# Community Health Sciences Research Day 2026
**Source**: https://cumming.ucalgary.ca/departments/community-health-sciences
**Parent**: https://cumming.ucalgary.ca/
Call for Presenters and General Registration is Now Open!\
Bringing together faculty, trainees, and research staff for a day of connection and celebration. Presenters and attendees can sign up now!
[More Details Here](https://cumming.ucalgary.ca/departments/community-health-sciences/education/chs-research-day-2026)
### At the Department of Community Health Sciences, our North Star is Healthy Societies.
Public health emergencies, explosive changes in technology and deepening health inequities are just some of the community health challenges of today. By pursuing meaningful research, reimagining education and creating with communities, we are taking action.
### Students
### Students
Are you interested in developing professional skills and completing a meaningful internship during your graduate program?
[Apply to join us](https://cumming.ucalgary.ca/departments/community-health-sciences/education/our-programs/pdel/PDEL_Students)
### Community Partners
### Community Partners
We have made connections with numerous community partners interested in supporting this program's experiential learning initiative, that offer a breadth of experience to our learners.
[Discover how to partner with us](https://cumming.ucalgary.ca/departments/community-health-sciences/education/our-programs/pdel/PDEL_Community_Partners)
### Testimonials
### Testimonials
Program alumni provided their testimonials after completing the program. You are invited to share your testimonial too!
[PDEL Alumni Testimonials](https://cumming.ucalgary.ca/departments/community-health-sciences/education/our-programs/pdel/PDEL_Testimonials)
## University News
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#### [W21C Research and Innovation Centre celebrates 21 years of redefining health innovation](https://news.ucalgary.ca/news/w21c-research-and-innovation-centre-celebrates-21-years-redefining-health-innovation)
Groundbreaking UCalgary medical unit celebrates milestone anniversary
Article
#### [FAIR Lab redefines youth mental health by focusing on flourishing](https://news.ucalgary.ca/news/fair-lab-redefines-youth-mental-health-focusing-flourishing)
How we think about youth well-being can’t simply be about the absence of anxiety or depression
Article
#### [UCalgary–led research transforms understanding of refugee health in Canada](https://news.ucalgary.ca/news/ucalgary-led-research-transforms-understanding-refugee-health-canada)
A decade-long effort builds country’s most comprehensive refugee-health dataset
Article
#### [What matters to patients drives research: UCalgary’s first role in UNIFIED](https://news.ucalgary.ca/news/what-matters-patients-drives-research-ucalgarys-first-role-unified)
Dr. Deborah Marshall named to lead Calgary-based part of international study
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#### [Study shows intermittent fasting is effective for people with Crohn’s disease who want to lose weight](https://news.ucalgary.ca/news/study-intermittent-fasting-effective-crohns-disease-lose-weight)
UCalgary and UBCO researchers find improvements in symptoms and body composition when time-restricted eating is the focus instead of calories
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#### [In Memoriam: Hude Quan, Cumming School of Medicine](https://news.ucalgary.ca/news/memoriam-hude-quan-cumming-school-medicine)
The family of Dr. Hude Quan, PhD’98 would like to share the following details about his Celebration of Life.
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[News archive](https://news.ucalgary.ca/news/department-community-health-sciences)
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