AIDS/HIV News Archive
UM Faces and Spaces: Dr. James Blanchard
March 1, 2024 —
How is UM making an impact on Global Public Health? We find out in our monthly UM Faces and Spaces feature, with a profile on James Blanchard, professor of community health sciences at Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, executive director of the Institute for Global Public Health and Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Epidemiology and Global Public Health.
CBC Manitoba: New research suggests there’s something hidden deep inside the genes of some people that naturally slows how HIV spreads in the body
August 9, 2023 —
New research suggests there's something hidden deep inside the genes of some people that naturally slows how HIV spreads in the body.
Celebrating world-renowned infectious disease researcher Dr. Francis Plummer
September 13, 2022 —
New bust added to Innovation Plaza in honour of UM researcher
Students
Mark World AIDS Day by learning something new about HIV
November 29, 2021 —
Dec. 1 is World AIDS Day, an international event dedicated to raising awareness about HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) and its impacts
New project to look at ethics behind epidemiological tools to curb HIV transmissions
May 31, 2021 —
“Do these new powerful techniques for identifying transmission patterns represent a major breakthrough to effectively tackle HIV epidemics, or do they signify the emergence of a highly intrusive surveillance regime in HIV science?"
Top stories of 2020
December 22, 2020 —
A year to remember or a year to forget? The COVID-19 pandemic dominated headlines across the globe, including here at the University of Manitoba, but there was always light behind the dark clouds. Positive stories shone through.
UM grad honoured for outstanding AIDS work in USA
December 1, 2020 —
Dr. David McEwan has been named the recipient of the 2020 Suzanne Richmond-Crum Award, which annually honours a person who has made outstanding contributions to HIV/AIDS services in Hawai‘i.
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
UM and University of Nairobi celebrate 40 years of high-impact collaboration
January 24, 2020 —
The University of Manitoba is marking the 40th anniversary of a research partnership with the University of Nairobi that has led to groundbreaking discoveries in the areas of HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections.
New hope in AIDS research
July 18, 2019 —
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) has provided significant funding to two Rady Faculty of Health Sciences professors: Medical microbiologist Keith Fowke, and Obstetrics and Gynecology professor Adam Burgener
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
U of M researchers seek insight on HIV care in the North
April 25, 2019 —
A new interdisciplinary project, led by researchers from the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, aims to understand the differences between HIV care for Indigenous people living in northern Manitoba First Nations communities and in Winnipeg