Research and International News Archive
Discover: Skip the Gloom and Doom and Get Cracking on Solving Climate Change
February 10, 2020 —
Discover magazine interviewed professor Dorthe Dahl-Jensen
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
UM students bring video game rehab projects to India
February 10, 2020 —
A new collaboration between the University of Manitoba and SDM University in Dharwad, India is using computer games to enhance rehabilitation for children with Cerebral Palsy (CP) and acquired brain injuries in both Canada and India
Cities negatively altering mammal evolution
February 5, 2020 —
UM research finds that cities may be lowering mammals’ ability to evolve in response to changing environments
Mourning the loss of Dr. Francis Plummer, OC OM FRSC, (MD/76)
February 4, 2020 —
The University of Manitoba community is in mourning with the sad news that Dr. Francis Plummer, OC OM FRSC, (MD/76), a world renowned scientist, academic and HIV/AIDS researcher, has passed away at the age of 67.
Improving global health through breast milk
February 4, 2020 —
A $6.5 million grant has been awarded to a University of Manitoba researcher by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to establish a new global health initiative dedicated to breast milk: the International Milk Composition (IMiC) Consortium.
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Lower income alone predicts poorer health in Manitoba kids, study reveals
February 3, 2020 —
Study published in journal Pediatric Research finds strong association between lower income and health disadvantages in kids and teens
Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources
CEOS chair receives prize for Arctic climate research
January 30, 2020 —
The prize aims to put relevant issues for future Arctic development onto the national and international agenda
How social media is changing research and reactions to coronavirus outbreak
January 30, 2020 —
Social media platforms have allowed the rapid exchange of information — and sometimes misinformation
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Study to test potato product’s effects on chronic kidney disease
January 28, 2020 —
Manitoba clinical trial will investigate whether supplement derived from raw potatoes has measurable benefit
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
UM and University of Nairobi celebrate 40 years of high-impact collaboration
January 24, 2020 —
The University of Manitoba is marking the 40th anniversary of a research partnership with the University of Nairobi that has led to groundbreaking discoveries in the areas of HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections.