college of rehabilitation sciences News Archive
![alumni sitting at tables in brodie atrium for dean's breakfast](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/homecoming-um-today-150x150.jpg)
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Welcome back to Rady Homecoming events!
September 22, 2022 —
The Rady Faculty of Health Sciences is pleased to welcome alumni back in person to campus to celebrate milestone reunions, university, faculty and college-wide events for UM Homecoming 2022, which takes place from September 21- 24, 2022. This year, 15 milestone class reunions from across Rady colleges are taking place!
![A female nursing student examines a lifelike manikin at the college of nursing's simulation lab.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Nursing-orientation-150x150.jpg)
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
In-person orientations excite new health sciences students
September 21, 2022 —
For the first time in three years, students at the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences were welcomed with in-person orientation events, rather than virtual meetings and tours.
![Dr. Amine Choukou looks into an open drawer in the smart suite kitchen.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/UM-Today_Smart_Suite_Opening_2022_20a-150x150.jpg)
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
New futuristic ‘smart suite’ places UM at forefront of innovative research and learning
September 16, 2022 —
A new high-tech “smart suite” model apartment, developed by the College of Rehabilitation Sciences, opened Sept. 14 at Health Sciences Centre.
![Rady Faculty of Health Sciences dean Peter Nickerson speaks at a media conference.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/CORS_Respiratory_Therapy_RT_Expansion_2022_07-150x150.jpg)
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Investment to increase class size for respiratory therapy
September 15, 2022 —
The respiratory therapy program at the College of Rehabilitation Sciences, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences will see a 20 per cent increase in its class size starting this fall to address a projected shortage of respiratory therapists in Manitoba.
![Student researchers Catherine Campos and Samantha Prokopich stand outside the Brodie Centre at Bannatyne campus.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Long-COVID-study-150x150.jpg)
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Long-COVID research for children limited, students find
August 30, 2022 —
Two undergraduate student researchers at the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences say more study is needed on the long-term effects of COVID on children.
![Cover of Summer 2022 issue of RadyUM magazine, showing Dr. Brian Postl giving a checkup to a baby.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/radyum-summer2022-grey-150x150.jpg)
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.
![Dr. Peter Nickerson.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Peter-Nickerson-1-150x150.jpg)
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
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
![An elderly gentleman wearing a VR headset while sitting in a wheelchair in a nursing home.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/iStock-1306090790-150x150.jpg)
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
OT Symposium highlights occupational therapy research
July 8, 2022 —
Second-year master of occupational therapy students at the College of Rehabilitation Sciences, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences showcased their research projects at an online symposium June 22. The 2022 Critical Inquiry Research Project Symposium featured 17 presentations from 47 students with topics ranging from technology solutions for people with disabilities to addressing racism in health care education.
![Dr. Brian Postl tries on a hat presented by Melanie MacKinnon on stage at his retirement celebration.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/MacKinnon-presents-gifts-to-Postl-150x150.jpg)
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Tributes flow at retirement celebration for Dean Brian Postl
June 30, 2022 —
The longtime dean of medicine and health sciences at UM was praised at his retirement celebration as an influential leader who has advanced equity and brought about transformative change
![A student demonstrates physical therapy exercises in front of a computer equipped with a webcam.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/IMG_3935-150x150.jpg)
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Tele-rehabilitation enables virtual physio, outreach beyond perimeter
June 28, 2022 —
As part of a new collaboration called Rural Rehabilitation Outreach, the College of Rehabilitation Sciences, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences moved its Physical Therapy Neuro Rehab Clinic from UM’s Bannatyne Campus to Riverview Health Centre on April 11.