Research blitz on Rogers TV this week

Roger's First Local Co-Anchor and videographer, Crystal Pinarello has covered a lot of research stories here in the past year. This week, the staff at Rogers TV is going on a two-day retreat, so in place of the regular newscast Crystal has put together a half-hour special using a fresh interview with Dr.Victor Han, Associate Dean of Research, and reusing nine of her research stories. The show will air at 5:30 on both Tuesday the 27th and Wednesday the 28th, and with about nine repeats throughout each day, it'll be a real blitz! Here is the rundown for the show:

#1: Dr. Victor Han talks about funding for medical research
#2: Dr. David Litchfield's research on cancer
#3: Dr. John Lewis's research on tumour cells
#4: 3-D anatomy with Jennifer Boeckner - Masters student and Dr. Tim Wilson
#5 imaging for prostate cancer with Dr. Aaron Fenster
#6 stem cells and the heart - imaging - with Kim Blackwood- PhD student and Eric Sabondjian - PhD student

#7 Parvaz Madadi wins award for codiene and breast milk link
#8 probiotics and allergies -- with Jaimie Hemsworth - graduate student, Tara Koyama - graduate student and Dr. Gregor Reid

#9 crohn's and omega-3s with Dr. Brian Feagan
#10 your immune system and cancer - Dr. Jim Koropatnick

Find out more about Rogers First Local at http://www.rogerstv.com/option.asp?lid=12&rid=9&sid=321