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A dental student wearing personal protective equipment performs a dental procedure on a patient while a plastic funnel attached to plastic tubing vacuums aerosols away from the patient's chin area.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Saliva samples from UM dental personnel to aid COVID-19 research

January 27, 2021 — 
Students, faculty and support staff in dentistry and dental hygiene at UM will soon be asked to contribute their saliva to a research study of COVID-19 at Canada’s 10 dental schools.

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a mosaic of a brain

Three UM researchers to work with community partners to address mental health needs of overlooked populations

January 27, 2021 — 
Projects to focus on the people with hearing loss, parents, and frontline health care workers

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Picture of two smiling Asper professors.

Asper School of Business

Marketing for the greater good

January 26, 2021 — 
Marketing is everywhere you look, whether you realize it or not. Every day you are exposed to dozens of ads from TV, flyers, podcasts, billboards, to social media.

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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Grad students use infectious disease know-how during pandemic

January 25, 2021 — 
Graduate students in the Max Rady College of Medicine’s department of medical microbiology and infectious diseases have been busy during the pandemic putting their expertise to excellent use

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UM Libraries

Libraries

Increase your skills with Libraries online workshops

January 22, 2021 — 
UM Libraries has expanded the number of online workshops being offered during Winter Term 2021.

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Smiling woman smiling and looking over her right shoulder by Alia Youssef from Noun Project

Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management

Study aims to increase physical activity in people with pre-diabetes

January 22, 2021 — 
A research team at the University of Manitoba is currently seeking participants for a study exploring interventions designed to help people with pre-diabetes to both increase and sustain their levels of physical activity.

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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Full-dose blood thinners decreased need for life support and improved outcomes in hospitalized COVID-19 patients in international trial

January 22, 2021 — 
Treatment expected to reduce the pressure in intensive care units around the world

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Disappointed fans at sports stadium watching the game in disbelief by Jacob Lund from Noun Project

Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management

COVID-19’s impact on NBA fans

January 21, 2021 — 
In a recently published study, FKRM prof Ben Schellenberg shed's light on the plight of NBA fans during the league's suspension of play last season.

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An airship in the sky

Hydrogen gas-fuelled airships could spur development in remote communities

January 21, 2021 — 
'Hydrogen gas is increasingly heralded as the mobile energy source of the green economy'

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Roberta Woodgate in 2019

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Nursing prof focuses study on mental health model for First Nations children

January 19, 2021 — 
Dr. Roberta Woodgate, a distinguished professor with the College of Nursing, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences and Canada Research Chair was recently awarded nearly $1.3 million from CIHR for a five-year project

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