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‘You have to get the stories of the patients,’ says Métis health-care researcher

March 12, 2025 — 
College of Pharmacy grad student Cameron Bouchard is planning a study of the health-care experiences of Manitoban Métis people living with congenital heart disease.

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Dr. Tara Horrill

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Global News Winnipeg: Winnipegger urges patients to advocate for themselves after mother’s delayed cancer diagnosis

March 12, 2025 — 
Melanie Leslie-Bernard describes their mom Zoe as a brave, adventurous woman who loved travel and the outdoors

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CBC Manitoba: 5 years after start of pandemic, experts say Manitoba can still learn lessons from COVID-19

March 12, 2025 — 
Long-COVID treatment, public health information strategies among areas of possible improvement

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New issue of RadyUM welcomes sixth college to Rady Faculty

March 10, 2025 — 
The latest issue of RadyUM magazine is available now, online and in print. The cover story introduces the new College of Community and Global Health – soon to be the sixth college encompassed by the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences.

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Dr. Farhana Shariff stands in the Brodie Centre atrium on the UM Bannatyne campus.

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Celebrating International Women’s Day: Martha Donovan Awards empower Rady women as leaders

March 7, 2025 — 
Recipients say leadership training is helping them to advance women’s equity in health care, health education and health research.

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All 2025 Doctors Manitoba Award winners associated with UM medical college

March 6, 2025 — 
This year’s Doctors Manitoba Award winners all have strong connections to the Max Rady College of Medicine. 

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Research and International News

Uncovering the genetic blueprint of the Prairies

March 6, 2025 — 
Groundbreaking research from PrairieGen is redefining how chronic and genetic diseases such as cancer, inflammatory bowel disease and pediatric disorders are detected and treated.

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A logo for the Ayaangwaamiziwin Centre, surrounded by photos of some of the researchers involved with the initiative.

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Historic HIV, syphilis testing initiative launches in Canada

March 5, 2025 — 
Amid soaring rates of HIV and syphilis in Canada – with Indigenous communities in the Prairies being hardest hit – a team of Indigenous leaders and HIV advocates, researchers, health-care workers and people with lived experiences, including HIV, have created the Ayaangwaamiziwin Centre. 

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Seated in armchairs on a stage, Dr. Peter Nickerson and Dr. Kathryn Tinckam converse while holding microphones.

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UM alum values her ‘phenomenal medical education,’ urges redesign of health system to ensure doctors thrive

February 28, 2025 — 
Today’s medical students are extraordinary individuals with great capacity to contribute as physicians, but the health-care system must change to support them in achieving their best, a distinguished medical alum said at a recent UM awards dinner.

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Medscape Medical News: Mental health worse after workplace injuries

February 28, 2025 — 
Patients with workplace injuries have worse mental health outcomes over time than patients with non-workplace injuries: UM study

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