Max Rady College of Medicine News Archive
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Global health citizen
April 14, 2021 —
As a renowned epidemiologist, Prabhat Jha [MD/88] leads massive research studies around the world, including projects in Sierra Leone, Ethiopia and India.
Faculty of Graduate Studies
3MT finals on April 21
April 13, 2021 —
Mark your calendars – the Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) final competition is coming up
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Connor Hellebuyck and Melanie MacKinnon named NHL’s Co-First Stars of the Week
April 12, 2021 —
The Winnipeg Jets, in conjunction with the National Hockey League, today announced that goaltender Connor Hellebuyck and the First Nations Pandemic Rapid Response Team’s Melanie MacKinnon have been named the NHL's Co-First Stars of the Week for the week ending April 11, 2021.
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Children less infectious than adults infected with COVID-19
April 9, 2021 —
Children may not be as infectious in spreading COVID-19 to others as previously thought, according to new University of Manitoba-led research in CMAJ Canadian Medical Association Journal.
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Interprofessional program addresses racism in health care
April 8, 2021 —
The Rady Faculty of Health Sciences’ Office of Interprofessional Collaboration focused on the topic of racism in health care when welcoming over 600 first-year students in a pair of virtual events that spanned four campuses and nine programs
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Rady Faculty secures $9.5 million in support for health research
April 1, 2021 —
Nineteen research projects led by professors from the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences have received a total of $9.5 million in grants from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
UM Café connects students with mentors
March 29, 2021 —
The pandemic may have put a dent in Starbucks visits but hasn’t stopped Rady Faculty of Health Sciences students and alumni from meeting over a virtual cup of coffee.
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Crohn’s and Colitis Canada launches a new project in partnership with UM
March 25, 2021 —
Aims to increase access to tailored mental health, diet and nutritional care for people living with inflammatory bowel disease
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
UM immunologist applies interferon expertise to COVID-19
March 22, 2021 —
New UM faculty member Dr. Deanna Santer is analyzing blood from COVID-19 patients who were treated with synthetic interferon lambda in a Toronto clinical trial.
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Two new Canada Research Chairs awarded prestigious Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowships
March 16, 2021 —
UM Canada Research Chairs Dr. Galen Wright and Dr. Britt Drögemöller, faculty members in the Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, were recently awarded a pair of one-year fellowships that will allow them to collaborate on neurogenomics and precision medicine with Stellenbosch University, South Africa.