Research and International News Archive
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Faculty of Graduate Studies
Meet Vanier Scholar Deirdre Khan
September 20, 2017 —
To this day, an incident from kindergarten involving a unicorn and a witch deeply bothers her
![Dr. Charles Bernstein](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Bernstein_WEB-150x150.jpg)
Researchers funded to improve lives of chronic disease patients
September 19, 2017 —
Four research teams have received funding for studies investigating kidney disease, diabetes, children’s brain development and inflammatory bowel disease
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Dr. Henry G. Friesen appointed Distinguished Fellow of CAHS
September 19, 2017 —
Canadian Academy of Health Sciences has announced that Henry G. Friesen has been appointed a Distinguished Fellow, the highest honour awarded by the Academy
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ResearchLIFE – A glimpse at our future
September 18, 2017 —
Get behind these historic lab doors and explore cutting edge research being done now right here in Manitoba in the summer issue of ResearchLIFE magazine
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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Patient education
September 18, 2017 —
Family Medicine researcher Gayle Halas explores patient engagement with educational health information.
![Researcher Julie Ho in her lab](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/1J0A4461-150x150.jpg)
Improving kidney transplant outcomes
September 18, 2017 —
Research into changing the current standard of care for monitoring kidney transplant patients and potentially increasing the longevity of successful kidney transplants
![Sakib Rahman, a second year PhD student with Mammei in the clean lab. // Photo by David Lipnowski](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Physics_FEATURE_WEB-150x150.jpg)
Big plans for going small
September 15, 2017 —
Juliette Mammei does research on fundamental symmetries in subatomic nuclear and particle physics. She is seeking answers to one of the world’s most fundamental questions: "What are we made of?"
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Where creativity thrives
September 15, 2017 —
How many ‘kernels of perfect purity’ have been created at, inspired by or encouraged by the University of Manitoba in its 140 year history?
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Brain researcher inducted into Canadian Academy of Health Sciences
September 14, 2017 —
University of Manitoba professor and alumnus Marc Del Bigio was inducted as a Fellow into the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS) at a ceremony on Sept. 14
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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Study: Eating peanut while breastfeeding and early peanut introduction may help protect against peanut allergy in children
September 14, 2017 —
A new study suggests that infants whose mothers ate peanut while breastfeeding, and who are introduced to peanut by 12 months, may have a lower risk of developing a peanut allergy later in childhood.