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Research and International

Growing health-care partnerships with rural and northern communities

August 29, 2023 — 
Leah Crockett is a new Banting Scholar, working to build on established partnerships between key stakeholders across more than a dozen rural and northern communities.

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Dr. Anna Chudyk

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Bridging the gap: Uniting lived expertise and scientific knowledge in innovative medical podcast

August 29, 2023 — 
New podcast aims to make patient engagement the standard in health sciences research.

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Mother drops CBD oil on daughter's tongue.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Are cannabis products safe and effective for reducing symptoms in children with cancer?

August 28, 2023 — 
A recent analysis led by University of Manitoba researchers of all relevant published studies reveals a lack of evidence to determine the dosing, safety and efficacy of medical marijuana or cannabis-containing products for managing symptoms experienced by children with cancer. The analysis is published by Wiley online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society.

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10 medical students stand on stage wearing white coats. Faculty members and special guests stand behind the students.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

‘Be the future that we need,’ physician urges new UM medical students

August 24, 2023 — 
This year’s new medical students at UM have lived through the struggles of a pandemic. But they still show a passionate drive to care for others, a prominent Manitoba physician said at the students’ official welcome ceremony on Aug. 23.

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The University of Manitoba welcomed 125 new medical students during a Wednesday ceremony, the largest group the school has ever seen after a recent increase to the program's enrolment number. (CBC)

CBC Manitoba: University of Manitoba honours largest class of medical students at welcoming ceremony

August 24, 2023 — 
The University of Manitoba's largest class of medical students were cloaked in fresh white coats this week as part of a time-honoured welcoming ceremony, and some students say their end goal is to combat the province's ongoing physician shortage.

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Portrait of Khushali Trivedi in a lab. She is wearing a lab coat. She is holding a pen and a note book is on the counter.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Rady grad student profile: Khushali Trivedi aims to be role model

August 14, 2023 — 
Khushali Trivedi is focused on understanding if a particular protein plays a role in the development of gestational diabetes, one of the most common types of complications that occurs during pregnancy.

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A male student wearing a white lab coat working in a laboratory.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Rady grad student profile: Benjamin Bydak investigates cell-to-cell communication in Type 2 diabetes

August 10, 2023 — 
After Benjamin Bydak graduated with his first degree, a bachelor’s in psychology, he decided to take his passion for exercise and helping others and pursue a career in kinesiology.

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Research and International

Research Manitoba announces funding for three groundbreaking UM projects

August 8, 2023 — 
Three new UM projects have received proof-of concept funding from Research Manitoba on July 26 totaling $346,500 over two years.

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Students wearing caps and gowns at convocation.

UM to expand health education, build new training space on Bannatyne campus

August 2, 2023 — 
The University of Manitoba will lead a transformational change to health education in Manitoba, with support from donors and the provincial government.

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Faculty of Graduate Studies

Rady student appointed Canadian Youth Delegate to World Health Assembly

August 1, 2023 — 
Toby Le, a PhD student in medical microbiology and infectious diseases at the Max Rady College of Medicine, was appointed the 2023 Canadian Youth Delegate to the World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland.

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