COVID-19 outreach and research News Archive
CBC: Mix of health-care providers help long COVID patients as researchers work to understand condition
June 2, 2022 —
Long COVID 'has significant impact on both patients … and health-care providers,' researcher says
Research and International
For people who exercise in groups, ‘we’ has benefits — but don’t lose sight of ‘me’
April 29, 2022 —
If you are looking to support your exercise routine and stay flexible in the face of challenges, having a sense of “we” is great, but don’t lose sight of your sense of “me.”
Winnipeg Free Press: A ‘remarkable physician leader’
April 18, 2022 —
Dr. Marcia Anderson celebrated for her service to Indigenous people and other communities
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
UM researchers advocate for long-COVID rehabilitation support
February 7, 2022 —
A group of researchers from the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences is working to address the growing need to provide proper care to Manitobans living with long COVID. Long COVID is a condition that affects people beyond their initial COVID-19 infection.
Screaming into the void? Us too. Coping tips for stressed-out families in the COVID-19 pandemic
January 28, 2022 —
'Strategies for taking back control when you dread the challenging day ahead'
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
One year since Manitoba’s first COVID-19 vaccine given on Bannatyne campus
December 17, 2021 —
More than 2.2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been given to Manitobans over the past year, and it all started on the University of Manitoba’s Bannatyne campus
CBC: Manitoba kids under age of 6 part of clinical trial for Moderna’s pediatric COVID-19 vaccine
December 17, 2021 —
Roughly 20 Manitoba kids involved in study to see how pediatric vaccine works in children as young as 6 months
Global News: University of Manitoba team receives $202,000 grant to study ‘long COVID’
November 16, 2021 —
'This (study) is about understanding what’s coming in the next six months to years around what our health system will face the more these people who have had COVID infection may go on to long COVID'
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
UM teams to research under-studied aspects of COVID-19
November 8, 2021 —
Two Max Rady College of Medicine studies focused on COVID-19 have received funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Research and International
Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women: Melanie MacKinnon
October 25, 2021 —
Healthcare innovator whose leadership has helped save lives during the COVID-19 pandemic