Rady Faculty of Health Sciences News Archive
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Applications open for Rady student work experience opportunity in Africa
April 12, 2022 —
Undergraduate students from health professional programs at the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences now have an opportunity to apply for a fully funded two-to-three month experiential learning placement in one of seven African countries.
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A voice for youth and families
April 12, 2022 —
Dr. Roberta Woodgate believes young people’s voices have been overlooked in the past and is looking to amplify their voice when it comes to their care.
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New course to explore health care and research with Indigenous focus
April 11, 2022 —
The College of Nursing, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences is offering a new course for the summer term that will explore health care and research from Indigenous worldviews and experiences. The course is open to all UM graduate students.
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National research funder taking steps toward equity, speaker says
April 8, 2022 —
Canada’s federal funding agency for health research is taking action to achieve equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) in how it distributes funding, Dr. Charu Kaushic, scientific director of the CIHR Institute of Infection and Immunitysaid in a recent UM presentation.
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7 Rady Faculty students make 3MT finals
April 7, 2022 —
Seven of the 12 finalists in the University of Manitoba’s Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition are Rady Faculty of Health Sciences graduate students. The participants will be competing in the final tonight (April 7, 2022) at 7 p.m.
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Rady researchers to develop ‘placenta on a chip’ and living lab platform
April 5, 2022 —
Two Rady Faculty of Health Sciences faculty members and researchers at the Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba (CHRIM) were recently awarded New Investigator Research Grants from the Sick Kids Foundation, a national health education group, and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health.
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Panelists to health professionals: See every person as whole person, not just their disability
April 4, 2022 —
People with disabilities often avoid going to hospital or doctors’ offices because those areas are not equipped to address “non-conformist” bodies and minds, said Nancy Hansen, director of UM’s interdisciplinary master’s program in disability studies, at a recent panel discussion on ableism in health care.
Innovative research receives funding
April 4, 2022 —
UM researchers have received more than $1.2M through the New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF), the Government of Canada announced
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All 8 Doctors Manitoba Award recipients have Rady Faculty connections
April 1, 2022 —
Winners of the 2022 Doctors Manitoba Awards have been announced and all eight of the recipients are connected to the Max Rady College of Medicine, and six are alumni
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Health research projects receive $31M in federal funding
March 31, 2022 —
CIHR announces investment to provide new training and development opportunities for early career researchers and trainees across Canada; faculty members from Rady Faculty of Health Sciences playing roles in projects funded through the new initiative