Rady Faculty of Health Sciences News Archive
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.