News - Archive 2020

Awards & Accolades - December 2020

• Kirsten Bauer
• 18 December 2020

The Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry's top 10 news stories of the year

• By Ross Neitz
• 18 December 2020

Andrew Cave named Alberta’s top family physician

• Danica Erickson
• 18 December 2020

AI could lead to faster, better analysis of donated blood, study shows

• Laura Vega
• 18 December 2020

CIHR and JDRF funding drives efforts to find new stem cell-based therapies for Type 1 diabetes

• Ross Neitz
• 17 December 2020

ACE2 protein that prevents heart, lung and kidney disease in women also protects against severe COVID-19: study

• Gillian Rutherford
• 17 December 2020

Six FoMD researchers named as new Canada Research Chairs

• Ryan O'Byrne
• 16 December 2020

Women face higher risk of death or heart failure following a heart attack: study

• Gillian Rutherford
• 15 December 2020

Award-winning student-scientist credits supportive learning environment as key to success

• Kirsten Bauer
• 14 December 2020

U of A’s Li Ka Shing Applied Virology Institute receives $20 million in new funding from Government of Alberta

• Michael Brown
• 11 December 2020

Alumnus looks back on early years of UAlberta diabetes research

• Sasha Roeder Mah
• 11 December 2020

Popular blogger Dr. Mom pens kids book about COVID

• Sasha Roeder Mah
• 10 December 2020

Michael Houghton’s Nobel Prize win inspires researchers to ask the big questions

• Gillian Rutherford
• 9 December 2020

How to build an ‘it’ team to take on the world’s deadliest viruses

• Gillian Rutherford
• 8 December 2020

Passion and Perseverance: What a Trainee Learned from Nobel Prize-Winner Michael Houghton

• Stepheny Zani
• 7 December 2020

Going Viral

• Gillian Rutherford
• 7 December 2020

Northern Alberta clinics try out Canadian-made dual syphilis and HIV tests in effort to provide faster diagnosis and treatment

• Gillian Rutherford
• 7 December 2020

Art-therapy project opens the world for seniors isolated during COVID-19

• Sasha Roeder Mah
• 4 December 2020

Lessons on wellness and leadership

• Laura Vega
• 3 December 2020

Research reveals how baby’s first breath triggers life-saving changes in the brain

• Michael Brown
• 2 December 2020

‘Lungs in a box’ to meet the organ shortage

• Laura Vega
• 1 December 2020

‘Natural killer’ cells found to be a key determinant of severe COVID-19 in patients

• Ross Neitz
• 30 November 2020

FoMD in the News

• Compiled by Ross Neitz
• 27 November 2020

More than one-third of children with COVID-19 show no symptoms: study

• Michael Brown
• 27 November 2020

Project aiming to improve access to head and neck surgical care in Kenya wins overseas development grant

• Nicholas Wilson
• 27 November 2020

Insulators in Alberta at higher risk of chest infections, COPD: study

• Ross Neitz
• 26 November 2020

COVID-19 vaccines will work if Canadians play their part, say U of A experts

• Michael Brown
• 25 November 2020

Pandemic won’t stop annual charity event celebrating medical educators

• Ryan O'Byrne
• 24 November 2020

Stanley Read Brought Compassion to Families Living with HIV/AIDS

• Therese Keller
• 23 November 2020

A festive fundraiser supporting groundbreaking Alzheimer’s research

• Ryan O’Byrne and Adrianna MacPherson
• 23 November 2020

Awards & Accolades - November 2020

• Kirsten Bauer
• 20 November 2020

U of A experts make impact on latest list of highly cited researchers

• Michael Brown
• 19 November 2020

Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry donors honoured at 2020 National Philanthropy Day Awards

• Ryan O'Byrne
• 19 November 2020

‘Existential crisis’ helped radiology student find her passion for research and helping sick children

• Gillian Rutherford
• 19 November 2020

Machine learning uncovers missing information about ethnicity and Aboriginal status in population health data: study

• Gillian Rutherford
• 18 November 2020

Medical resident and master’s grad develops virtual tools to help surgeons correct skull defects in babies

