Research and International News Archive
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Meet Javad Alizadeh, one of five of UM’s 2020 Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship recipients.
June 22, 2020 —
UM Today caught up with Alizadeh to chat about how the Vanier Scholarship will support his research titled: The role of mitophagy and extracellular matrix (ECM) stiffness in the regulation of epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and subsequent metastasis in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) model.
Research and International
$10 million for discovery science
June 17, 2020 —
University of Manitoba scientists received a total of $10,667,861 over five years for 80 awards from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Discovery Grants Program.
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Study explores online misinformation around immune boosting and COVID-19
June 15, 2020 —
Dr. Christen Rachul is studying the spread of misinformation on the internet around claims of immune boosting to prevent COVID-19.
COVID-19: Lessons learned from viral outbreaks
June 12, 2020 —
What did health professionals learn about dealing with viral outbreaks from the Ebola epidemic of 2018?
Vote for Tyler Black in the Science Exposed photo contest
June 11, 2020 —
Public voting is open for the 2020 Science Exposed People’s Choice Award and Riddell graduate student Tyler Black needs your votes
Study finds Hydroxychloroquine no better than placebo
June 3, 2020 —
A study published in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine has found that the drug hydroxychloroquine does not prevent infection from COVID-19.
Hydroxychloroquine not effective in preventing the development of COVID-19 when used as post-exposure prophylaxis
June 3, 2020 —
This is the main conclusion of the first double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial of hydroxychloroquine for disease prevention to be completed.
Kids in care at high risk of trouble with the law: UM study
June 2, 2020 —
Spending time in the child welfare system is one of the strongest predictors of being charged with a youth crime, a new Manitoba study reveals
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Summer nursing researchers distanced but connected
June 1, 2020 —
The Manitoba Centre for Nursing Health Research (MCNHR) Summer Research Internship Program kicked-off its 10th year on May 11, with summer student research assistants working from home for the first time in the program’s history.
New paper sheds light on how Canadians are working right now
June 1, 2020 —
Two University of Manitoba economists have completed a empirical analysis of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Canadian workplace.