Research and International News Archive
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UM assistant prof named Future Leader in Canadian Brain Research
September 21, 2023 —
Dr. Henry A. Dunn, an assistant professor in the department of pharmacology and therapeutics at the Max Rady College of Medicine within the University of Manitoba, is 1 of 28 recipients of the 2023 Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research (FLCBR) fund. This program provides funding of $100,000 to support innovative research focused on developing solutions to brain disorders and diseases including ALS, epilepsy and brain injuries.
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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Summer research program a learning experience for dental students
September 18, 2023 —
Sophie Chen is only halfway through the bachelor of science in dentistry (B.Sc. (Dent.) program and she’s already gained valuable skills and experience that will help her when she’s a practicing dentist.
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Faculty of Education
SSHRC Connections Grant given to academic faculty
September 15, 2023 —
Two academic faculty projects are funded through the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Connections Grant
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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Rady grad student profile: Deanne Nixie Miao seeks genetic clues to hearing loss caused by cancer drug
September 14, 2023 —
Master's student investigates how the drug cisplatin affects gene expression changes at the single-cell level in the inner ears of mice.
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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
UM health researchers receive more than $6.7 million in federal support
September 6, 2023 —
Health researchers at UM have been awarded more than $6.7 million in the latest round of project funding by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).
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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
UM-developed ‘smart glove’ offers hand therapy remotely
September 5, 2023 —
As part of an international scholarship, Silas Müller, a biomedical engineering student from Stuttgart, Germany, has spent the summer at the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences conducting validation testing on a new telerehabilitation tool that will help people who need physical therapy on their hands.
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Research and International
Four new Royal Society of Canada scholars named at UM
September 5, 2023 —
Four UM professors have been elected to the Royal Society of Canada (RSC), the country’s most esteemed association of scholars and scientists.
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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Rady grad student profile: Erwin Taguiam studies gene expression in tuberculosis and HIV co-infection
September 1, 2023 —
Erwin Taguiam’s research focuses on searching for a “signature” in blood that could potentially be used to quickly and easily detect TB in people living with HIV.
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Faculty of Architecture
Master of Landscape Architecture students win 2nd place at International poster competition
August 31, 2023 —
Master of Landscape Architecture students Matthew Glowacki and Gel Illagan have been awarded 2nd place in the international DLA 2023 Student Poster Competition. The competition has been part of the 24th Annual Digital Landscape Architecture Conference in Dessau, Germany. The theme of the competition was "Future Resilient Landscapes". Students were invited to showcase their work by submitting a poster presenting landscape architecture visualization techniques “fueled by experimental communication …, while exploring the boundaries of digital techniques in landscape architecture”. (Competition brief)
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Faculty of Graduate Studies
Four UM graduate students named Vanier Scholars
August 29, 2023 —
Students from the Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, and Faculty of Science are Vanier Scholars