Guest Blog

The purpose of science and research is not to study the world, but to change it. – Dr. Frank Plummer Research Canada and the global health research community are mourning the loss of Dr. Frank […]

Brainstorm’s guest contributor Paul Fraumeni sits down with five York University researchers to discuss climate change, how it affects human health and what we can do about it. Each academic offers unique insights from science, […]

January 16, 2020 Dean Richard Reznick is pleased to announce that Tom Harris, Provost and Vice-Principal (Academic), Queen’s University, has appointed Dr. Steven Smith as Vice-Dean Research for the Faculty of Health Sciences, effective January 1, […]

Philosophy Professor Regina Rini pens a provocative article in the UK-based Times Literary Supplement, which suggests that our near-descendants could live forever, thanks to biomedical breakthroughs. This would mean a moral crisis for the last generation facing […]

New research from the Faculty of Science suggests that influencing male mosquitoes’ reproductive capacity may, one day, hold the key to improved pest control strategies. Impeding some of the world’s most deadly viruses, spread by […]

A biology Professor and York Research Chair undertook a compelling study on iron overload and insulin that could inform future approaches to heart health and diabetes… ultimately, improving patients’ health outcomes. York U is leading […]

A new study led by a Canada Graduate Scholar at York U reveals that more than one quarter of Indigenous people go to the dentist only for emergencies. This underscores the pressing need for the […]

As Canada’s leading mental health research facility, The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) aims to inspire hope through discovery. We are revolutionizing our understanding of the brain and the causes, biomarkers and treatments […]

Incredible scientific and technological advances in recent years have improved our collective understanding of many rare diseases. This is a very exciting time for the rare disease community. These diseases are often severe conditions that […]

Canadians are well-served by the Federal Government’s goal to position Canada as a world leader in the development and manufacturing of innovative products and services. Bausch Health shares this focus in our development, distribution, and manufacturing of pharmaceutical products and […]