January
Dr. Watling successfully defends his PhD
January 30, 2014
Dr. Chris Watling, associate dean, Postgraduate Medical Education can now add PhD to a long list of degrees and honours he has achieved. With this achievement, Dr. Watling becomes the first clinician at Schulich Medicine & Dentistry to earn a PhD in education and one of a very small group nationally...
Dr. Robert Litchfield keeps Olympic dreams alive
January 23, 2014
Most Canadians will be watching Kaya Turski’s aerobatic moves when the freestyle skier hits the slopes of the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi next month. Dr. Robert Litchfield, Department of Surgery, Schulich Medicine & Dentistry, however, will be eyeing her left knee...
Watch the January Edition of the Dean's Video Newsletter: Conflict of Interest Policy
January 23, 2014
In this month's Dean's Video Newsletter, we hear from Dr. Michael J. Strong about the importance of the Conflict of Interest Policy, why you need to sign it and how it can help to guide faculty, clinicians and learners...
Jacob Van Dyk to receive honorary degree
January 23, 2014
An award-winning cancer researcher and teacher, Jacob Van Dyk will be receive an honorary degree at the 2014 Schulich Medicine & Dentistry MD Convocation...
Understanding Cancer’s Unique Advantage
January 15, 2014
David Litchfield has been working for more than two decades to understand how cancer cells find ways to cheat death.
Fetal exposure to nicotine increases long-term risk of obesity
January 14, 2014
Research led by Daniel Hardy, PhD, has shown that nicotine during pregnancy, whether from smoking or nicotine replacement therapy, causes a wide range of long-term adverse reactions for the offspring, including an increased risk of obesity by influencing the liver to produce more triglyceride...
New study shows alcohol affects vision by 30 per cent
January 14, 2014
Using a 144-year old optical illusion, researchers from Western University have determined that drinking the legal limit of alcohol impairs some aspects of vision by 30 per cent...
Schulich Dentistry opens unique operating suite for special needs patients
January 14, 2014
Schulich Dentistry has become the first dental school in North America to be equipped with a general anesthetic (GA) suite allowing the School’s dental clinic program to expand its scope of services for patients, especially those with physical and/or intellectual challenges...
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