Dr. Nathan Nickel News Archive
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Rady Faculty researchers receive more than $8.3 million in CIHR funding
February 9, 2024 —
Researchers from the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences have been awarded more than $8.3 million in the latest round of Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) project funding.
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Power in the Data
January 24, 2024 —
Dr. Nathan Nickel directs UM's Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, which boasts the richest data mine in Canada -- in fact, one of the richest in the world -- for population-based research.
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.
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Rise in Manitoba meth use seen in soaring rate of ER visits, paramedic calls
November 9, 2020 —
The number of Manitobans whose methamphetamine use brings them into contact with the health-care system is climbing dramatically, a University of Manitoba study shows
New funding for UM COVID-19 research
June 25, 2020 —
Six University of Manitoba researchers and their teams have received $7.5 million in federal and provincial funding to investigate a range of impacts of the virus on specific populations
Kids in care at high risk of trouble with the law: UM study
June 2, 2020 —
Spending time in the child welfare system is one of the strongest predictors of being charged with a youth crime, a new Manitoba study reveals
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.
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
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Study reduces racial inequities in breastfeeding rates
February 5, 2019 —
Lessons learned from a study that reduced racial inequities in breastfeeding rates in the southern United States can be applied in Canada, according to a U of M researcher
CBC: Future 40 Under 40
November 19, 2018 —
CBC is doing its annual Future 40 under 40 and like always, U of M community members are a part of it.