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Student holding a piece of lab equipment.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

A science story of giving

December 18, 2024 — 
Six Winnipeg middle schools or high schools have received brand-new lab equipment – a gift designed to spark curiosity and provide students with high-quality tools to explore the world of science.

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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Rady scientists receive funding support for research to advance precision medicine

December 17, 2024 — 
Funding to drive breakthroughs in precision medicine, tackling cancer, neurological disorders, and therapy resistance.

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Closeup of a person's ear.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Electrical stimulation of ears shows promise for treating ulcerative colitis: UM study

December 16, 2024 — 
A simple, non-invasive treatment focused on the ears could one day provide relief for people with ulcerative colitis, a UM research study has found.

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Dr. Jude Uzonna is seated in his lab. He uses scientific equipment from behind a protective shield.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Rady Faculty scientists receive nearly $10 million in CIHR funding

December 11, 2024 — 
Researchers from the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences have been awarded more than $9.9 million in the latest round of Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) project funding.  

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A student wearing a VR headset tries navigating a health-care scenario at the RadyVerse launch.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Rady Roundup: Memorable Rady Faculty stories of 2024

December 10, 2024 — 
It’s been a year of exciting news in the areas of education, research and community service across the five colleges of the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences. Here’s a look at 10 of our most notable stories of 2024.

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Photo of a grolar or pizzly bear (a hybrid of a polar and grizzly bear) sleeping on a rock

Faculty of Arts

UM in the news: Top 10 UM newsmakers for 2024

December 8, 2024 — 
UM experts and researchers were featured in media stories locally, nationally and globally. Read on to find out who were the Top 10 UM newsmakers for 2024.

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Sabine Mai

Research and International

Medical breakthrough provides hope for early risk stratification of a deadly blood cancer

November 29, 2024 — 
Dr. Sabine Mai publishes groundbreaking study shows early risk stratification of smoldering multiple myeloma, a precursor state to multiple myeloma, a deadly form of blood cancer.  

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Three students stand in front of a sundance lodge.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Sundances offer students ‘crash course in culture’

November 27, 2024 — 
A program through the Office of Interprofessional Collaboration (OIPC) at the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences is helping students connect with Indigenous communities through ceremony. 

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Dr. Marcia Anderson speaks at a podium as other speakers look on.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

New training for Manitoba health workers to focus on culturally safe care for Indigenous patients

November 26, 2024 — 
A program designed to ensure that Manitoba health-care workers provide culturally safe care to Indigenous patients has been developed by Ongomiizwin, the Indigenous Institute of Health and Healing in UM’s Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, in partnership with Manitoba’s health system organizations.

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Toby Le, a PhD candidate at the Max Rady College of Medicine.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

PhD student champions youth participation on global health stage

November 25, 2024 — 
Toby Le, a PhD candidate at the Max Rady College of Medicine, shares youth perspectives on health policies through his role as Canada’s Youth Delegate to the World Health Assembly.

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