Dr. Ryan Zarychanski News Archive
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.
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Doctors Manitoba Award winners share ties to UM medical college
March 10, 2023 —
The UM medical school is well represented on this year’s list of Doctors Manitoba Award winners.
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Pediatric and pregnancy clinical trials training network to launch
January 19, 2023 —
A scientist from the University of Manitoba has been awarded a national training network to help prepare the next generation of researchers to run clinical trials in the areas of pregnancy and pediatrics.
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Rady Faculty research projects receive $6.9-M in CIHR funding
November 28, 2022 —
Six studies led by Rady Faculty of Health Sciences researchers received nearly $7 million in funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).
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Canadian-led international study: Full-dose blood thinners benefit moderately ill COVID-19 patients
August 4, 2021 —
Collaborative international clinical trials testing full-dose anticoagulation with heparin (a blood thinner) in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 has found the treatment improves survival and reduces the need for vital organ support such as mechanical ventilation in moderately ill patients
Research and International
Hip to heparin
March 1, 2021 —
A University of Manitoba research team is emerging as a global leader in COVID-19 anticoagulation trials thanks to their innovative, global trial studying different types of heparin, an anticoagulant (blood thinning) and anti-inflammatory drug
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Full-dose blood thinners decreased need for life support and improved outcomes in hospitalized COVID-19 patients in international trial
January 22, 2021 —
Treatment expected to reduce the pressure in intensive care units around the world
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International trials of blood thinners in critically ill COVID-19 patients pause due to futility
December 22, 2020 —
Three clinical trial platforms working together to test the effects of full doses of anticoagulants (blood thinners) in COVID-19 patients have paused enrollment for one group of patients.
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
Study finds Hydroxychloroquine no better than placebo
June 3, 2020 —
A study published in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine has found that the drug hydroxychloroquine does not prevent infection from COVID-19.