Local study to examine pandemic’s impact on health-care workers
OrilliaMatters
“New research being conducted through the Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care and Georgian College is exploring the impact the pandemic is …”
TAGS: COVID-19, pandemic, mental health, healthcare workers, Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care
New CT scanner gives scientists a window on COVID-19
The Battlefords News-Optimist
“A team led by VIDO-InterVac Director Dr. Volker Gerdts and VIDO-InterVac scientist and College of Medicine biochemist Scott Napper will use the new …”
TAGS: COVID-19, CT scan, innovative research, pandemic, VIDO-InterVac, University of Saskatchewan
UM team receives federal funding for targeted COVID-19 research
UM Today
“Stetefeld, Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Structural Biology and Biophysics, explains: “In order to develop targeted therapeutics and diagnostics it …”
TAGS: COVID-19, innovative research, targeted therapeutics, diagnostics, University of Manitoba
1M grant to support manufacturing of COVID-19 treatments and vaccines at The Ottawa Hospital
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
“Researchers from The Ottawa Hospital and the University of Ottawa have been awarded $1,050,000 from the Canada Foundation for Innovation to support facilities for manufacturing innovative treatments and vaccines for COVID-19.”
TAGS: COVID-19, funding, vaccines, innovative research, The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
McGill researchers awarded $2.5M for COVID-19 infrastructure
McGill Newsroom
“… at McGill and the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre. This funding will enable McGill to furnish these safe spaces with essential …”
TAGS: COVID-19, funding, innovative research, pandemic, McGill University Health Centre
Potential sepsis treatment could be ready in 5 years thanks to London, Ont., researcher
Globalnews.ca
“Lawson Health Research Institute says that currently, the best available … Dr. Qingping Feng, Lawson scientist and Western University researcher.”
TAGS: sepsis, COVID-19, inflammation, infection, Lawson Health Research Institute
From diagnosis to becoming an adult, CHEO Autism is there
CHEO Newsroom
“The CHEO Autism program is adding a number of programs designed to support families through their journeys, from a recent diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) through life transitions, such when teens with ASD are looking for jobs and friends their age.”
TAGS: Autism spectrum disorder, developmental health, pediatrics, children’s and youth health, CHEO
Diabetes patients, doctors want better access to virtual care
CBC.ca
“… the health-care system during the pandemic, according to Dr. Jeremy Gilbert, an endocrinologist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto.”
TAGS: Diabetes, chronic illness, virtual care, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Use of Ebola ’emergency’ vaccines bring insights to COVID-19 response
CTV News London
“However, Western University professor and member of the WHO’s Ethics and COVID-19 Working Group, Maxwell J. Smith says the move to push …”
TAGS: COVID-19, vaccines, Ebola, ethics
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