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A student wearing a hardhat hammers a nail into a board as another student looks on.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Rady Faculty gears up for Habitat for Humanity construction project

April 5, 2024 — 
The Rady Faculty of Health Sciences is partnering for the fifth time with Habitat for Humanity Manitoba to construct a home for purchase by a hard-working Winnipeg family.

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Dangers of fentanyl

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

CTV News Winnipeg: ‘Tragic’: Child fentanyl exposures in Winnipeg raising concerns

April 3, 2024 — 
CTV News Winnipeg: 'Tragic': Child fentanyl exposures in Winnipeg raising concerns

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A young woman picking a cacao pod from a plant in rainforest setting.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Program sends Rady students to rainforest

March 25, 2024 — 
A group of 10 rehabilitation sciences, nursing and midwifery learners recently traveled to the Amazon region of Ecuador to learn about health and well-being from a collective of traditional healers and midwives.

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A woman wearing a VR headset and hand controls in front of a TV showing a virtual hospital room.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

VR technology to build confidence and competence in health-care learners

March 21, 2024 — 
On March 15, dozens of students, faculty and staff at the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences stood in the Brodie Atrium at Bannatyne campus and were transported to hospital rooms, care facilities and even accident sites by wearing virtual reality (VR) headsets.

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Master’s student Danish Malhotra

College of Pharmacy learners credit support for successes at Graduate Studies Celebration, Research Day

March 18, 2024 — 
At the recent College of Pharmacy celebration, students showcased how determination, coupled with support, propels them to unimaginable heights

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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.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

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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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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A group of scientists in white lab coats.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Pharmacy researchers shed light on how the brain processes the sense of touch

March 6, 2024 — 
Insights could pave the way for new approaches to treating neurological disorders like schizophrenia.

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Dr. Tito Daodu speaks at a podium in the cover image of RadyUM magazine.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

New issue of RadyUM magazine marks medical college anniversary

March 1, 2024 — 
The cover story of the new issue of RadyUM magazine focuses on the Max Rady College of Medicine’s celebration of a milestone: its 140th anniversary.

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A boy around 12 years old checks an adult's blood pressure in a classroom setting.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Rady students showcase health careers to youth through CanU

February 20, 2024 — 
A team of volunteer students from the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences recently completed a program welcoming over 80 youth from across Winnipeg to explore health-care careers as part of an initiative through CanU, a Winnipeg-based charitable organization.

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