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Students wearing white coats stand while reciting the Physician's Pledge.

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See the person, not just the illness, distinguished physician urges new medical students

August 22, 2024 — 
To truly care for patients, you must recognize them as whole persons and not reduce them to their medical profiles, an expert on dignity in health care told UM’s newest class of future doctors.

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Kodley Bouachanthala, centre, is one of the 140 students in the University of Manitoba college of medicine's class of 2028. He says he can see himself one day retuning to Morden, Man., his home community. (Prabhjot Singh Lotey/CBC)

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White coat ceremony media coverage

August 21, 2024 — 
White Coat ceremony media coverage

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Brad Doble

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Breaking boundaries in pediatric cancer:

August 21, 2024 — 
A newly published study on childhood brain cancer offers hope for more targeted treatment with fewer side effects.

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Granddaughter cheers up and hugs her sad grandmother in a nursing home.

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Nursing professor funded for dementia care study

August 21, 2024 — 
College of Nursing professor Dr. Genevieve Thompson recently received $750,000 in funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) for a three-year study to support communication and decision-making for family caregivers of people living with dementia.  

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Dr. Ryan Zarychanski in a hospital room.

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UM team receives $6.9 million to test pneumonia treatment and expand network of research sites

August 13, 2024 — 
An international, UM-led clinical trial to assess the effects of a steroid drug on patients hospitalized with pneumonia has been awarded $6.9 million by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.

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Adam Brandt standing outside at Fort Garry campus. the UM Administration Building can be seen in the background.

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Rady grad student profile: Adam Brandt aims to fill 2SLGBTQIA+ research gap in nursing

August 12, 2024 — 
Over the last year, Adam Brandt, a master’s student in the College of Nursing, has received several awards for their research regarding the experiences of 2SLGBTQIA+ nurses, including the Rady Faculty Dean’s Prize and, most recently, a Research Manitoba training award.  

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Dr. Titus Olukitibi

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Rady HIV-AIDS researcher, educator receives inaugural postdoc fellowship in memory of AIDS trailblazer

August 8, 2024 — 
This funding will significantly advance our educational outreach and research initiatives on HIV, sexually transmitted, and blood-borne infections in Manitoba.

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Cover of RadyUM magazine shows nursing students in a virtual reality lab.

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New issue of RadyUM dives into the RadyVerse

August 2, 2024 — 
The cover story of the new issue of RadyUM magazine highlights the recent launch of RadyVerse, an initiative that is expanding the use of virtual reality (VR), artificial intelligence and machine learning across the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences.

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Broken teacups reassembled artistically over a black background.

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The Art of Lived Experience

July 29, 2024 — 
Art and science are, of course, very different disciplines. But Dr. Mandy Archibald, assistant professor at the College of Nursing, sees a relationship between them.

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Portrait of Dr. Brandy Wicklow.

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Pediatric Partnership

July 25, 2024 — 
Dr. Brandy Wicklow's research seeks ways to halt the intergenerational cycle that contributes to First Nations children in Manitoba having one of the highest rates of pediatric Type 2 diabetes and early kidney disease worldwide.

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