• Bev Betkowski
• 18 November 2020

Fall 2020 Convocation Spotlight: Adriana Airo, ’20 PhD

• SALENA
• 18 November 2020

School of Dentistry fundraising campaign exceeds expectations thanks to community generosity

• Ryan O'Byrne
• 17 November 2020

Fall 2020 Convocation Spotlight: Katelynn S. Madill-Thomsen, ’20 PhD in Medicine

• SALENA KITTERINGHAM
• 17 November 2020

Fall 2020 Convocation Spotlight: Osnat Wine, '20 PhD

• 16 November 2020

New recommendations aim to help health professionals and patients reduce needless tests

• Ryan O'Byrne
• 16 November 2020

‘This is where the horizon is’: Diabetes research closer than ever to a possible cure

• STEPHENY ZANI
• 13 November 2020

Portable headband with EEG technology may help diagnosis of stroke patients

• KATIE WILLIS
• 12 November 2020

COMMENTARY || Canadian universities must collect race-based data

• EVELYN ASIEDU
• 12 November 2020

U of A-led research maps gene functions in pancreas cells that lead to diabetes

• Gillian Rutherford
• 9 November 2020

U of A heart transplant expert exploring connection between blood group and COVID-19

• MICHAEL BROWN
• 6 November 2020

For U of A Nobel Prize winner Michael Houghton, life-saving science is a team effort

• MICHAEL BROWN
• 6 November 2020

How stigma makes pandemics worse for marginalized groups

• Michael Brown
• 5 November 2020

Historic gift to new library will spark research and learning across health sciences

• Anna Holtby
• 4 November 2020

Review finds almost 20 per cent of COVID-19 patients only show gastrointestinal symptoms

• Ross Neitz
• 3 November 2020

U of A research identifies walking speed as predictor of dementia

• Adrianna MacPherson
• 2 November 2020

Evidence-based interactive math program receives funding from the Kids Brain Health Network

• Tamara Vineberg
• 30 October 2020

FoMD in the News

• By ROSS NEITZ
• 30 October 2020

Excessive ketone metabolism in muscles key to obesity-induced diabetes: study

• Gillian Rutherford
• 29 October 2020

Study identifies biomarkers that could be used in a quick, inexpensive COVID-19 blood screening tool

• Michael Brown
• 27 October 2020

Low quantity and quality of muscle predicts poor outcomes in colon cancer surgery

• Adrianna MacPherson
• 27 October 2020

New chair offers new opportunities for Noga

• Ryan O'Byrne
• 23 October 2020

New treatment for blood cancer works by selectively interfering with cancer cell signalling: study

• Gillian Rutherford
• 22 October 2020

U of A experts honoured with prestigious national fellowship

• Kirsten Bauer
• 21 October 2020

Awards & Accolades - October 2020

• Kirsten Bauer
• 21 October 2020

Targeted delivery of anti-inflammatory therapy shows promise in slowing progression of multiple sclerosis

• Adrianna MacPherson
• 20 October 2020

New app helps family doctors care for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities

• Gillian Rutherford
• 19 October 2020

Wearable tech will help people manage multiple sclerosis

• Michael Brown
• 14 October 2020

Daily use of ultrasound can speed up orthodontic treatment, prevent root damage: studies

• Gillian Rutherford
• 14 October 2020

Identifying arsenic biomarkers could protect vulnerable populations from arsenic toxicity

• By STEPHENY ZANI
• 13 October 2020

New study shows which medical procedures pose COVID-19 risk to health-care providers

• Gillian Rutherford
• 13 October 2020

Passionately fundraising for a one-in-a-million illness

• Adrianna MacPherson
• 9 October 2020

COVID-19 has ‘created a new paradigm for developing vaccines,’ says U of A Nobel winner

• Michael Brown
• 8 October 2020

U of A Nobel winner’s impact extends from personal to global

• Gillian Rutherford
• 8 October 2020

FDA approves new drug to treat common form of muscular dystrophy based on research from U of A scientist

• Ryan O'Byrne
• 8 October 2020

Ketones buy time for a failing heart but are just more fuel for a healthy one: study

