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3MT winner is full of heart

April 3, 2023 — 
PhD student in Max Rady College of Medicine wins first place for presentation on personalized heart cells

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Vera Anokyewaa Amponsah sitting in the College of Nursing building, looking thoughtful.

Graduate student aims to improve nurse leadership in Ghana

April 3, 2023 — 
Before moving to Winnipeg to attend the College of Nursing, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences in November 2022, Vera Anokyewaa Amponsah worked for over a decade as a nurse in Ghana, her home country.

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Dr. Meghan Azad presented with 2022 Steacie Prize

April 3, 2023 — 
Dr. Meghan Azad of the department of pediatrics and child health in the Max Rady College of Medicine is the 2022 recipient of the prestigious Steacie Prize – one of Canada’s most coveted awards for researchers 40 years or younger.

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Digital illustration of a brain with a tumour.

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Rady researcher to test new treatments for incurable brain cancers

March 31, 2023 — 
A University of Manitoba researcher is bringing an international clinical trial to Canada to test new and promising treatments for people with low-survival brain cancers.

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Physicians chatting in a hallway.

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Family Medicine launches peer support program to combat physician burnout

March 30, 2023 — 
New program hopes to help family physicians thrive, not just survive.

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Portrait of Dr. Laila Aboulatta.

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Pharmacy Research Day showcases students’ valuable work

March 28, 2023 — 
Winning the oral presentation category at the College of Pharmacy’s Research Day showed PhD student Dr. Laila Aboulatta that she’s on the right track with her PhD project.

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Kim Workum at a conference table speaking to a group of masked nurses.

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Assessment program being streamlined for international nurses

March 27, 2023 — 
The College of Nursing was invited to join a Manitoba government delegation to the Phillipines recently to recruit trained nurses to work in Manitoba and help address the province’s nursing shortage.

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Maizy North looks away in front of Indigenous mural.

Donor Relations News

Louis Riel Bursary is helping to fuel Métis student’s goal of giving back to her community

March 24, 2023 — 
Donor funded bursaries open doors for so many students to advance their education and achieve their goals.

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The physicians and students sit at a table. Two microphones sit on the table.

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Med students hold EDI conference, create space to ‘share experiences’

March 23, 2023 — 
The Manitoba Medical Students’ Association organized its first-ever conference focused on equity, diversity and inclusion in health care.

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A woman and a man wearing hooded jackets stand in a mossy area surrounded by a ring of rocks.

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Rady health researchers receive nearly $9 million in federal support

March 20, 2023 — 
Sixteen professors in the UM Rady Faculty of Health Sciences have been awarded a total of nearly $9 million in project grants from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.

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