medicine News Archive
![Dr. Frank Plummer poses for the photo in a lab. He is wearing a white coat.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/PLUMMER_Frank-150x150.jpg)
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.
![Dr. Jake Pyne speaks at a lectern.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/UM-Today-Queer-Health-Symposium-1-150x150.jpg)
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
First Queer Health Symposium held at Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
November 6, 2023 —
The first-ever symposium at the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences focused on queer health recently took place on the Bannatyne campus.
![Guneet Uppal and Diana Prince pose for a photo. File folders are on shelves behind them.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/UM-Today-B.Sc_.-Med.-4-150x150.jpg)
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
B.Sc. (Med.) program provides students with valuable research experience
October 30, 2023 —
Meeting like-minded people was one of the reasons Guneet Uppal took part in the bachelor of science in medicine (B.Sc. (Med.) program.
![Five MPAS students wearing white coats and stethoscopes are sitting in chairs. A crowd of people is sitting behind them.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/UM-Today-MPAS-1-150x150.jpg)
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
New MPAS students aim to make positive impact
September 7, 2023 —
Angel Sen was about to tear up when she received her stethoscope during the Master of Physician Assistant Studies’ (MPAS) Inaugural Exercises.
![10 medical students stand on stage wearing white coats. Faculty members and special guests stand behind the students.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/UM-Today-Class-of-2027-white-coats-edited-for-UM-Today-150x150.jpg)
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
‘Be the future that we need,’ physician urges new UM medical students
August 24, 2023 —
This year’s new medical students at UM have lived through the struggles of a pandemic. But they still show a passionate drive to care for others, a prominent Manitoba physician said at the students’ official welcome ceremony on Aug. 23.
![Portrait of Khushali Trivedi in a lab. She is wearing a lab coat. She is holding a pen and a note book is on the counter.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/UM-Today-Khushali-Trivedi-150x150.jpg)
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Rady grad student profile: Khushali Trivedi aims to be role model
August 14, 2023 —
Khushali Trivedi is focused on understanding if a particular protein plays a role in the development of gestational diabetes, one of the most common types of complications that occurs during pregnancy.
![Portrait of Dr. Grant Pierce. In the background is the St. Boniface Hospital logo and it reads "Hopital St-Boniface Hospital, Recherche, Research," and "Foundation."](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/UM-Today-Dr.-Grant-Pierce-1-150x150.jpg)
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
UM distinguished professor in Rady appointed to Order of Canada
July 6, 2023 —
Dr. Grant Pierce was appointed Member of the Order of Canada for his contributions as a distinguished professor of physiology and pathophysiology at the Max Rady College of Medicine and for identifying the value of foods like flaxseed in the prevention of cardiovascular disease.
![Three students wearing graduation caps, gowns and lilac coloured diploma in dental hygiene stoles. One student holds a smartphone and takes a selfie with the other two students.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Students-taking-selfie-Convocation-Bannatyne-22-74850166-150x150.jpg)
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Newest Manitoba health-care professionals set to graduate
May 17, 2023 —
Manitoba’s newest physicians, dentists, dental hygienists and pharmacists will graduate on May 18, 2023, at the University of Manitoba’s Bannatyne campus convocation ceremonies.
![Four people sit at a round table. Drs. François and Jacobsen sit at another round table. Dr. Doupe stands at a lectern.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/IMG_8306-150x150.jpg)
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Norwegians in Manitoba to learn about province’s older adult care
May 11, 2023 —
A group of health-care researchers, professionals, students and decision-makers from Norway are in Winnipeg this week to learn how older adults are cared for in Manitoba.
![Three students sit at a table and another student is standing as they pose for a photo. Food is on their plates.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/UM-Today-Iftar-1-150x150.jpg)
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Ramadan event brings medical professionals together
May 9, 2023 —
A group of Muslim medical students, residents and physicians gathered on the Bannatyne campus last month to break their fast during Ramadan.