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UM researchers advocate for long-COVID rehabilitation support

February 7, 2022 — 
A group of researchers from the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences is working to address the growing need to provide proper care to Manitobans living with long COVID. Long COVID is a condition that affects people beyond their initial COVID-19 infection.

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Antibiotic sensitivity test done in a petri dish.

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Rady Faculty profs named to global list of highly cited researchers

February 3, 2022 — 
Six Rady Faculty of Health Sciences professors have been named to the Highly Cited Researchers 2021 list.

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From left to right, Jade Young, Sara Goulet and Carly McLellan outside in Garden Hill

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Overcoming Obstacles

January 31, 2022 — 
Three Indigenous physicians and UM graduates work together to provide care in Garden Hill First Nation.

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Helping others helps us too, this Bell Let’s Talk day

January 26, 2022 — 
The conversation around mental health will take centre stage during the 12th annual Bell Let’s Talk campaign Jan. 26. This occurs at a time when many are feeling heightened stress of yet another surge in COVID-19 cases due to the Omicron variant, a return to remote working/learning, and on top of it a bout of especially cold and snowy winter weather.   

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Radical Trust book cover

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Humanizing poverty

January 24, 2022 — 
Community health sciences professor Dr. Evelyn Forget and research assistant Hannah Owczar shine a light on those who would be most impacted by basic income in Radical Trust: Basic Income for Complicated Lives by amplifying the stories of those who are often left out of the dialogue around public policy

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A mature couple walks through the park holding hands

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Living life well

January 19, 2022 — 
UM researchers find that older adults living in urban areas tend to be less satisfied with their lives than their rural counter parts

Dr. Vimi Mutalik peers into a large microscope on her office desk.

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Focusing on Oral Cancer

January 17, 2022 — 
Dr. Vimi Mutalik peers intently into the large microscope on her office desk. It’s the tool she uses to make a difference in the world.

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Genevieve Thompson poses by a river.

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‘Out of the Shadows’

January 14, 2022 — 
While COVID-related public health restrictions have put a pause on much of her research, Genevieve Thompson [BN/97, MN/03, PhD/07] says the pandemic is having a positive effect on the future of her work.

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A health-care worker inserts a needle into a patient's arm.

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Health sciences students called to support First Nations health workers

January 13, 2022 — 
The Rady Faculty of Health Sciences is calling on senior students and residents across its five colleges in an effort to support the health-care workforces of First Nations communities.

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Samar Safi-Harb

Three new Canada Research Chairs

January 12, 2022 — 
Chairs in nutrition, health economics and extreme astrophysics

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