Daily Media Digest November 23, 2018

UCalgary News
“The Undergraduate Research Symposium (URS) has a 12-year history of encouraging students to engage with the research function of the University …”
TAGS: students, young researchers, symposium

 

CBC.ca
“The Awasisak Indigenous Health Program aims to make staying at the Stollery Children’s Hospital less stressful for Indigenous children and their …”
TAGS: Indigenous, access, health care

 

The London Free Press
“Lawson Health Research Institute – the research arm of the London Health Sciences Centre and St. Joseph’s Health Care London – and Western …”
TAGS: drug users, heart surgery, infection, treatment, study

 

Dal News
“She later became a faculty member, and built a pan-Canadian research network focused on military and Veteran health research from the ground up.”
TAGS: Alice Aiken, leadership, Research, innovation

 

CBC.ca
“Dr. Stephen Freedman, who teaches at the University of Calgary’s Cumming School of Medicine and also works at the Alberta Children’s Hospital, led …”
TAGS: paediatrics, probiotics, children, study

 

McGill Newsroom
“In the inaugural round, seven research teams, each co-led by a Western and … BrainsCAN is Western University’s research initiative in cognitive and …”
TAGS: research, partnership, brain research, neuroscience

 

CBC.ca
“NEO Kids in Sudbury, a children’s care hub at Health Sciences North, wants to make the job easier by purchasing money for a new piece of equipment …”
TAGS: paediatrics, children, IV, health care

 

Globalnews.ca
“Amid the latest warning over concerns of E. coli contamination in romaine lettuce, researchers out of Western University are promoting a new rapid …”
TAGS: E. coli, rapid testing kit, public health

 

CTV News
“The interactions between opioids and cannabis have been explored at the clinical and pharmacological levels for decades. But the potential of …”
TAGS: opioid crisis, addiction, treatment, cannabis

 

Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR)
“Nominations are now open for the 2019 Aubrey J. Tingle Prize, awarded annually to a BC-based clinician scientist whose research and impact is internationally recognized. “
TAGS: 2019 Aubrey J. Tingle Prize, Health Research, British Columbia