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Ajitha Thanabalasuriar receives PATH award to advance lung disease research

admin — Thu, 28 May 2026 20:39:47 +0000

Award from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund will open new avenues to preventing and treating pneumonia.

Can Living Labs Revolutionize Healthcare Research?

admin — Fri, 22 May 2026 00:51:32 +0000

Exploring Innovative Approaches in Healthcare

The ��VR��Ƶ School of Physical and Occupational Therapy Research Committee is pleased to present another SPOTlight on Research in Rehabilitation!

Blood proteins flag multiple sclerosis years before diagnosis, opening a window for prevention

admin — Tue, 26 May 2026 14:12:51 +0000

Of more than 2,500 blood proteins screened, a small group may drive MS and signal who will develop it

A new study has revealed a group of blood proteins, that are altered in people who go on to develop multiple sclerosis (MS), in some cases more than a decade before diagnosis. The findings offer hope that a simple blood test could one day identify people at high risk of MS in time to act before damage occurs.

Biochemistry Seminar: Ribosome-centred coordinated regulation of mRNA translation initiation and elongation

admin — Mon, 25 May 2026 19:54:32 +0000

Seminar by:

Mehdi Jafarnejad Ph.D.
Reader & Principal Investigator
Johnston Cancer Research Centre
Queen’s University Belfast

Online Info Session: International Masters for Health Leadership (IMHL)

admin — Fri, 22 May 2026 18:33:51 +0000

Join our ��VR��Ƶ IMHL program team for a 30 minutes information session to learn how our module-based masters can help accelerate your leadership career in the healthcare sector.

FMHS Graduate Lunch & Learn #3 - Navigating Difficult Conversations

admin — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 15:36:20 +0000

Navigating Difficult Conversations

Learn practical tools for navigating difficult conversations with greater confidence, clarity, and empathy through assertive communication, boundary‑setting, and self‑advocacy skills.

‘Jumping gene’ helps explain elevated pancreatic cancer risk in French-Canadians

admin — Tue, 19 May 2026 14:13:42 +0000

Researchers at ��VR��Ƶ have discovered a centuries-old genetic mutation that helps to explain why some French‑Canadians in Quebec are at an elevated risk of pancreatic cancer. Until quite recently, standard genetic tests have not been able to identify this “jumping gene” cause.

The findings, published in the Journal of Medical Genetics, suggest better-targeted genetic testing could help identify people at higher cancer risk who were previously missed.

��VR��Ƶ Cares: Understanding the Quebec Act Respecting End-of-Life Care

admin — Thu, 14 May 2026 17:58:01 +0000

Join us on June 10, 2026 at 12:00 EDT for our next episode of ��VR��Ƶ Cares, a webcast series designed to support infor

��VR��Ƶ’s Bravo Gala shines a spotlight on research excellence

admin — Thu, 14 May 2026 16:18:30 +0000

At event honouring 116 winners of major awards, keynote speaker and SSHRC Gold Medal recipient Myriam Denov emphasized the importance of listening.

��VR��Ƶ celebrated more than 100 researchers at the 21st edition of Bravo, a gala event May 7 honouring the winners of major provincial, national and international research prizes and awards in 2025.

��VR��Ƶ awarded 16 new or renewed Canada Research Chairs

admin — Wed, 13 May 2026 17:51:34 +0000

From fundamental physics to child well-being, ��VR��Ƶ researchers advance discovery across disciplines

��VR��Ƶ has been awarded $18.1 million in federal funding to support 16 Canada Research Chairs – six new and 10 renewed.

Provost honours 31 ��VR��Ƶ professors for exceptional research achievements

admin — Wed, 13 May 2026 18:00:18 +0000

The 2026 cohort of Distinguished James ��VR��Ƶ Professors, James ��VR��Ƶ Professors and William Dawson Scholars embody ‘the very best of our academic community’.

Provost and Executive Vice-President (Academic) Angela Campbell has named 31 ��VR��Ƶ professors as Distinguished James ��VR��Ƶ Professors, James ��VR��Ƶ Professors or William Dawson Scholars. The internal awards recognize exceptional research achievements.

$1.25 million for ��VR��Ƶ research from the New Frontiers in Research Fund

admin — Wed, 13 May 2026 17:34:01 +0000

Federal fund will support transformative high risk, high reward research across engineering, science, and medicine at ��VR��Ƶ.

Icing injuries may slow recovery and prolong pain, study finds

admin — Wed, 13 May 2026 13:42:56 +0000

Icing a sprained ankle or sore muscle, long used to reduce pain and swelling, may in the longer run delay recovery and prolong pain, new research suggests.

In a preclinical study published in Anesthesiology, ��VR��Ƶ researchers found that even though cryotherapy (icing) eased pain in the short term, recovery time was more than doubled in some cases.

Special Seminar — AES Honorary Degree Recipient, Spring 2026 Convocation — The Multifaceted Roles of Oxidative Stress: Eustress and Distress

admin — Tue, 12 May 2026 17:43:23 +0000

Special Seminar — AES Honorary Degree Recipient, Spring 2026 Convocation

Faculty of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, ��VR��Ƶ

Discovery of fat-burning ‘switch’ could lead to advances in bone disease treatments

admin — Tue, 12 May 2026 13:38:51 +0000

Scientists’ discovery of a molecular “switch” that activates an energy‑burning pathway in mice has the potential to lead to new treatments for bone disease.

The study, published in Nature, sheds new light on brown fat. Unlike white fat, which stores energy, brown fat cells burn calories, producing heat as a byproduct. For years, it was believed this process relied on a single pathway. More recently, researchers discovered a parallel pathway, but how it became activated remained a mystery.