May
Feature: Hope and purpose propel clinical fellow’s international journey
May 30, 2022
Dr. Viwe Mtwesi is committed to improving access to health care in her native South Africa. She is completing an electrophysiology fellowship at Schulich Medicine & Dentistry to better support patients back home.
News: EDI-D training module creators supported through fellowship
May 30, 2022
Lika Chowdhury, Olivia Ghosh-Swaby, Sergiu Lucaciu and Jordyn Meaney, members of CR(EDI)T who played lead roles in developing an education and training module focused on Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Decolonization, have received fellowship funding for their work.
Feature: Partnership delivers new perspectives on health care solutions
May 26, 2022
The Schulich-Ivey Quality in Healthcare Consultancy course partners business students with clinicians to investigate gaps in clinical care using quality improvement methodology.
Feature: A humbling, energizing and empowering experience
May 25, 2022
Dr. Bertha Garcia reflects on her term as Vice Dean and Director of Dentistry.
Commentary: Investment in biomedical research will protect Canadians from COVID-19 in the months and years to come
May 25, 2022
After contracting COVID-19, immunologist Saman Maleki, PhD, ended up in the emergency department. He says his experience highlights the need for better testing, vaccines and therapies – measures achieved by investing in biomedical research.
News: Outreach Pilot Project comes to life
May 24, 2022
Fourth-year dentistry students headed off campus to experience the delivery of dental care in multi-faceted community clinics working with vulnerable populations.
Announcement: Dr. Vladimir Hachinski honoured with 2022 Potamkin Prize
May 20, 2022
Often described as the “Nobel Prize of Alzheimer's research," the Potamkin Prize recognizes the achievements of scientific researchers who do innovative work, find groundbreaking discoveries, and push forward the field of study in Pick’s, Alzheimer’s, and related brain degenerative diseases.
Feature: The path to sustainable dentistry
May 19, 2022
Dr. Les Kalman recently contributed to the Consensus on Environmentally Sustainable Oral Healthcare, an international, industry-wide statement outlining the challenges and solutions to improving sustainability in dentistry.
Announcement: Dr. Jeffrey Turnbull named honorary degree recipient
May 19, 2022
Dr. Turnbull is a physician leader, advocate and a humanitarian who has dedicated much of his career to caring for vulnerable populations.
Research: New study shows significant gains from computer-based depression treatment
May 18, 2022
A new international study has found computer-based cognitive behavioural therapy (CCBT) has significantly greater impact in treating depression among adults than treatment as usual (TAU).
Research: How far can we push MRI to characterize tissue microscopic properties?
May 18, 2022
Corey Baron, PhD, Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging, is developing imaging biomarkers for ultra-high field MRI to learn more about the brain and improve disease diagnosis.
Announcement: Second iteration of CaRMS results released
May 17, 2022
All students who entered the second iteration were successfully matched.
Neuroscience initiative will focus on biotherapeutics and Parkinson's disease
May 12, 2022
Lisa Saksida, Canada Research Chair and Ravi Menon, PhD hope to move brain research from the lab to the real-world, benefitting patients as quickly as possible.
News: Researchers use social network analysis to model virus evolution
May 11, 2022
New research led by Art Poon, PhD suggests some viruses evolve more like a dynamic social network – recombining with one another to create a web of intersecting subtypes.
Call for Applications: Academy of Educators
May 10, 2022
The MD Program is seeking 20 faculty to join the Academy of Educators starting with the upcoming academic year, starting July 1st, 2022.
Announcement: Angela Huynh receives 2022 CMA Award
May 09, 2022
The third-year medical student is being recognized for her outstanding research contributions focused on guidelines for COVID-19 vaccine administration.
Announcement: Dr. David Litchfield appointed Director, Research Infrastructure
May 06, 2022
This new position is critical to our School’s research enterprise and will play a pivotal role in implementing our new five-year Strategic Plan.
New census report offers first-time insight on gender diversity
May 05, 2022
Greta Bauer, PhD, weighs in on the historic report that enabled people to distinguish their lived gender from their sex at birth.
Research: Study targets illusive staph bacteria
May 04, 2022
A team of researchers at Schulich Medicine & Dentistry have discovered how the bacteria Staphylococcus aureus produces bloodstream infections by manipulating the immune system.
Research: Unraveling the mysteries of cancer and neurodegeneration
May 02, 2022
Scientists Drs. Kun Ping Lu and Xiao Zhen Zhou are studying a stress response enzyme involved in a puzzling inverse relationship between cancer and Alzheimer’s disease.
