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Dr. Sonia Udod.

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CBC Manitoba: Audit’s advice for Manitoba health-care agencies surprising, ‘ridiculous,’ says health finance prof

February 13, 2025 — 
Health authorities 'should allocate the resources to what they need': Amin Mawani

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Kellie Thiessen stands in front of a mural at the College of Nursing.

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Meet the new Dean of the College of Nursing

February 12, 2025 — 
On Feb. 1, Dr. Kellie Thiessen assumed the role of dean of the College of Nursing in the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences.  

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Graduands Sophie Harms and Tolulope Akinloye recite the UM Bachelor of Nursing page with their graduating class.

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UM celebrates largest nursing class at pinning ceremony

February 12, 2025 — 
The College of Nursing held its largest-ever pinning ceremony on Feb. 5, welcoming 146 new nurses to the profession. 

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Tanveer Sharif working in a lab.

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UM-led study improves understanding of fatal brain cancer

February 11, 2025 — 
A new study from researchers at the University of Manitoba’s Rady Faculty of Health Sciences has identified a possible treatment option and greater understanding of recurrent glioblastoma, a fatal form of brain cancer and the one that took beloved Canadian musician Gord Downie’s life in 2017. 

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Dr. Annaliese Tisseverasinghe

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Winnipeg Free Press: Out of the cold – Raynaud’s Awareness Month

February 10, 2025 — 
Decreased blood circulation leads to frozen extremities for people with Raynaud’s

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Dr Julie Lajoie

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CBC Manitoba: U of Manitoba-led program tackling HIV in Kenya in jeopardy after Trump’s cuts to USAID

February 7, 2025 — 
Climate initiatives halted as non-profits warn of growing humanitarian need

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Corrine Clyne speaks with an Elder on a boardwalk. A tree with fresh fruit is seen in the foreground.

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Trail brings physical, spiritual and mental health to elders in First Nation community

February 7, 2025 — 
An Elder wellness project at Lake Manitoba First Nation done in partnership with the College of Rehabilitation Sciences will mark five years this spring, with continued work on an intergenerational walking path. 

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Rady Faculty announcement: New director of Office of Equity, Access & Participation

February 6, 2025 — 
Dr. Peter Nickerson, vice-provost (health sciences) and dean, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, and Dr. Marcia Anderson, vice-dean Indigenous health, social justice and anti-racism, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, are pleased to announce that Kagowa Kuruneri has been appointed director of the Rady Faculty office of equity, access and participation, effective Jan. 3, 2025. 

Dr Jared Bullard (photo credit Shared Health)

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CBC Manitoba: Province warns of 5 confirmed measles cases in southern Manitoba, connected to Ontario outbreak

February 6, 2025 — 
Public health is notifying people who attended specific locations where they may have been exposed

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Dr. Julie Pfeffer stands at a computer in a dental clinic. An X-ray of teeth is on the computer screen.

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Extracting Evidence

February 5, 2025 — 
When Dr. Juliana (Julie) Pfeffer was growing up, she thought all dentists conducted research, taught dental students and delivered care, because her parents did all three.

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