The pillars of integrated health
- Interdisciplinary education
- Collaborative research
- Technical and social innovation
- Knowledge transfer and commercialization
- Health and Social Innovation Centre
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There is no more challenging and important issue facing Canada today than the delivery of effective, efficient and sustainable health care. UNB and its partners are working to change the future of health care, today.
The Integrated Health Initiative is UNB’s Strategic Vision in action, serving the public good and tackling society’s grand challenges. Through this ambitious initiative, UNB will become the place to which other jurisdictions turn when confronted with seemingly insurmountable health care challenges and social issues.
Adding just two and a half hours a week of moderate exercise, study results show, led to a 28 per cent lower chance of cancer recurrence after five years, and 37 per cent lower chance of death after eight years for patients with stage 3 or high-risk stage 2 colon cancer.
An ecosystem where interdisciplinary health education, cutting-edge research and groundbreaking innovation converge seamlessly — that is the Integrated Health Initiative (IHI). Introducing a unique bachelor’s degree.
As a researcher with the University of New Brunswick’s (UNB) Integrated Health Initiative (IHI) and a professor in the bachelor of health program, Woodland (MA’09, PhD’15) is a driving force behind the university’s bold mission to transform health research, education and care across the province.
Discover how groundbreaking research at New Brunswick universities is transforming health care and driving economic growth.