Dr. Marissa Becker News Archive
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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Study looks at sex work in conflict zone
January 12, 2017 —
CIHR funded study is designed to understand how the consequences of conflict, migration and disrupted health services affect risk in the context of HIV and other viruses.
![The Dec. 9, 2016 CIHR funding announcement.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/CIRH_web-150x150.jpg)
Federal government invests $10.2 million towards research through CIHR’s project grant program
December 17, 2016 —
Researchers to advance knowledge in areas such as Indigenous health, HIV, kidney transplants, and antimicrobial resistance
![Lindsay Aboud is seated, holding a village boy on her lap in Uganda.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/IMG_1004-150x150.jpg)
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Grad student with ‘heart for Africa’ finds riches in giving
December 16, 2016 —
Rady Faculty grad student and co-founder of charity Bridging Villages has raised about $30,000 since making her first volunteer aid trip to Uganda in 2014.
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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Bringing Evidence on Infectious Diseases into Practice
March 1, 2016 —
The University of Manitoba, a trailblazer in infectious disease research around the world, is now home to a national centre dedicated to improving public health practice and that will provide U of M students exciting new opportunities for training, research and collaboration.