Max Rady College of Medicine News Archive
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Historic HIV, syphilis testing initiative launches in Canada
March 5, 2025 —
Amid soaring rates of HIV and syphilis in Canada – with Indigenous communities in the Prairies being hardest hit – a team of Indigenous leaders and HIV advocates, researchers, health-care workers and people with lived experiences, including HIV, have created the Ayaangwaamiziwin Centre.
ICYMI: Dr. Renée El-Gabalawy on CBC Manitoba
March 5, 2025 —
For some people, surgery can be stressful and anxiety-inducing. It can cause many sleepless nights and make any pain patients are experiencing worse. For Dr. Renée El-Gabalawya clinical health psychologist at the University of Manitoba, she wanted to figure out a way to help patient's mental health before and after an operation.
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UM alum values her ‘phenomenal medical education,’ urges redesign of health system to ensure doctors thrive
February 28, 2025 —
Today’s medical students are extraordinary individuals with great capacity to contribute as physicians, but the health-care system must change to support them in achieving their best, a distinguished medical alum said at a recent UM awards dinner.
Medscape Medical News: Mental health worse after workplace injuries
February 28, 2025 —
Patients with workplace injuries have worse mental health outcomes over time than patients with non-workplace injuries: UM study
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Psychology Month feature: Improving lives of children and caregivers through research
February 24, 2025 —
February is Psychology Month, and it's a time to celebrate psychologists and the vital work they do, including research.
Research and International
The Conversation: U.S. cuts to HIV/AIDS funding will be detrimental for vulnerable groups in Kenya
February 24, 2025 —
On his first day in office, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order to freeze foreign aid funding. This was followed by a stop-work order for dozens of life-saving humanitarian programs.
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UM professor creates novel podcast as resource for emerging scholars
February 14, 2025 —
A Rady researcher and faculty member, working closely with local radio station UMFM, launched a podcast designed as a resource for medical trainees and residents to help guide them on their journey to becoming a clinician scientist.
UM health researchers receive more than $9.6 million in federal funding
February 14, 2025 —
Health researchers at the University of Manitoba have been awarded more than $9.6 million in the latest round of project grant funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).
City News Winnipeg: University of Manitoba-led study improves understanding of fatal brain cancer
February 13, 2025 —
University of Manitoba-led study improves understanding of fatal brain cancer
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UM-led study improves understanding of fatal brain cancer
February 11, 2025 —
A new study from researchers at the University of Manitoba’s Rady Faculty of Health Sciences has identified a possible treatment option and greater understanding of recurrent glioblastoma, a fatal form of brain cancer and the one that took beloved Canadian musician Gord Downie’s life in 2017.