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Research and International

Twelve UM researchers receive Insight Development Grants

March 13, 2024 — 
Twelve new UM research projects seeking to build knowledge and understanding about people and societies have received federal funding.

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UM air pollution research facility receives $4.8 million

March 13, 2024 — 
The new UM AirSAFE lab will be Canada’s first multi-disciplinary research centre for biomedical, engineering, natural science and occupational health experts to study how inhaled pollutants impact health and disease.

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Funding paves way for drug discovery platform for heart research at UM

March 13, 2024 — 
A project led by Dr. Lorrie Kirshenbaum of the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Manitoba has received $3.9 million in federal and provincial funding to develop lab infrastructure dedicated to studying heart disease in women.

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Research and International

UM researchers receive more than $1 million in new project funding

March 13, 2024 — 
On Wednesday March 13, the federal government announced the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) recipients of the John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF) for fall 2022 and spring 2023.

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Nursing students in a lab setting wearing scrubs and virtual reality headsets and hand controls reach as they work in virtual environments. Other students in the background look at computer screens.

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Step into a new reality in training health professionals with RadyVerse

March 13, 2024 — 
On Friday, March 15, the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences will showcase how it will be employing virtual reality (VR) and other cutting-edge technologies to educate and train the next generation of  health-care professionals. Faculty, staff and learners from across UM are invited to experience first-hand various VR and other scenarios at stations set up in Brodie Centre atrium, 727 McDermot Avenue, from 11:00 am – 3:00 pm at the RadyVerse launch event.

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Winnipeg Sun: Epilepsy in Canada: An overview of stats, impact and resources

March 11, 2024 — 
Epilepsy in Canada: An overview of stats, impact and resources

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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

CBC Manitoba: It’s International Women’s Day; Best selling author Dr. Jen Gunter is in Winnipeg to talk about her new book called Blood: The science, medicine and mythology of Menstruation

March 8, 2024 — 
It's International Women's Day; Best selling author Dr. Jen Gunter is in Winnipeg to talk about her new book called Blood: The science, medicine and mythology of Menstruation

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Headshots of six Rady Faculty community members quoted in International Women's Day story.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Inspiring inclusion: Rady reflections on International Women’s Day

March 7, 2024 — 
This year’s International Women's Day theme is “Inspire Inclusion.” We asked members of UM’s Rady Faculty of Health Sciences community to reflect on this theme.

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Portrait of Bolton Shay-Lee.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Awards support Rady women as emerging leaders

March 7, 2024 — 
Seven faculty members or students in the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences have received The Winnipeg Foundation Martha Donovan Women’s Leadership Development Awards.

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Research and International

Brain and Gut: working together in health and disease

March 5, 2024 — 
On Wednesday March 27, 2024, join the UM Knowledge Exchange for an exploration of the connection between the brain and the gut in the context of health and Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

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