Listening beneath the surface
With over 40 years as a mental health nurse, UNB nursing professor Stephen VanSlyke (BN’87, D-ADM’95, MN’02) equips health-care providers to address suicidality with compassion
Aimée Foreman on the silver economy, care economy and addressing the needs for aging well
“Aging is not an illness. We need to see older adults as a person, not a patient”
Randy Hatfield on the realities of poverty and practical solutions
“If you want to decrease poverty rates, you have to get money into people’s hands, and there are two ways of doing that: one is through labour force attachment and the other is through income supports and benefits”
Hungry for solutions: the rise of food insecurity across Canada and on our university campuses
Learn what three UNB alumni are doing to tackle poverty and food insecurity and their recommendations for long-term solutions
Ending homelessness in Newfoundland and Labrador
Doug Pawson (MPhil’07) on how we need to rethink our system of care to create communities where everyone can thrive
How food insecurity affects the youngest Canadians
Dr. Lesley Frank (PhD’13) is working to address the global problem of family and childhood food insecurity while advancing food justice and health equity in Canada
How UNB alumni are liberating health data in New Brunswick
Iuli Popescu (BCS'01, MCS'04) and Mark McAllister (BCS'01, WMI'11) share the story and tech innovation behind myHealthNB
Ali McGill is transforming health care through systems thinking and design
Ali McGill (BN'02) on using systems thinking to examine, model and analyze complex health care processes and systems
Jen Woodland on integrated health research and the importance of knowledge translation
Translating research into meaningful health policy
Kelly Dunfield is saving lives in small-town New Brunswick and around the world
Be Ready Healthcare Inc. provides alarmed cabinets for easy access to epinephrine and naloxone
Connor McConnell is inspiring the next generation through his business Ethos Athletics
Connor McConnell (BBA’21) on entrepreneurship and helping youth
Leading the golden era of human genetics
Dr. Johanna Rommens (BSc'80, PhD'86) on groundbreaking health research throughout her storied career
Training a generation of nurses by bringing clinical experience to the classroom
Debbi Amirault shares how her experience enhanced classroom learning
Laura Clendenning is helping people fall in love with health and fitness
Laura Clendenning (BScKin'12) shares how she founded Sweat Club and the expansions to date
Tackling communicable disease control
Edith-Rose Cairns (BN'09) on the big challenge of working in the field of communicable disease
Caitlin Doyle is supporting chronic health in the community
The programs offered by UNB's Recreation Services' Clinical Exercise Physiologist
Ryan Bennett provides healthcare to New Brunswickers as Physician Assistant
Ryan Bennett (BSc'08) on fulfilling his dream in the emergency department at the Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital in Fredericton
Matt Anderson and Chris Simpson on leading healthcare in a pandemic and adapting to change
The health human resources problem and burnout of healthcare workers, and so much more
Restoring the joy of movement
Brendan Sheehan (BSc’05), is driven to help to restore a patient’s function so they can get back to doing the activities they love
Moving things forward for vulnerable populations
Dr. Tracey Rickards (BN'86, MN'05) is a researcher and changemaker working on the Healthy Seniors pilot project
Q+A: Jennifer Splane creates her path as a nurse practitioner and healthcare researcher
"I feel fortunate that my studies have been able to continue with very few adjustments thanks to the faculty and staff at UNB"
Q+A: Nicki MacPherson chooses to use her skills to provide care and education for students at UNB
"I really love the UNB team-based approach to health care."
A non-traditional path for Joan Kingston where nothing is unattainable
Learn the story and impact behind a career built around helping others
The future of surgical robotics is here
Jason Currie (MScME'15) on the cool things he does as a senior robotics and controls engineer with Ethicon, part of Johnson & Johnson's medical devices companies
Ann Collins is mapping out a future for the medical profession in Canada
The journey from rural New Brunswick to leading the Canadian Medical Association
Flipping Canada's healthcare system by using New Brunswick as a living lab
Dr. Erik Scheme (BScEE'03, MScEE'05, PhD'13) on why flipping Canada's healthcare system on its head by shifting resources from costly treatment to proactive health intervention is critical
