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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Rady roundup: Memorable Rady Faculty stories of 2025

December 23, 2025 — 
From groundbreaking research to community impact, here are 10 news highlights from the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences this year. 

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Dr. Madeline Burghardt looks through artifacts from the Manitoba Developmental Centre.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Transforming Trauma

December 23, 2025 — 
Dr. Madeline Burghardt never expected to become an arts-based researcher. But the demands of specific projects have changed her perspective.

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Dean Nickerson speaking in his office frames with sparkling snow

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Holiday message from the Rady Faculty deans

December 16, 2025 — 
Season's Greetings, everyone, and congratulations on all the hard work you have put in this year across the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences.

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Cherie Murie stands near a river surrounded by trees.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Northern Therapy

December 8, 2025 — 
Growing up in Winnipeg’s St. James neighbourhood, Cherie Murie [MOT/08] never imagined that she would spend her life working in the north. But after a fieldwork placement in Thompson as an occupational therapy (OT) student, she took a position in the northern Manitoba city and has not looked back for the past 16 years.

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Jithan Sreedharan stands in a hallway at the College of Rehabilitation Sciences.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

New respiratory therapy head brings global vision

December 4, 2025 — 
The new head of the respiratory therapy (RT) department at the College of Rehabilitation Sciences, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences comes with a unique distinction – he’s been recognized by the American Association for Respiratory Care as the first person in the world to hold three degrees in RT, including a PhD. 

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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Exploring graduate studies in the Rady Faculty

November 21, 2025 — 
The annual Graduate Studies Open House on UM’s Bannatyne campus explored graduate program opportunities in the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences.

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Group of students in a classroom using microscopes.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Grade 9 students explore health careers at Rady Faculty’s Take Our Kids to Work Day

November 17, 2025 — 
50 students in Grade 9 participated in the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences’ Take Our Kids to Work Day on Nov. 5, 2025.

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Graduands seated for convocation at Bannatyne campus. University of Manitoba president Michael Benarroch addresses them from the stage.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

New Rady grads encouraged to stay curious, inspire others

November 12, 2025 — 
New graduates from the College of Rehabilitation Sciences and Master of Physician Assistant Studies (MPAS) program at the Max Rady College of Medicine celebrated at fall convocation Nov. 6 at Bannatyne campus. 

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Kaitlin Reilly wearing a University of Manitoba shirt and nametag at Fort Garry campus.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Respiratory therapy student looks at effects of vaping on lung capacity

November 4, 2025 — 
What are the dangers of vaping, especially on young people? Third-year respiratory therapy student Kaitlin Reilly received a UM undergraduate research award to work on a project this summer on the effects of e-cigarettes and vaping. 

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Six students stand while engaging with a Standardized Patient on the left and a facilitator on the right. In the background, other students are seated and observing the interaction.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Interprofessional Rady Faculty student event highlights collaboration across health-care disciplines

October 28, 2025 — 
Simulation labs at the University of Manitoba’s Bannatyne campus were packed with students from the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences on Oct. 16 for an interprofessional education event aimed at fostering collaboration across health-care disciplines.

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