Pharmacy News Archive

March 9, 2015 — 
More than 220 faculty, staff and students attended the Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) Town Hall Feb. 27 at Bannatyne & Ft. Garry campuses to learn more about the new deanery and updates on the FHS sub-committee proposals.

February 12, 2015 — 
This week (Feb 8-14) is Heart Failure Awareness Week and faculty members from the University of Manitoba Faculty of Health Sciences are hard at work in St. Boniface Hospital’s Heart Failure Clinic providing inter-professional care and management to patients with this chronic disease.

February 5, 2015 — 
The Helen Glass Centre for Nursing on the Fort Garry campus became a simulated hospital ward on January 31 for students participating in the Interprofessional Education (IPE) Dayshift event.

February 3, 2015 — 
Dr. Mahmud is engaging in patient-oriented research to study the effects of medication such as Aspirin, in the prevention of cancer.

January 23, 2015 — 
The newly established Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) hosted its very own version of “Dragon’s Den” yesterday at the Bannatyne campus as part of the Forging our Future inaugural symposium.

January 21, 2015 — 
The landscape of health care is rapidly changing. Practitioners from different fields are finding new ways to work together to improve patient care. This shift is happening at the University of Manitoba. Working with the Manitoba Institute of Trades and Technology (MITT), students from Pharmacy, Social work, and Rehabilitation Sciences provided a presentation to Pharmacy Technician students, teaching the role of each practitioner within a Pulmonary Rehabilitation program.

December 3, 2014 — 
Emmanuel Ho, an assistant professor in the in the College of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences, has put together a collaborative team of researchers and graduate students focused on drug delivery and biomaterials. Much of their research is focused on the treatment and prevention of HIV/AIDs.

December 3, 2014 — 
Single-mom to get keys to her new house built by students

November 13, 2014 — 
The College of Pharmacy’s Drena Dunford is both an Instructor and a Canadian Diabetes Educator. The Canadian Diabetes Education Board certifies health care practitioners to promote the care and management of diabetes through teaching, patient care and continuing education.

October 14, 2014 — 
Manitobans now have access to more health-care professionals certified to administer flu vaccines