Sex workers, marginalization and health in Africa

Dr. Mario Pinto, Vice-President (Research and International) visits UM researchers and patient cohorts in Nairobi.

Sex workers, marginalization and health in Africa

March 27, 2024 —
UM researchers in Kenya partner with the University of Nairobi to address the spread of infectious diseases among sex worker and sexual minority communities.

Centre for Global Public Health, Dr. James Blanchard, Dr. Jason Kindrachuk, Dr. Joshua Kimani, Dr. Julie Lajoie, Dr. Keith Fowke, Dr. Leigh McClarty, Dr. Lyle McKinnon, Dr. Marissa Becker, Dr. Rob Lorway, Dr. Souradet Shaw, Max Rady College of Medicine, medical microbiology and infections diseases, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, Research and International

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Dr. Soheila Karimi holds a pipette and a jar. She is in her lab and is wearing gloves and a lab coat.

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.

college of nursing, Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry, Dr. Heather Armstrong, Dr. Keith Fowke, Dr. Nathan Nickel, Dr. Roberta Woodgate, Dr. Souradet Shaw, Dr. Tracie Afifi, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, Research and International

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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.

Biochemistry, Chemistry, Community Health Sciences, Dr. Andrew Halayko, Dr. Britt Drögemöller, Dr. Galen Wright, Dr. Heather Armstrong, Dr. James Blanchard, Dr. Janilyn Arsenio, Dr. Kathryn Sibley, Dr. Lisa Lix, Dr. Lorrie Kirshenbaum, Dr. Marcelo Urquia, Dr. Meghan Azad, Dr. Robert Lorway, Dr. Sabine Mai, Dr. Souradet Shaw, Dr. Susan Logue, Dr. Terry Klassen, Dr. Ties Boerma, Dr. Tracie Afifi, Dr. Zulma Rueda, electrical and computer engineering, Environment and Geography, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Education, Faculty of Science, Faculty of Science research, food and human nutritional sciences, Institute for Global Public Health, internal medicine, linguistics, Max Rady College of Medicine, mechanical engineering, medical microbiology, Pediatrics and Child Health, pharmacology and therapeutics, Physics and Astronomy, physiology, political studies, Price Faculty of Engineering, psychiatry, psychology, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, Research and International, Riddell Faculty, sociology

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Canada Research Chairs Symposium at Bannatyne campus

June 1, 2023 —
On June 19 the Canada Research Chair (CRC) Symposium returns to Bannatyne campus for the final presentation of the 2023 school year.

Community Health Sciences, Dr. Andrew Halayko, Dr. Colin Gilmore, Dr. James Blanchard, Dr. Marcelo Urquia, Dr. Souradet Shaw, electrical and computer engineering, Faculty of Arts, Max Rady College of Medicine, physiology, Price Faculty of Engineering, Research and International

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New project to look at ethics behind epidemiological tools to curb HIV transmissions

May 31, 2021 —
“Do these new powerful techniques for identifying transmission patterns represent a major breakthrough to effectively tackle HIV epidemics, or do they signify the emergence of a highly intrusive surveillance regime in HIV science?"

AIDS/HIV, Dr. Lyle McKinnon, Dr. Marissa Becker, Dr. Robert Lorway, Dr. Souradet Shaw, medical microbiology, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, Research and International

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