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Meet Kristine Cowley, the new UM Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Function and Health after Spinal Cord Injury.

December 16, 2020 — 
Increasing health, function and life quality after spinal cord injury

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Eleven new Canada Research Chairs awarded to UM faculty

December 16, 2020 — 
New CRC research explores a range of health, social and science fields

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Research and International News

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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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences News

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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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences News

First Nations children face large gaps in health, well-being compared to other Manitoba kids

December 9, 2020 — 
The health and well-being of First Nations children are unequal to those of other Manitoba children, a new study in partnership with First Nations researchers shows

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Australian troops: Men of the 10th Brigade who had been in the front line trenches for several days have a foot inspection

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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Abeer Alraja

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences News

College of Nursing celebrates graduate student competition winners

December 4, 2020 — 
When the College of Nursing postponed the 2020 Helen Glass Research Symposium in March, it was only days before the University of Manitoba cancelled in-person classes due to COVID-19. However, at that point, submissions were already sent in for one of the symposium’s signature events, the Graduate Student Poster Competition.

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Drs. Meghan Azad, Sara Israels and Soheila Karimi

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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World AIDS Day

UM grad honoured for outstanding AIDS work in USA

December 1, 2020 — 
Dr. David McEwan has been named the recipient of the 2020 Suzanne Richmond-Crum Award, which annually honours a person who has made outstanding contributions to HIV/AIDS services in Hawai‘i.

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