Max Rady College of Medicine News Archive
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UM researchers investigate why being on a ventilator can damage organs
December 16, 2021 —
A UM research team is examining how being on a ventilator affects a patient’s vascular (circulatory) system, and how those effects may be connected to organ damage beyond the lungs.
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Health sciences students spread holiday cheer
December 13, 2021 —
Students at the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences have embraced the spirit of giving this holiday season with several volunteer and fundraising activities
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Vaccine Voice
December 8, 2021 —
When Manitobans need the latest news about the provincial rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, Joss Reimer [MD/08, MPH/13] is their official source.
Winnipeg Free Press: U of M head of orthopedic surgery to chair provincial task force on reducing backlog
December 8, 2021 —
Task force will be chaired by Dr. Peter MacDonald, who has served as head of orthopedic surgery at the University of Manitoba’s Max Rady College of Medicine since 2007
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UM scientist named to Canada’s Top 40 Under 40
December 7, 2021 —
Dr. Meghan Azad, an international expert on how children’s experiences in the womb and during infancy shape lifelong health, was recently honoured as one of Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 for 2021
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Health of First Nations people in Manitoba worsened compared with other Manitobans
December 6, 2021 —
Over the past 20 years, the health of First Nations people in Manitoba has worsened, according to key health and health care indicators, found new research in the Canadian Medical Association Journal
UM alumnus Dr. Ernest Rady receives 2021 IDEA award
November 19, 2021 —
Visionary Dr. Ernest Rady honoured at IDEA event to celebrate his community impact and leadership
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Eight grad students ‘empowered’ by Rady Faculty Dean’s Prize
November 19, 2021 —
The Dean of the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences Graduate Student Achievement Prize was awarded to eight outstanding graduate students in 2021.
Global News: University of Manitoba team receives $202,000 grant to study ‘long COVID’
November 16, 2021 —
'This (study) is about understanding what’s coming in the next six months to years around what our health system will face the more these people who have had COVID infection may go on to long COVID'
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UM medical student promotes nature prescription program
November 15, 2021 —
Angela Woodbury is a Manitoba launch co-ordinator for PaRx, a program that encourages health-care professionals to write “nature prescriptions” for patients to improve their mental and physical health.