medicine News Archive
![Portrait of Dr. Tanveer Sharif in his lab. He is wearing a lab coat. There is scientific equipment and bottles on the counter and on shelves behind him.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Sharif-Tanveer-150x150.jpg)
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
UM scientist develops innovative strategy to combat childhood brain cancer
May 2, 2023 —
A discovery made by a University of Manitoba researcher could lead to safer and more effective treatments for childhood brain cancer.
![Portrait of Dr. David Safronetz in his lab.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/UM-Today-Dave-Safaronetz-150x150.jpg)
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Rady Faculty scientist receives CIHR/CEPI Leadership Award for Excellence in Vaccine Research
April 26, 2023 —
Dr. David Safronetz is the recipient of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations Leadership Award for Excellence in Vaccine Research.
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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Max Rady College of Medicine celebrates 2023 CAME award winners
April 17, 2023 —
Congratulations to the 2023 CAME award winners from Max Rady College of Medicine!
![The partners pose for a photo. A banner behind them reads "Heart & Stroke" with its logo. Another banner behind them reads "University of Manitoba. Rady Faculty of Health Sciences" with UM logo.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/UM-Today-New-chair-announcement-1-150x150.jpg)
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
New chair funded by Heart & Stroke, Research Manitoba and UM to advance stroke research
April 13, 2023 —
Heart & Stroke, Research Manitoba and the University of Manitoba have partnered to fund a new UM research chair in neurological stroke.
![Keshav Narayan Alagarsamy gives his presentation. A banner behind him reads "Faculty of Graduate Studies" and umanitoba.ca/graduate-studies".](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/UM-Today-3MT-Keshav-Narayan-Alagarsamy-150x150.jpg)
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Rady grad students shine at Three Minute Thesis final
April 5, 2023 —
Three minutes isn’t much time to explain complex research and novel ideas, but a trio of Rady Faculty of Health Sciences graduate students excelled at presenting their work clearly and concisely in just 180 seconds.
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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Rady researcher to test new treatments for incurable brain cancers
March 31, 2023 —
A University of Manitoba researcher is bringing an international clinical trial to Canada to test new and promising treatments for people with low-survival brain cancers.
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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Family Medicine launches peer support program to combat physician burnout
March 30, 2023 —
New program hopes to help family physicians thrive, not just survive.
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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.
![Dr. Vidyanand Anaparti leans against a counter in a lab. He is wearing a white lab coat.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/UM-Today-Anaparti-Vidyanand-150x150.jpg)
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
UM scientist makes Arthritis Society Canada’s Top 10 Research Advances list again
March 2, 2023 —
A Rady Faculty of Health Sciences researcher might have found a way to predict how a person with early rheumatoid arthritis will respond to treatments based on a sample of their joint lining tissue and the discovery has made Arthritis Society Canada’s Top 10 Research Advances of 2022.
![Portrait of Dr. Ruth Ann Marrie.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/UM-Today-Ruth-Ann-Marrie-1-150x150.jpg)
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
UM researcher wins Barancik Prize for Innovation in MS Research
February 1, 2023 —
A University of Manitoba researcher is the recipient of the prestigious Barancik Prize for Innovation in Multiple Sclerosis Research.