Dr. Meghan Azad News Archive
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Research and International
Dr. Meghan Azad Receives Prestigious 2024 Canada Gairdner Award
April 11, 2024 —
Dr. Meghan Azad is a renowned research leader in infant nutrition recognized with the prestigious 2024 Gairdner Momentum Award.
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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Marking 140 years of health research impact
November 17, 2023 —
The Max Rady College of Medicine at UM is marking a milestone. It’s been 140 years since it was founded in 1883 as the Manitoba Medical College, Western Canada’s first medical school.
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Research and International
Six-part Canada Research Chair Symposium concludes, showcasing groundbreaking researchers
June 26, 2023 —
Last week concluded the six-part Canada Research Chair (CRC) Symposium at UM.
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Dr. Meghan Azad presented with 2022 Steacie Prize
April 3, 2023 —
Dr. Meghan Azad of the department of pediatrics and child health in the Max Rady College of Medicine is the 2022 recipient of the prestigious Steacie Prize – one of Canada’s most coveted awards for researchers 40 years or younger.
![Drs. Meghan Azad, Sara Israels and Soheila Karimi](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/WXN-Womens-Top-100-2020_1200x800All3_FNL-150x150.jpg)
Three UM researchers among most powerful women in Canada
December 1, 2020 —
Drs. Meghan Azad, Sara Israels and Soheila Karimi at the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences are receiving the honour in three categories
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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Pharmacy graduate student to study medications in breast milk
May 4, 2020 —
College of Pharmacy graduate student Uma Yakandawala wants to dig deeper into patient values and preferences when it comes to medications and breast milk.
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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
UM-led projects receive $4M in CIHR funding to discover role of microbiome in cervical cancer, asthma
February 28, 2020 —
A pair of University of Manitoba-led projects were each awarded $2 million in funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research’s (CIHR) Canadian Microbiome Initiative 2 to study the microbiome in cervical cancer and the microbial causes of asthma.
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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Health research projects receive federal funding
February 11, 2020 —
Eight research projects in the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences have received project grants from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, totalling $3.8 million in support
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Research and International
Seven U of M research projects funded by CFI
March 14, 2019 —
More than $1.1 million in support of seven U of M research projects in areas such as disease, food processing and supercomputers
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Six new and renewed Canada Research Chairs
May 31, 2018 —
Four new CRCs have been awarded to U of M professors and another two have been renewed