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Dr. Tom Colina poses in a dental operatory.

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‘Just a Dentist’

December 15, 2025 — 
When Tom Colina [DMD/89] became the first Filipino dentist to open a practice in Winnipeg in 1993, he didn’t see it as a significant milestone.

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Dr. Shannon McDonald smiling at the camera inside her home.

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Relationship & Respect

December 15, 2025 — 
The year was 1991. Dr. Shannon McDonald was working as a cashier at a Winnipeg grocery store when she made the life-changing decision to pursue a degree in medicine.

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Jen Sebring looks at a digital display showing a collage of participant-created artwork.

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CBC Weekend Morning Show: Patient artwork makes an “invisible” condition visible

December 14, 2025 — 
Jen Sebring, researcher at the University of Manitoba, tells host Nadia Kidwai why they turned to art to understand the experience of people living with functional neurological disorder.

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CBC: Die-off of hundreds of birds something Manitoba hasn’t experienced ‘at this scale’: biologist

December 12, 2025 — 
Dr. Hannah Wallace, lead research associate in the department of medical microbiology and infectious diseases at the University of Manitoba with expertise in viral immunology, said it is strange that after years of avian influenza circulating in North America there would be so many bird deaths at once. 

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Daryl Fediuk standing and smiling at the camera, with the Pfizer logo in background.

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Fit for Pharmacology

December 11, 2025 — 
What does it take to land a job at a high-profile pharmaceutical company like Pfizer? For Daryl Fediuk [B.Sc.(Pharm.)/03, PhD/12], it all started 24 years ago with a summer job in a UM lab.

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A person stands in front of collaged photos at a photography exhibit.

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Visionary Lens: An Educational Tool exhibit explores health education through art

December 10, 2025 — 
An exhibit featuring student photography that examines health and social issues took place on Dec. 2 on the Fort Garry campus.

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Dr. Britt Drogemoller points to a screen showing spatial maps of gene expression in a mouse brain.

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Honing in on Hearing Loss

December 10, 2025 — 
Dr. Britt Drögemöller's lab team is the first in the world to harness two kinds of unique large-scale data to develop a polygenic risk score for cisplatin-induced hearing loss.

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Edgar French speaks at a podium on Bannatyne campus.

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New Multi-faith Centre on Bannatyne campus welcomes people of all backgrounds

December 9, 2025 — 
A new space has opened on the Bannatyne campus for members of the Rady Faculty community to practise their faith, explore their spirituality, or simply pause and reflect.  

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A person using a handheld ultrasound probe on their wrist, imaging is shown on a tablet.

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Handheld ultrasound: The next stethoscope?

December 9, 2025 — 
The Rady Faculty of Health Sciences is expanding the use of point of care ultrasound (POCUS), a handheld imaging tool that allows clinicians to see inside the body in real time.

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Dr. Bob Schroth next to a banner that reads "Healthy Smile Happy Child." There are also more than 20 terms and words related to oral health on the banner.

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Primary Protector

December 9, 2025 — 
Making a difference in the lives of kids who face social and economic inequities drives Canada’s leading expert in early childhood oral health.

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