Max Rady College of Medicine News Archive
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Neuroscientist thrives in faculty role as researcher, teacher, mentor
August 10, 2022 —
Alumna helps shape the minds of future researchers and pharmacists while advancing the field of neuroscience
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
PhD student chosen to network with Nobel laureates
August 9, 2022 —
UM's Diane Tshikudi will join award-winning scientists from around the world in Germany next June to attend the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting.
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Longtime dean of health sciences featured in new issue of RadyUM
August 5, 2022 —
Dr. Brian Postl, the long-serving dean of health sciences and medicine at UM, shares his retirement reflections in the latest issue of RadyUM magazine, now posted online.
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UM researchers find racial disparities in patient care associated with inaccurate medical device
August 3, 2022 —
Dr. Barret Rush and Dr. Jennifer Ziegler have co-authored a study that has found critically ill Black, Asian and Hispanic patients receive less supplemental oxygen than white patients – a discrepancy associated with a flaw in the fingertip device used to measure oxygen in the blood
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Dr. Peter Nickerson appointed dean of health sciences and medicine
July 28, 2022 —
Dr. Peter Nickerson, a prominent physician and researcher in the field of organ transplantation, has been appointed dean of the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences and dean of the Max Rady College of Medicine at the University of Manitoba
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Dr. Marcia Anderson wins Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Excellence in Public Administration
July 19, 2022 —
The Institute of Public Administration of Canada Manitoba region has announced that Dr. Marcia Anderson is the winner of the 2022 Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Excellence in Public Administration.
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Federal research grants fuel discovery at UM medical college
July 15, 2022 —
The molecular mechanisms of the immune system and the intricate workings of the brain are two of the research areas in which professors from the Max Rady College of Medicine have secured recent federal funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
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Innovative UM research focuses on brain stimulation to improve benefits of cognitive behavioural therapy
July 11, 2022 —
The Winnipeg Foundation Innovation Fund has awarded a $100,000 grant to a University of Manitoba research team aiming to improve the benefits of cognitive behavioural therapy by combining it with non-invasive brain stimulation.
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UM study seeks participants for cognitive behaviour therapy studies
July 5, 2022 —
A University of Manitoba research team is looking for public safety workers and members of the general public to participate in studies that involve enrolling in a course designed to build resiliency and help improve mental health.
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UM neurosurgery resident receives CIHR fellowship to study brain injuries
July 4, 2022 —
Near the start of Dr. Alwyn Gomez’s residency training, he was on call when a young patient arrived with a traumatic brain injury after falling off a horse. Her family wanted to know how she was going to do. Gomez didn’t have the answer.





