Max Rady College of Medicine News Archive
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UM health researchers secure nearly $8 million in federal funding
February 22, 2022 —
Research teams aiming to promote healing in a displaced First Nation community and to enhance First Nations prenatal education are among the recipients of recent grants from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).
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New study finds COVID-19 hotspots in Canadian urban centres
February 14, 2022 —
A new study shows hotspots of COVID-19 infections in Canadian cities across four provinces, linked to occupation, income, housing and proxies for structural racism
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Relationships Built on Trust
February 9, 2022 —
As Manitobans have been rolling up their sleeves and getting vaccinated, family doctors are relying on the trust they’ve cultivated with their patients to help some of them, over multiple visits, become more comfortable and better informed about COVID-19 vaccines.
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UM researchers advocate for long-COVID rehabilitation support
February 7, 2022 —
A group of researchers from the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences is working to address the growing need to provide proper care to Manitobans living with long COVID. Long COVID is a condition that affects people beyond their initial COVID-19 infection.
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Rady Faculty profs named to global list of highly cited researchers
February 3, 2022 —
Six Rady Faculty of Health Sciences professors have been named to the Highly Cited Researchers 2021 list.
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Overcoming Obstacles
January 31, 2022 —
Three Indigenous physicians and UM graduates work together to provide care in Garden Hill First Nation.
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Helping others helps us too, this Bell Let’s Talk day
January 26, 2022 —
The conversation around mental health will take centre stage during the 12th annual Bell Let’s Talk campaign Jan. 26. This occurs at a time when many are feeling heightened stress of yet another surge in COVID-19 cases due to the Omicron variant, a return to remote working/learning, and on top of it a bout of especially cold and snowy winter weather.
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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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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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.