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Lanette Siragusa at a Manitoba COVID-19 news briefing in 2020.

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Siragusa ‘excited to get started’ in dual role at UM

January 10, 2022 — 
Lanette Siragusa, a familiar face to Manitobans for her position in the province’s COVID-19 fight, says she hopes to be an asset to UM when she assumes her new dual role as vice-dean, education for the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences and associate director of Ongomiizwin – Health Services

mage from the office of the Governor General of Canada: The insignia of the Order is a stylized snowflake of six points, with a red annulus at its centre which bears a stylized maple leaf circumscribed with the motto of the Order: DESIDERANTES MELIOREM PATRIAM–Latin for “They desire a better country”.

Members of UM community promoted, added to Order of Canada

January 7, 2022 — 
The new list includes 10 individuals from the UM community

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Dr. Robert Lorway points out information on a bulletin board to four Kenyan activists who are gathered around him.

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Toward Data Justice

January 6, 2022 — 
“I’m interested in where research intersects with activism and human rights,” says UM's Dr. Robert Lorway, Canada Research Chair in global intervention politics and social transformation.

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Students News

Student success stories of 2021

December 23, 2021 — 
There are many success stories to celebrate

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Holiday message from Dean Brian Postl

December 23, 2021 — 
Season's greetings! It has been an eventful year. I hope that all of you in our Rady Faculty community get some well-deserved rest and are able to spend time with loved ones, either virtually or in person, over this university break. Keep in mind that it's also a time to remember those who have less and those who struggle through this season, based on their circumstances.

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Roberta Woodgate and Christina West.

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UM nursing profs recognized for excellence

December 21, 2021 — 
Two faculty members from the College of Nursing, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences were recently honoured with prestigious awards from the Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing.

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A sick baby in hospital, hooked up to many wires and tubes.

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UM neonatologist edits book on hypoxic respiratory failure in newborns

December 20, 2021 — 
Book spotlights the work of 80 authors, edited by a team of world experts led by UM's Dr. Shyamala Dakshinamurti.

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Michael Benarroch speaks at a lectern.

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One year since Manitoba’s first COVID-19 vaccine given on Bannatyne campus

December 17, 2021 — 
More than 2.2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been given to Manitobans over the past year, and it all started on the University of Manitoba’s Bannatyne campus

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COVID vaccine vials. // Image from Pixabay

CBC: Manitoba kids under age of 6 part of clinical trial for Moderna’s pediatric COVID-19 vaccine

December 17, 2021 — 
Roughly 20 Manitoba kids involved in study to see how pediatric vaccine works in children as young as 6 months

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A close-up of a ventilator with tubes running into it.

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UM researchers investigate why being on a ventilator can damage organs

December 16, 2021 — 
A UM research team is examining how being on a ventilator affects a patient’s vascular (circulatory) system, and how those effects may be connected to organ damage beyond the lungs.

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