Research and International News Archive
Breastfeeding is recommended during pandemic, but coronavirus has changed support systems
May 8, 2020 —
The COVID-19 pandemic is causing health-care providers to change the way they support breastfeeding mothers
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Pharmacy graduate student to study medications in breast milk
May 4, 2020 —
College of Pharmacy graduate student Uma Yakandawala wants to dig deeper into patient values and preferences when it comes to medications and breast milk.
Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
Food chemist recognized for outstanding research
May 3, 2020 —
Michael Eskin, Department of Food and Human Nutritional Sciences, has been named the 2020 recipient of the Supelco AOCS (American Oil Chemists Society) Research Award.
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
National chair at UM supports research on gender differences in respiratory health
April 27, 2020 —
Immunologist Dr. Neeloffer Mookherjee has been awarded a prestigious, four-year funded position as Canada’s first Sex and Gender Science Chair in Circulatory and Respiratory Health.
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Resilient researchers continue important UM work from home during COVID-19 crisis
April 24, 2020 —
Cross-disciplinary initiatives and collaborations in order to find a solution
Government steps up to support students through COVID crisis
April 23, 2020 —
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau unveiled the government’s comprehensive support for post-secondary students and recent graduates.
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
UM research team helps develop experimental drug to prevent cardiac damage in cancer patients
April 23, 2020 —
A collaborative study has found that an experimental drug may help prevent cardiac damage resulting from a drug used to treat many types of cancer.
Aging adults’ experience during COVID-19
April 22, 2020 —
This collaborative research project will examine the experiences of older adults during the coronavirus pandemic, exploring how they cope, the impacts on their physical and mental health, and changes to how they access health-care services.
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Early career researchers awarded CIHR fellowships for patient-oriented research
April 22, 2020 —
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) recently awarded fellowships to two Rady Faculty of Health Sciences researchers as part of a newly launched Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research (SPOR) – Transition to Leadership program.
Living in the High Arctic, UM researcher didn’t know COVID’s scope
April 20, 2020 —
Coming back from a world of complete darkness into a world fighting a pandemic.