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Master’s student Danish Malhotra

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

College of Pharmacy learners credit support for successes at Graduate Studies Celebration, Research Day

March 18, 2024 — 
At the recent College of Pharmacy celebration, students showcased how determination, coupled with support, propels them to unimaginable heights

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Nursing students in a lab setting wearing scrubs and virtual reality headsets and hand controls reach as they work in virtual environments. Other students in the background look at computer screens.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Step into a new reality in training health professionals with RadyVerse

March 13, 2024 — 
On Friday, March 15, the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences will showcase how it will be employing virtual reality (VR) and other cutting-edge technologies to educate and train the next generation of  health-care professionals. Faculty, staff and learners from across UM are invited to experience first-hand various VR and other scenarios at stations set up in Brodie Centre atrium, 727 McDermot Avenue, from 11:00 am – 3:00 pm at the RadyVerse launch event.

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Headshots of six Rady Faculty community members quoted in International Women's Day story.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Inspiring inclusion: Rady reflections on International Women’s Day

March 7, 2024 — 
This year’s International Women's Day theme is “Inspire Inclusion.” We asked members of UM’s Rady Faculty of Health Sciences community to reflect on this theme.

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A group of scientists in white lab coats.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Pharmacy researchers shed light on how the brain processes the sense of touch

March 6, 2024 — 
Insights could pave the way for new approaches to treating neurological disorders like schizophrenia.

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Dr. Tito Daodu speaks at a podium in the cover image of RadyUM magazine.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

New issue of RadyUM magazine marks medical college anniversary

March 1, 2024 — 
The cover story of the new issue of RadyUM magazine focuses on the Max Rady College of Medicine’s celebration of a milestone: its 140th anniversary.

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A boy around 12 years old checks an adult's blood pressure in a classroom setting.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Rady students showcase health careers to youth through CanU

February 20, 2024 — 
A team of volunteer students from the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences recently completed a program welcoming over 80 youth from across Winnipeg to explore health-care careers as part of an initiative through CanU, a Winnipeg-based charitable organization.

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Shweta Mital

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Costing out Care

January 31, 2024 — 
Dr. Shweta Mital, a new assistant professor at UM's College of Pharmacy, navigates the delicate balance between health care innovation and its associated costs.

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Portrait of Ashley Walus.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Open to Opportunity

January 10, 2024 — 
Pharmacy alum Ashley Walus emphasizes the value of saying, “yes.”

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Rady Faculty logo with snow and tree branch border

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Holiday messages from Rady Faculty deans

December 21, 2023 — 
I want to wish everyone in the Faculty of Health Sciences community a joyous and restful holiday season. We're in a transformational period in the faculty as we work together with the province to address workforce shortages and begin a generational expansion of our programs.

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A nursing student wears a virtual reality headset and holds virtual reality hand controllers.

Exploring virtual reality in teaching and learning

December 5, 2023 — 
One of the newer opportunities in simulation education is virtual reality, which provides opportunities to teach things like prioritization, problem solving, and clinical decision-making skills.

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