Rady Faculty of Health Sciences News Archive

February 4, 2025 — 
For 45 years, the University of Manitoba has partnered with the University of Nairobi and the non-profit Partners for Health and Development in Africa (PHDA) to achieve successful STI and HIV research, prevention, care and treatment programs to the most vulnerable communities in Kenya and in Africa.

February 3, 2025 — 
For most of her early career after graduating from UM as a nurse, Dr. Lisa Knisley [BN/94] cared for adult patients. But in 2000, she was working in a cardiac catheter lab in London, England, that served both adults and children.

January 31, 2025 — 
Thirty-seven per cent of Canadian Medical Association survey respondents said they get health info online due to lack of doctor

January 27, 2025 — 
Soon after Joanne Parsons [BMRPT/03, M.Sc./09, PhD/14] made the move from clinical physiotherapy to academia, she initiated a research project at a Winnipeg high school.

January 23, 2025 — 
The Dean of the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences Graduate Student Achievement Prize was awarded to 10 extraordinary graduate students in 2024. 

January 17, 2025 — 
Dr. Richard Keijzer, a pediatric surgeon and professor of surgery in the Max Rady College of Medicine at UM, was part of an international research team that has just published a study comparing the two treatment approaches.

January 15, 2025 — 
If you visit a dentist or dental hygienist anywhere in Manitoba, there’s a good chance John Perry [DMD/76, M.Sc./86] was one of their teachers.

January 13, 2025 — 
Pharmacoepidemiologist Dr. Silvia Alessi-Severini has just retired from the College of Pharmacy and been appointed senior scholar.

January 10, 2025 — 
From an early age, Karen Samson [BN/09] knew she wanted to help others.

January 10, 2025 — 
Getting the facts about respiratory viruses