Situated within the Faculty of Medicine, the Department of Community Health Sciences holds a peculiar status, being neither a “Basic Science Department” nor a “Clinical Department”. We have the ability to straddle both with some 100 faculty members affiliated with the Department of Community Health Sciences in a roughly 1:3 ratio of full time to part time appointments. The expertise of our Faculty is far reaching, and collaborations with other researchers have resulting in three training programs, available to our Graduate Students on a competitive basis.

There are three training programs associated with CHS.

• Western Regional Training Centre:
  -The Department, in collaboration with five other Western Canadian Universities (Alberta, British Columbia, Calgary, Saskatchewan, and Regina), received funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research to train students further in the area of health services research, through an initiative called the Western Regional Training Centre (WRTC).  The Manitoba-based WRTC program is also funded by Manitoba Health. WRTC funds are designed to provide student stipends, and provide additional training experiences using a variety of mediums.
  
• Aboriginal Capacity and Development Res. Env.
  -The Department also is home to the Aboriginal Capacity and Developmental Research Environment (ACADRE) training program funded by CIHR to provides fellowships for Aboriginal trainees at all levels and supports community-university research linkages.
  
• International Centre for Infectious Diseases:
  -The Department also participates actively in the International Centre for Infectious Diseases (ICID) Training Program, funded by CIHR. The ICID training program is a Winnipeg-based not-for-profit corporation with a mission to advance Canada’s infectious diseases capacity and facilitate the application of Canadian infectious diseases expertise, domestically and internationally.