2020

Ottawa researchers aim to fill gaps in knowledge about pregnancy and COVID-19 Ottawa Citizen “Her team is among four groups of researchers from the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute who were awarded a total of $4.7 […]

Health of Indigenous elders focus of Canadian Frailty Network funding HRI Portal “One in four older adults in Canada between the ages of 65-84 years, and one in every two, over the age of 85 […]

Study is first to identify potential therapeutic targets for COVID-19 Lawson Health Research Institute “A team from Lawson Health Research Institute and Western University are the first in the world to profile the body’s immune […]

Ontario researchers seek 50000 participants to study impact of COVID-19 on the brain Globalnews.ca “Adrian Owen, a cognitive neuroscience and imaging professor at Western University’s Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, and Dr. Rick Swartz, a …” TAGS: COVID-19, […]

When it comes to COVID-19, social media fills a gap left by scientists — and it’s a problem, says sociologist CBC “In his recent article for The Conversation, Kurasawa, director of York University’s Global Digital […]

Rosie DiManno: Long-lasting damage and more illnesses: COVID-19 survivors face daunting, unknown aftermath Caledon Enterprise “However, even in mild cases, those who’ve emerged from sickness are reporting symptoms many weeks after contracting the disease: Persistent […]

Promising treatments for COVID-19 advanced by Canadian scientists The Globe and Mail “Innovative Medicines Canada president Pamela Fralick, seen here on June 16, 2020, in Ottawa, says she’s ‘never seen the collaboration that’s …” TAGS: […]

Med school’s Connection Circles help bridge COVID-19 gap UCalgary News “ii’ taa’poh’to’p, the University of Calgary’s Indigenous Strategy, is a commitment to deep evolutionary transformation by reimagining ways of knowing, …” TAGS: mental health, Connection […]

IWK smartphone study shows the effect of social isolation on mental health youriwk “A study out of the IWK Health Centre and Dalhousie’s Faculty of Computer Science hopes that by observing how people use their […]

Is Canada ready for the second wave of COVID-19? CMAJ “… and Dr. Alon Vaisman of the University Health Network in Toronto. CMAJ: What have been the most important developments in Canada’s pandemic …” TAGS: […]