medicine News Archive
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
UM to welcome new medical students at White Coat Ceremony
August 24, 2022 —
When first-year University of Manitoba medical students don their white coats at this year’s Inaugural Day Exercises and White Coat Ceremony on Wednesday, Aug. 24, the learners from a cross-section of ethnic, cultural and socio-economic backgrounds will begin their journey to becoming doctors
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
UM researchers to develop COVID-19 resources related to kids coming to Emergency
August 15, 2022 —
A University of Manitoba project aimed at providing emergency department health-care professionals with the latest information about conditions related to COVID-19 and children has received more than $433,000 from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
UM study focuses on impact of COVID-19 pandemic on cancer care in Manitoba
August 11, 2022 —
A University of Manitoba study focused on understanding the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on cancer care in Manitoba has received more than $439,000 from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Neuroscientist thrives in faculty role as researcher, teacher, mentor
August 10, 2022 —
Alumna helps shape the minds of future researchers and pharmacists while advancing the field of neuroscience
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Innovative UM research focuses on brain stimulation to improve benefits of cognitive behavioural therapy
July 11, 2022 —
The Winnipeg Foundation Innovation Fund has awarded a $100,000 grant to a University of Manitoba research team aiming to improve the benefits of cognitive behavioural therapy by combining it with non-invasive brain stimulation.
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
UM study seeks participants for cognitive behaviour therapy studies
July 5, 2022 —
A University of Manitoba research team is looking for public safety workers and members of the general public to participate in studies that involve enrolling in a course designed to build resiliency and help improve mental health.
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
UM neurosurgery resident receives CIHR fellowship to study brain injuries
July 4, 2022 —
Near the start of Dr. Alwyn Gomez’s residency training, he was on call when a young patient arrived with a traumatic brain injury after falling off a horse. Her family wanted to know how she was going to do. Gomez didn’t have the answer.
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
UM study finds living near trails reduces risk for heart disease
June 7, 2022 —
A University of Manitoba-led study found that living close to a trail used for walking, running and cycling leads to an eight per cent reduction in the risk factors for heart disease
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Newest Manitoba health-care professionals set to graduate
May 18, 2022 —
Manitoba’s newest health professionals will graduate on Thursday, May 19, 2022, at the University of Manitoba’s Bannatyne campus convocation ceremonies
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Advancing Antimicrobials
May 2, 2022 —
What Dr. Kangmin Duan studies is microscopic, but the problem he’s working on is colossal.