April
Feature: Accessible Medics student group brings security to low-income Londoners
April 30, 2019
"I started Accessible Medics with the mission that no medical services should be forgone due to financial insecurity,” said BMSc student Kevin Zhou. Through Accessible Medics, Zhou and classmates provide free emergency health insurance and community care kits to low-income populations in the city.
Funding: New interdisciplinary research teams supported
April 29, 2019
Six research teams have received funding through the School's Collaborative Research Seed Grants (CRSG) program. Congratulations to the recipients.
Feature: Team to offer insights into Crohn’s treatment tools
April 26, 2019
Along with colleagues at the Cleveland Clinic and Mayo Clinic, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry professor Dr. Brian Feagan will co-lead the Stenosis Therapy and Anti-Fibrotic Research (STAR) consortium. This team will develop imaging and patient-reported tools to better understand the effectiveness of new anti-fibrotic therapies for Crohn’s disease.
Media Release: More than half of mothers of children with epilepsy at risk for depression
April 25, 2019
Mothers of children with epilepsy are at risk of having poor mental health and wellbeing, according to a new study by researchers at Lawson Health Research Institute and Western University. The research team is the first to study families of children with epilepsy long-term.
News: Senate approves changes to Internationally Trained Dentists Program
April 17, 2019
On March 15, Western’s Senate approved the School’s ITD Program from the current two-year format to a three-year format beginning in 2020/2021.
Award: Andrew Pruszynski, PhD, recognized as outstanding physiologist
April 17, 2019
Congratulations to Andrew Pruszynski, PhD, who has been awarded the J.A.F. Stevenson award from the Canadian Physiological Society. The award recognizes an outstanding young Canadian physiologist and is named after James A.F. Stevenson, former renowned physiologist from Western University.
Media Release: ICU patients may suffer undetected cognitive dysfunction
April 12, 2019
A new study led by researchers at Schulich Medicine & Dentistry has found that most patients in hospital intensive care units for non-brain-related injuries or ailments also suffer from some level of related cognitive dysfunction that currently goes undetected in most cases.
In Memoriam: Dr. Raj Harricharan
April 10, 2019
It is with great sadness that we share the news of the sudden passing of Dr. Raj Harricharan, Vice Chair and Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Schulich Medicine & Dentistry. He believed in empowering those who surrounded him including his patients and the many students and residents under his mentorship over the years.
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