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Research and International

Heart Health and You

February 5, 2024 — 
On Wednesday February 28, 2024, leading researchers will share their insights into what you can do to protect your heart health at the UM Knowledge Exchange presentation Heart Health and You.

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Dr. Mandy Buss gestures while speaking at the 50th-anniversary gala of the department of family medicine.

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Widening the Path

February 1, 2024 — 
Dr. Mandy Buss, highly accomplished Métis physician and faculty member, doesn't think of herself as a trailblazer.

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In clinical setting, user is sitting on a bed with legs extended and one hand in frame. An avatar sits on a bed across from the user. Text in two boxes on screen reads: "Standard mode. Leg tracking. Slide forward/back. Current Exercise. Pump ankles. Rep# 1."

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The Winnipeg Foundation Innovation Fund supports cutting-edge projects

February 1, 2024 — 
Three interdisciplinary teams from the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences have received $100,000 grants from The Winnipeg Foundation Innovation Fund to pursue leading-edge research in the areas of heart disease, phantom limb pain and Huntington’s disease.

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Costing out Care

January 31, 2024 — 
Dr. Shweta Mital, a new assistant professor at UM's College of Pharmacy, navigates the delicate balance between health care innovation and its associated costs.

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Sandra Webber leans over a pickleball net, holding a racquet.

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Measuring Pickle Power

January 29, 2024 — 
Sandra Webber [BMRPT/90, M.Sc./96, PhD/10], a lifelong sports enthusiast, started playing the burgeoning sport of pickleball about five years ago. Now she’s on the court three or four times per week.

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Implant Investigator

January 25, 2024 — 
Alum Dr. Chrysi Stavropoulou is researching the role of bacteria and fungi in peri-implant diseases, aiming to improve treatments for the nearly 20 percent of people with dental implants facing issues.

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Portrait of Dr. Nathan Nickel in front of wooden shelves holding many reports.

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Power in the Data

January 24, 2024 — 
Dr. Nathan Nickel directs UM's Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, which boasts the richest data mine in Canada -- in fact, one of the richest in the world -- for population-based research.

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Tara Horrill and Joel Peasron in individual headshots.

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Canadian Cancer Society awards two UM emerging scholars

January 22, 2024 — 
Two researchers at the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences were among the winners of the Canadian Cancer Society’s 2023 Emerging Scholar Research Grants competition.

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Patient in a dental chair with their mouth open. Dr. Kim performs dental treatment while wearing white gloves and holding dental instruments.

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A Dream of Service

January 19, 2024 — 
When Aaron Kim [DMD/87] was in Grade 1, his teacher asked each student what they wanted to be when they grew up. He declared that he wanted to be a doctor to help people in Africa.

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Diana McMillan sitting outside the College of Nursing on a summer day.

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Sleep Scientist

January 18, 2024 — 
From a young age, Dr. Diana McMillan [MN/95] felt destined to work in health care.

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