Rady Faculty of Health Sciences News Archive
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Turning illness into art: PhD student uses art to transform chronic care
November 20, 2025 —
Most people wouldn’t think of art to address chronic illness. But for Jen Sebring, a PhD candidate at the College of Community and Global Health (CCGH) in the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, art became a powerful and thought-provoking tool to better understand and support those with chronic health conditions and disabilities.
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Classic 107: Manitoba doctor leads national shift toward restorative practices in health care
November 18, 2025 —
A Manitoban physician is leading the way across Canada in working towards getting everyone proper medical care, including those who have been discriminated against in the past. On top of being a physician, Dr. Jayson Stoffman (director, PGME academic curriculum; chair, PGME academic curriculum committee) is the program director for the pediatric residency program at the University of Manitoba.
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Discovery Days offers high schoolers opportunity to learn about careers in health sciences
November 18, 2025 —
Mariel Guarang is interested in becoming a nurse, so she signed up for the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame Discovery Days in Health Sciences held on the UM Bannatyne campus on November 13.
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Winnipeg Free Press: U of M chemist earns award for work on new drug candidate for treating Lou Gehrig’s disease
November 17, 2025 —
A University of Manitoba PhD candidate with a dramatic life story has been awarded the Mitacs Innovation Award for co-inventing an aspiring new drug candidate for treating amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), better known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, announced Monday.
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Grade 9 students explore health careers at Rady Faculty’s Take Our Kids to Work Day
November 17, 2025 —
50 students in Grade 9 participated in the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences’ Take Our Kids to Work Day on Nov. 5, 2025.
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New Rady grads encouraged to stay curious, inspire others
November 12, 2025 —
New graduates from the College of Rehabilitation Sciences and Master of Physician Assistant Studies (MPAS) program at the Max Rady College of Medicine celebrated at fall convocation Nov. 6 at Bannatyne campus.
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Women must be equitably included in health research, WISDOM speakers say
November 10, 2025 —
Women’s health continues to be negatively affected by the fact that most medical research is conducted on men, experts said at a recent UM symposium.
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CBC: Expert calling for Canada to have co-ordinated response to treat endometriosis
November 6, 2025 —
CBC's Faith Fundal spoke with Dr. Devon Evans, assistant professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences at UM, who is calling on the government to treat endometriosis as a national problem.
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Hard work pays off for dental hygiene, dentistry award recipients
November 4, 2025 —
Jasmeen Rai decided to make some changes to her study habits last year.
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Early-career Rady researchers awarded New Investigator grants
November 4, 2025 —
Five assistant professors from the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences are among 24 researchers who have received a total of nearly $1.8 million in New Investigator Operating Grants from Research Manitoba.