Dr. Thomas Murooka News Archive
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
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).
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
UM research teams awarded funding for cutting-edge equipment
March 2, 2022 —
The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) has invested $1.3 million in infrastructure support for six UM research teams, ensuring that the researchers have the equipment and technology they need to drive innovation in their fields
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
UM researchers investigate why being on a ventilator can damage organs
December 16, 2021 —
A UM research team is examining how being on a ventilator affects a patient’s vascular (circulatory) system, and how those effects may be connected to organ damage beyond the lungs.
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.
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
U of M researcher advancing HIV knowledge one cell at a time
August 16, 2019 —
Dr. Murooka is using his expertise in the study of how cells communicate with each other to advance the body of knowledge around HIV
New hope in AIDS research
July 18, 2019 —
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) has provided significant funding to two Rady Faculty of Health Sciences professors: Medical microbiologist Keith Fowke, and Obstetrics and Gynecology professor Adam Burgener
$9.7M investment in innovative health research
January 26, 2018 —
Manitoba researchers receive funding to study mental health, multiple sclerosis, Indigenous health, and more