October

Congratulations to the 2015 Dean's Research Grant Initiative recipients
October 29, 2015
Drs. Douglas Fraser, Roberto Hernandez-Alejandro and Manuel Montero Odasso are this year's Dean's Research Grant Initiative recipients. The overall goal of the Initiative is to fund projects that will deliver results that will put Schulich Medicine & Dentistry on the map, in the short- and long-term.
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In Memoriam – Dr. Cesare Romagnoli
October 29, 2015
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Dr. Cesare Romagnoli.
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UME program receives full accreditation status for eight years
October 28, 2015
The Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry has received full accreditation status for eight years for its UME program. We are proud of the eight-year accreditation status that was earned as a team effort from faculty, staff, residents, health-care partners, graduates and our students through strong leadership and tireless collaboration.
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Celebrating research at Schulich Dentistry
October 22, 2015
Schulich Dentistry celebrated the research, innovation and collaboration of faculty and students at its Annual Research Day this month. Congratulations to the student poster presentation award recipients.
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Congratulations to Schulich Medicine & Dentistry's 2015 Governor General's Gold Medalists
October 22, 2015
Melanie Kok, PhD'15, and Eric Sonke, MSc'15, have been awarded with two of the three Governor General's Academic Gold Medals presented at Western University. For more than 140 years, these medals have been become the most prestigious award that students at Canadian schools can receive.
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Breaking boundaries and building powerful partnerships
October 21, 2015
When Dr. Roberto Hernandez-Alejandro first traveled to West China Hospital, Sichuan University in 2010, he never imagined the powerful partnership he would come to build with members of its Division of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation.
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Strategic Planning: Join The Conversation...
October 20, 2015
We are ready to begin the first chapter of our strategic planning process to refresh the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry strategic plan, now at the mid-point of its 10-year life cycle.
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Congratulations to the 2015 Student Research Training Program (SRTP) award recipients
October 16, 2015
Four Schulich Medicine students have been recognized for their involvement in advancing health research through the Student Research Training Program (SRTP).
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Dr. Christopher Watling renewed for another five year term as Associate Dean, Post Graduate Medical Education
October 13, 2015
Dr. Christopher Watling, Associate Professor, Departments of Clinical Neurological Sciences and Oncology and Scientist, Centre for Education Research and Innovation, has been renewed for another five year term as Associate Dean, Post Graduate Medical Education in the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University.
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Dr. Elizabeth Osuch has been re-appointed as the Dr. Joseph Rea Chair in Mood Disorders
October 09, 2015
Dr. Elizabeth Osuch, Associate Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Medical Biophysics, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry at Western University, and Scientist in Neurosciences and Imaging at the Lawson Health Research Institute, has been re-appointed as the Dr. Joseph Rea Chair in Mood Disorders at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University.
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Bringing new life into research on the placenta
October 01, 2015
Charles McKenzie, PhD, and Timothy Regnault, PhD, have received $3.7 million in funding from the NIH as part of its Human Placenta Project. The researchers will develop a new technology based on MRI that will allow them, for the first time, to monitor changes in placental metabolism as pregnancy unfolds.
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