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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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Photo of Dr. Kristin Reynolds

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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Erwin Taguiam, wearing a white lab coat, holds a small test tube in a lab.

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Rady grad student profile: Erwin Taguiam studies gene expression in tuberculosis and HIV co-infection

September 1, 2023 — 
Erwin Taguiam’s research focuses on searching for a “signature” in blood that could potentially be used to quickly and easily detect TB in people living with HIV.  

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Image combining headshots of Kellie Watson and Dr. Aaron Kim.

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Distinguished UM alumni to be honoured by dental hygiene, dentistry peers

August 31, 2023 — 
Two distinguished UM alumni – a dental hygienist who has worked tirelessly to advance the profession and a dentistry professor who leads humanitarian dental missions – will be honoured by their peers at a gala on Homecoming weekend.

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Three children in wheelchairs in a circle with two occupational therapy students.

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Student-led wheelchair program boosts kids’ confidence, builds community

August 31, 2023 — 
Two occupational therapy (OT) students from the College of Rehabilitation Sciences, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences have developed a training camp that promotes confidence and a sense of community for children who use wheelchairs.

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