Sarah Mah Awarded Jack Tu Student Prize – Honourable Mention at IPDLN Conference
Geo-SDH group member and PhD Candidate Sarah Mah has recently returned from a productive visit to Banff, where she presented her research at the 2018 International Population Data Linkage Conference. Sarah presented her Canadian evidence on “Neighbourhood built environments as correlates of hospital burden and premature mortality in Canada“, as well as preliminary results from an “International comparison in walkable environments and hospital burden in type 2 diabetes patients“.
For her international comparison research, Sarah received the Jack Tu Student Prize – Honourable Mention. The initial results from this research indicate that residents living favourable active living environments (or more ‘walkable’ neighbourhoods) in both Wales and Canada experience lower ‘ever’ hospitialization rates.
Congratulations, Sarah! This fantastic achievement would not have been possible without the support of our partners Dr. Richard Fry, Mr. Ashley Akbari, and Ms. Amy Mizen at Swansea University in Wales. Thank you all for the opportunity to collaborate and we look forward to more research from this initiative!
We’re very proud of @sarahmmah for receiving the Jack Tu @IPDLN Student Prize – Honourable Mention for “Int’l Comparison in Walkable Environments and Hospital Burden in Type 2 Diabetes Patients”! Thnx also to @richfry and @AshleyAkbari for the collaboration! 🇨🇦🏴 pic.twitter.com/79KNqpTUI0
— Geo-Social Determinants of Health Group (@GeoSDH_Group) September 14, 2018
@sarahmmah presenting at the #IPDLN2018 RapidFire session on “International comparison in walkable environments and hospital burden in type 2 diabetes patients”. This excellent international collab between 🇨🇦 & 🏴 just getting started with amazing opportunities pic.twitter.com/xB0X7Mvb6h
— Ashley Akbari (@AshleyAkbari) September 13, 2018
Talking about preliminary work at #IPDLN2018 @IPDLN with @AshleyAkbari and @richfry for our Canada/Wales collaboration on active living environments and #T2D thanks to data from @StatCan_eng @CIQSS_QICSS @CRDCN #DataScience – can’t wait get back home and continue with project 🤓 https://t.co/8ewaI0aBgW
— Sarah M Mah (@sarahmmah) September 14, 2018
A real honour this week to present our work & receive a student award in memory of Jack Tu at #IPDLN2018 @IPDLN My deepest appreciations to @GeoSDH_Group @StatCan_eng @CRDCN @CIQSS_QICSS & our collaborators @AshleyAkbari @richfry @SwanseaMedicine @HDR_UK @SwanseaUni #DataScience pic.twitter.com/mTqXRC4S0C
— Sarah M Mah (@sarahmmah) September 14, 2018