRDCN: A quantum leap forward in social science and population health research

On March 26, CRDCN principal investigator Byron Spencer was invited to participate in the British Academy’s conference on Quantitative Skills: Learning Lessons from Overseas. To know more about the Network and its main achievements over a decade of existence, we invite you to consult his PowerPoint presentation.

2 May, 2012 |