college of pharmacy News Archive
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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Pharmacists play essential role in COVID-19 response
May 6, 2020 —
As front-line health-care professionals, many pharmacists are playing an important role in patient care during the COVID-19 pandemic in community pharmacies, hospitals and other health-care settings including long-term care.
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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Pharmacy graduate student to study medications in breast milk
May 4, 2020 —
College of Pharmacy graduate student Uma Yakandawala wants to dig deeper into patient values and preferences when it comes to medications and breast milk.
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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Early career UM pharmacy researcher wins CIHR award
April 29, 2020 —
Discovering how a reduction of blood flow to the brain may contribute to cognitive decline can help us better understand aging and the onset of dementia, according to CIHR award recipient Dr. Jillian Stobart
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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Resilient researchers continue important UM work from home during COVID-19 crisis
April 24, 2020 —
Cross-disciplinary initiatives and collaborations in order to find a solution
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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Rady students step up to help with COVID-19 response in Manitoba
April 6, 2020 —
Over 600 students across the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences have stepped up to assist with COVID-19 response efforts.
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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Pharmacy student-led study identifies link between IBD and substance use disorder
March 17, 2020 —
A new study published last month in the Oxford University Press Inflammatory Bowel Diseases journal has found that one in six persons with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) experience a substance use disorder in their lifetime.
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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
College of Pharmacy marks Pharmacist Awareness Month with full slate of events
March 11, 2020 —
March is Pharmacist Awareness Month and the Canadian Association of Pharmacy Students and Interns (CAPSI) and students from the College of Pharmacy are celebrating with a variety of activities and events.
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Martha Donovan awardees ‘exemplify leadership potential’ among women in Rady Faculty
January 21, 2020 —
Twelve women in the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences will have the opportunity to develop their leadership skills thanks to a newly established fund
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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
New scholarship honours influential figure in Canadian retail pharmacy
December 19, 2019 —
A new University of Manitoba scholarship has been established to honour one of the College of Pharmacy’s trailblazing alumni, Lori Fasano.
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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Interdisciplinary Innovation
December 17, 2019 —
Three interdisciplinary research projects have been chosen for grants in 2020, the final year of the Rady Innovation Fund