The Pulse - March 2014
Trainee research takes centre stage
Presenting one's reserach to an audience can be daunting, but the 380 graduate students who gave poster and platform presentations at London Health Research Day let their inner superstar shine through. From explaining their research to answering tough questions, all the presenters took their moment to shine...
Schulich Medicine & Dentistry faculty members awarded Western University's highest honour
Jerry Battista, Department Chair, Department of Medical Biophysics, and Brad Urquhart, Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, have been awarded Western University's Excellence in Teaching honour...
Celebrating Excellence
The Windsor Program Awards of Excellence celebrate the commitment and dedication of faculty, staff and students to the overall mission of the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry. The recipients this year exemplify the values of the School
Graduating Competencies
Are you familiar with the Graduating Competencies of the Undergraduate Medical Education (UME) Program? If you are a faculty member who supports student learning in the UME Program and you are uncertain, here’s a refresher...
New Schulich Medicine & Dentistry websites launch in April
The website redevelopment project is moving in to the final stage of the project timeline: website launch. Throughout the month of March, the Communications Team has been testing and preparing all Phase One websites for launch
Work continues on the We Act Initiative
Recently, facilitators met with the Clinical and Basic Science Chairs and are starting to arrange department meetings and focus groups. All Schulich Medicine & Dentistry staff will receive an invitation very shortly to participate
Celebrating National Volunteer Week and your Commitment to the Community
Schulich Medicine & Dentistry is celebrating National Volunteer Week, April 6-12. This is a time to recognize, celebrate and thank our School’s dedicated volunteers, all of whom make considerable contributions to communities around the world...
Bone thrilling discoveries
For Dr. Jeff Dixon, DDS, PhD, uncovering the intricacies of bone growth is like his own Sherlock Holmes mystery that needs to be solved. He has been investigating how skeletal cells communicate with each other in order to control the formation and destruction of bone...
Veritas video demystifies medical school interviews
Keegan Guidolin, Medicine Class of 2017, is experiencing the admissions process from the other side of the table this year. As director of Veritas, the 2014 admissions video, he is hoping this new perspective will help shed light on the mystery around medical school interviews...
Solving the mysteries of the brain
Robarts Research Institute imaging scientists Robert Bartha, PhD, and Nevin McVicar, PhD Candidate, are using a novel MRI technique to show the exact pH in specific areas of the brain...- Celebrating our achievements
We are celebrating the monthly achievements of our faculty, staff, trainees and students. This month we'd like to congratulate Dr. Mark Goldsmidt, Dr. Mariamma Joseph, Dr. Claude Kortas, Dr. Michele Weir, and Yoshith Perera and Delaney Hines... - Championing student wellness
Congratulations to Western Vitals, the student wellness initiative founded by three Schulich Medicine students. Their project won the People's Choice Award and finished in third place in the Mental Health 2.0 competition with the Council of Ontario Universities... - John D. Brown Resident Award call for nominations
o you know an outstanding postgraduate trainee who displays an excellence for patient-centred care? Nominations are now being accepted for the John D. Brown Memorial Resident Award, recognizing a postgraduate trainee in any area of medicine who displays excellence in patient-centred care... - Resident spotlight: Dr. Asa Ahimbisibwe
Inspired by experiences in his home country of Uganda, Dr. Asa Ahimbisibwe is dedicated to improving health care for women and children as he embarks on his residency in Obstetrics and Gynaecology... - MPH goes to Washington
Students from the Master of Public Health (MPH) program visited Washington last month. For two days, they had the unique opportunity to meet with and learn from senior officials at a number of public health organizations including the American Public Health Association (APHA), USAID in Global Health and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)... - Reflecting on the past, celebrating the future of Microbiology and Immunology
Rodney Dekoter, PhD, has come full circle at Schulich Medicine & Dentistry. He is now an Associate Professor and Chair of Graduate Studies in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, where he also completed his doctoral studies. The department is celebrating 75 years this spring... - Chengdu adventure
Dr. Peter Wang, a fourth year resident in Urology, completed a rotation at the West China School of Medicine in Chengdu, China. He shares his 62-day experience practising medicine in a city of over 15 million people... - The hashtag contest winner is...
Schulich Medicine & Dentistry recently hosted a “name our School hashtag contest” used to represent the School in social media conversations. We are excited to announce the winning hashtag is... - Merchandise of the month
Make a statement at an upcoming conference, workshop or presentation with these document folders - Watch March's video of the month
Check out how researchers from Schulich Dentistry are improving the overall health of Canadians
