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About 10 students wearing white coats read the Pledge of Professionalism off of the programs they are holding.

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White Coat Ceremony an ‘exhilarating’ experience for pharmacy students

September 27, 2023 — 
First-year doctor of pharmacy (PharmD) student Jaspreet Bhoondpal experienced a lot of emotions when he was on stage donning his white coat.

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Sophie Chen looks at small fish tanks containing zebrafish. There are dozens of tanks in the room.

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Summer research program a learning experience for dental students

September 18, 2023 — 
Sophie Chen is only halfway through the bachelor of science in dentistry (B.Sc. (Dent.) program and she’s already gained valuable skills and experience that will help her when she’s a practicing dentist.

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Student Deanne Nixie Miao smiles while sitting at a microscope in a lab.

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Rady grad student profile: Deanne Nixie Miao seeks genetic clues to hearing loss caused by cancer drug

September 14, 2023 — 
Master's student investigates how the drug cisplatin affects gene expression changes at the single-cell level in the inner ears of mice.

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Rows of students in white coats are standing. They are each holding an open folder, and reading the Community Code off a piece of paper.

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Dentistry, dental hygiene students pursue their dreams

September 13, 2023 — 
When Cody Magun donned his white coat at the Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry’s White Coat Ceremony last week, he was one step closer to realizing his dream of becoming a dentist.

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Kali Froese stands outside the Helen Glass Centre for Nursing at Fort Garry Campus.

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Nursing student researcher sees positive changes in long-term care

September 12, 2023 — 
When third-year nursing student Kali Froese visited Scandinavia with her father in 2018, she had a first-hand experience that fueled her interest in health research.

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Research and International News

UM mental health program for older adults plans for national expansion

September 11, 2023 — 
Dr. Kristin Reynolds, director of the UM Health Information Exchange Lab, has been recognized with a Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Aging Prize for her work to expand and evaluate the CONNECT Program.

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Five MPAS students wearing white coats and stethoscopes are sitting in chairs. A crowd of people is sitting behind them.

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New MPAS students aim to make positive impact

September 7, 2023 — 
Angel Sen was about to tear up when she received her stethoscope during the Master of Physician Assistant Studies’ (MPAS) Inaugural Exercises.

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Dr. Jonathan McGavock walks on an outdoor pathway.

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UM health researchers receive more than $6.7 million in federal support

September 6, 2023 — 
Health researchers at UM have been awarded more than $6.7 million in the latest round of project funding by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).

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Male student wearing a plastic glove and looking at a smartphone.

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UM-developed ‘smart glove’ offers hand therapy remotely

September 5, 2023 — 
As part of an international scholarship, Silas Müller, a biomedical engineering student from Stuttgart, Germany, has spent the summer at the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences conducting validation testing on a new telerehabilitation tool that will help people who need physical therapy on their hands.

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Research and International News

Four new Royal Society of Canada scholars named at UM

September 5, 2023 — 
Four UM professors have been elected to the Royal Society of Canada (RSC), the country’s most esteemed association of scholars and scientists.

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