Dr. Adrian West News Archive

Research and International

Building a broken heart: UM researchers to create 3D bio-printed heart muscle

May 2, 2023 —
Researchers at the University of Manitoba and the Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba (CHRIM)have been awarded $250,000 over two years to advance cutting-edge three-dimensional (3D) bioprinting technology to create patient-specific heart models of those living with rare genetic diseases.

college of nursing, Dr. Adrian West, Dr. Brad Doble, Dr. Joseph Gordon, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, Research and International

Kristine Cowley received funding for the Human Spinal Cord Injury Research Centre for Health, Balance and Motor Control, which will -- among other things -- identify how neurons in the human spinal cord contribute to movement and how we can enhance this function after spinal cord injury.

$2.7-M investment from provincial and federal governments for new research infrastructure

March 3, 2017 —
'These investments will inspire a new generation of young explorers in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics'

civil engineering, Dr. Adrian West, Dr. Chuang Deng, Dr. Ian Jeffrey, Dr. Joseph Gordon, Dr. Katinka Stecina, Dr. Kristine Cowley, Dr. Peter Pelka, Dr. Qiuyan Yuan, Dr. Rebecca Davis, Dr. Sachin Katyal, electrical and computer engineering, Faculty of Science, mechanical engineering, Microbiology, Nursing, physiology, Price Faculty of Engineering, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, Research and International