Research and International News Archive
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Research and International
Meet Zulma Rueda, the new UM Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Sexually Transmitted Infection – Resistance and Control
December 16, 2020 —
Studying the biomarkers for latent TB infection in HIV populations
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UM assisting Shared Health for first doses of COVID-19 vaccine in Manitoba
December 16, 2020 —
The first Manitobans to get the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine are receiving them at the UM Rady Faculty of Health Sciences today.
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Faculty of Science
My, What Big Teeth You Have!
December 15, 2020 —
Research by Sean Johnson-Bice, a PhD student in the Department of Biological explains how wolf attacks on beavers are altering the very landscape of a national park.
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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
UM study discovers new targets for MS treatment and potential early disease marker
December 14, 2020 —
UM researchers have discovered that a specific protein has the potential to be used as a treatment for multiple sclerosis (MS) and could one day predict whether someone may develop the disease
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Trench fever found among urban people who are homeless
December 7, 2020 —
A disease common during the First World War, trench fever, has been found in some urban populations experiencing homelessness in Canada
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Three UM researchers among most powerful women in Canada
December 1, 2020 —
Drs. Meghan Azad, Sara Israels and Soheila Karimi at the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences are receiving the honour in three categories
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Light pollution altering avian migration, UM study finds
December 1, 2020 —
UM study is the first to show that artificial light at night impacts the timing of spring migration