September
Media Release: Research reveals brain mechanisms behind defensive responses in PTSD
September 29, 2016
Dr. Ruth Lanius and her team have shown that patients with PTSD may be constantly poised for defensive action.
Announcement: Dr. Stewart Harris reappointed as the Ian McWhinney Chair of Family Medicine Studies
September 28, 2016
Dr. Stewart Harris has been reappointed as the Ian McWhinney Chair of Family Medicine Studies for the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University effective July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2021.
Invitation to apply for faculty members: Winter School in Indigenous Cultural Competency
September 22, 2016
The Interdisciplinary Initiative (IDI) in Applied Indigenous Scholarship at Western University invites applications from faculty members for the Winter School in Indigenous Cultural Competency, taking place in December.
Announcement: Dr. Saverio Stranges appointed Chair, Epidemiology and Biostatistics
September 21, 2016
Dr. Saverio Stranges has been appointed as Chair, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics in the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, effective October 1, 2016 to September 30, 2021.
Panel addresses most pressing questions about medical assistance in dying at public forum
September 20, 2016
With the much-debated assisted-dying bill C-14 now law, Western University is inviting community members to attend a lecture and panel discussion which will address the ethical, legal and health care outcomes of the new law.
Double honours recognize research excellence
September 20, 2016
Sarah Svenningsen, PhD'16, received the inaugural John P. Robarts Award and the 2016 Collip Medal. She is pursuing a career in respiratory research with the hope of changing patient outcomes for the better.
Feature Article: Fellowship fuels researcher’s new way
September 20, 2016
Thanks to the Medical Innovation Fellowship, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry professor Dr. Nicholas Power has moved his creative approach to treating urostomy patients a step closer to reality.
Dale Laird honoured as inductee in the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences
September 16, 2016
Congratulations to Dale Laird, PhD, on his induction as a Fellow into the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS). The CAHS praised Laird as, “the foremost researcher in the study of cell to cell communication and connection to over a dozen diseases raising the awareness that connexin-linked diseases are amongst the most common inherited diseases in society.”
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