Research and International News Archive
Federal budget 2021: More is needed to break the poverty cycle
April 21, 2021 —
'After birth, adverse childhood experiences — including poverty — can lead to a wide range of challenges later in life'
RAS project top 5 ‘fun facts’
April 21, 2021 —
Changes to how graduate students, faculty, and research staff will go about their work.
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
No link between epidurals during labour and autism in children, study finds
April 19, 2021 —
Receiving an epidural for pain relief in labour does not increase the child’s risk of autism spectrum disorder, a UM study shows. The findings contradict those of a widely criticized California study.
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
UM researchers develop handheld test for chronic kidney disease
April 16, 2021 —
Researchers at the University of Manitoba have developed a credit card-sized device to test for chronic kidney disease so compact and inexpensive that patients will be able to take the test at home. Test results would be available in just five minutes from a handheld device, called the Microfluidic Albumin Testing Lab on Chip (MATLOC).
Asper School of Business
ADHD and Entrepreneurship
April 15, 2021 —
Paper addressing the relationship between attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and entrepreneurship published in Journal of Business Venturing
Gluten-free diet is expensive, socially challenging for those with celiac disease and wheat allergy
April 14, 2021 —
People who have a gluten-related disorder such as the autoimmune condition celiac disease, non-celiac gluten sensitivity or wheat allergy have no option but to completely exclude gluten in their diet
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Global health citizen
April 14, 2021 —
As a renowned epidemiologist, Prabhat Jha [MD/88] leads massive research studies around the world, including projects in Sierra Leone, Ethiopia and India.
Why words matter: The negative impacts of racial microaggressions on Indigenous and other racialized people
April 13, 2021 —
Microaggressions may seem small or 'micro,' but as incessant forms of racism, they can have big impacts on mental health, physical health and social life
Faculty of Science
UM mathematicians at the forefront of infectious disease modelling
April 9, 2021 —
UM researchers: Drs. Julien Arino, Stéphanie Portet, and Kang-Ling Liao, (mathematics) are part of a $10 million-dollar investment in Emerging Infectious Diseases Modeling established between the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council and the Public Health Agency of Canada. The funding supports five multidisciplinary infectious disease modelling networks, that will significantly improve the coordination of infectious disease modelling to help Canada better respond to future public health threats.
Faculty of Science
Ph.D. student Daniel Rea wins Bill Buxton Dissertation Award
April 9, 2021 —
Daniel Rea received the Award for the 2020 doctoral dissertation, “Now You’re Teleoperating with Power: learning from video games to improve teleoperation interfaces,” completed under the supervision of Dr. Jim Young in the UM Human-Computer Interaction Lab (HCI).