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The science behind the social determinants of health

March 10, 2020 — 
Dr. Sharon Bruce, new head of community health sciences (CHS) in the Max Rady College of Medicine, is taking the lead of a growing and changing department situated within an evolving discipline.

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Alumni News

The Disrupters: Alumnae who persisted in an inequitable world

March 6, 2020 — 
As this year’s International Women’s Day calls for a more gender-equal world, we’re celebrating our own UM alumnae whose perseverance led to incredible contributions for Manitoba, Canada, and the world

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Michelle Driedger (community health sciences) with research partners at Manitoba Metis Federation, Georgina Liberty, Sheila Carter and Julianne Sanguins.

COVID-19 Rapid Response Program funding for studies in Indigenous populations

March 6, 2020 — 
Two University of Manitoba researchers have received nearly $1 million in COVID-19 Rapid Response Program funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research for research projects that focus on public health responses in Indigenous populations.

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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences News

Rady students advance to 3MT finals

March 4, 2020 — 
Four Rady Faculty of Health Sciences grad students will be heading to the 3MT finals at the end of March.

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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences News

Breakfast recognizes community partners in shaping future health professionals

March 4, 2020 — 
The message of the third annual Community Partner Recognition Breakfast was that working with community organizations can profoundly affect how Rady Faculty of Health Sciences students practice when they enter their profession.

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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences News

Face coronavirus with courage, UM alumnus urges medical peers

March 3, 2020 — 
“We’re going to have to be strong,” author/physician Dr. Kevin Patterson said in a speech about doctors’ obligation to care for patients during a pandemic, regardless of the danger to their own health.

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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences News

‘Not less than human’

March 3, 2020 — 
North America’s Indigenous people face many health disparities, much of which can be traced back to colonization of their land by European settlers, says the keynote speaker of this year’s upcoming Helen Glass Research Symposium

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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences News

Project brings patient perspective to health research

March 3, 2020 — 
Safely transitioning older adults out of a hospital setting to their home can be challenging in a health system that has long been fragmented. But, according to Dr. Cara Brown, assistant professor in the College of Rehabilitation Sciences, re-envisioning health care with integrated care models can help improve continuity and coordination for patients.

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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences News

Medicine Art Show now accepting submissions under theme “The Future is Now”

March 2, 2020 — 
Submissions are now open to all Rady Faculty of Health Sciences’ students, faculty and staff for the annual Max Rady College of Medicine Art Show!

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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences News

Thompson to host new UM family medicine training program in northern Manitoba

February 28, 2020 — 
Medical residents to experience northern and remote health-care service delivery.

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