Rady Faculty of Health Sciences News Archive
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
MN student researches trans health education, teaching: ‘Gender-affirming care is beneficial for everyone’
August 19, 2022 —
MN student hopes hoping their thesis research will lead to more comprehensive education around intersectional gender -affirming care and trans health in health-care programs.
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
UM pharmacy students win leadership positions on national executive board
August 17, 2022 —
Three College of Pharmacy students hold leadership roles on this year’s Canadian Association of Pharmacy Students and Interns’ (CAPSI) executive, the first time UM has been so strongly represented on the board.
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
UM researchers to develop COVID-19 resources related to kids coming to Emergency
August 15, 2022 —
A University of Manitoba project aimed at providing emergency department health-care professionals with the latest information about conditions related to COVID-19 and children has received more than $433,000 from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Rady PhD candidate working to enrich ERs
August 12, 2022 —
After working as an emergency nurse around the world for nearly 15 years, it became clear to Sarah Filiatreault is now researching how to best enhance emergency department care.
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
UM study focuses on impact of COVID-19 pandemic on cancer care in Manitoba
August 11, 2022 —
A University of Manitoba study focused on understanding the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on cancer care in Manitoba has received more than $439,000 from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
PhD student chosen to network with Nobel laureates
August 9, 2022 —
UM's Diane Tshikudi will join award-winning scientists from around the world in Germany next June to attend the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting.
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Longtime dean of health sciences featured in new issue of RadyUM
August 5, 2022 —
Dr. Brian Postl, the long-serving dean of health sciences and medicine at UM, shares his retirement reflections in the latest issue of RadyUM magazine, now posted online.
New research collaboration aims to better understand COVID variants
August 4, 2022 —
COVID-19 variants will continue to affect the global population until more solutions are found to limit transmission, and two University of Manitoba researchers are working on strategic projects that will help do just that
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
UM researchers find racial disparities in patient care associated with inaccurate medical device
August 3, 2022 —
Dr. Barret Rush and Dr. Jennifer Ziegler have co-authored a study that has found critically ill Black, Asian and Hispanic patients receive less supplemental oxygen than white patients – a discrepancy associated with a flaw in the fingertip device used to measure oxygen in the blood
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Dr. Peter Nickerson appointed dean of health sciences and medicine
July 28, 2022 —
Dr. Peter Nickerson, a prominent physician and researcher in the field of organ transplantation, has been appointed dean of the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences and dean of the Max Rady College of Medicine at the University of Manitoba