• Michael Brown
• 6 October 2020

University of Alberta virologist awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

• 5 October 2020

FoMD in the News

• By ROSS NEITZ
• 2 October 2020

Caesarean birth, prolonged labour influence infant gut bacteria, risk of childhood obesity and allergies: study

• Kim Wright, AllerGen Inc.
• 1 October 2020

New research sheds light on why tumour cells become resistant to chemotherapy

• Adrianna MacPherson
• 29 September 2020

U of A researchers receive $1.4M in provincial funding to fight COVID-19

• Michael Brown
• 28 September 2020

Professional development key to answering today’s biggest health-care challenges

• Sasha Roeder Mah
• 28 September 2020

New ‘atlas’ of human heart cells first step toward precision treatments for heart disease

• Gillian Rutherford
• 24 September 2020

U of A lab uncovers new mechanism of action against SARS-CoV-2 by antiviral drug remdesivir

• Gillian Rutherford
• 23 September 2020

U of A infectious disease expert helps bridge COVID-19 knowledge gap

• Kirsten Bauer
• 23 September 2020

Little evidence taking vitamin D prevents severe COVID-19

• Ross Neitz
• 23 September 2020

Pandemic Perspectives: D. Lorne Tyrrell

• Ryan O'Byrne
• 23 September 2020

Pandemic Perspectives: Carole Estabrooks

• 22 September 2020

MD alumna Nhung Tran-Davies lives to ‘pay it forward’

• Sasha Roeder Mah
• 22 September 2020

U of A group designs better CPR board for resuscitating COVID-19 patients

• By ROSS NEITZ
• 21 September 2020

Pandemic Perspectives: Lawrence Richer

• Laura Vega
• 18 September 2020

Mimicking regulatory hormone may be key to preventing heart disease

• Stepheny Zani
• 18 September 2020

Pandemic Perspectives: Dean Eurich

• 17 September 2020

Awards & Accolades - September

• Kirsten Bauer
• 16 September 2020

Pandemic Perspectives: Lynora Saxinger

• Kirsten Bauer
• 16 September 2020

Survivors of neonatal heart repair surgery face lifelong risk of kidney disease, high blood pressure: studies

• Gillian Rutherford
• 15 September 2020

Fresh Faces || The University of Alberta Black Medical Students’ Association

• Sasha Roeder Mah
• 14 September 2020

Fresh Faces - Getting to know the next generation of Alberta’s dental hygienists

• Cheryl Deslaurier
• 11 September 2020

Vanier scholar to use fecal transplant to unveil the link between obesity and the gut microbiota

• Stepheny Zani
• 11 September 2020

U of A researcher studying how well COVID-19 safety measures are protecting Canada’s health workers

• Michael Brown
• 10 September 2020

U of A researchers lead study testing for COVID-19 antibodies in Edmonton children

• By ROSS NEITZ
• 10 September 2020

Fresh Faces II Meet Alberta’s future dentists

• Cheryl Deslaurier
• 9 September 2020

Fresh Faces - Meet Bradley Dreher and Nicole Ngo

• By ROSS NEITZ
• 9 September 2020

Worse birth outcomes, higher maternal risk factors for pregnancies in Alberta’s poorest rural regions: study

• Gillian Rutherford
• 9 September 2020

Protein causes mutations that lead to breast cancer cell aggression: study

• Adrianna MacPherson
• 8 September 2020

Shaping the future of inflammatory bowel disease diagnosis and management

• Stepheny Zani
• 4 September 2020

Fresh Faces - Ruth Legese, MD Class of 2024

• Laura Vega
• 4 September 2020

Women’s and gender studies ideal training for med school, say students

• Geoff McMaster
• 3 September 2020

Multiple factors will influence pricing for COVID-19 vaccine in Canada: health economist

• Gillian Rutherford
• 2 September 2020

COVID-19 has changed psychiatry forever: researchers

• Gillian Rutherford
• 1 September 2020

Finding ways to prevent detrimental effects caused by Zika virus infection

• Stepheny Zani
• 31 August 2020

FoMD in the News

• Ross Neitz
• 28 August 2020

Understanding long-term vascular consequences of pregnancy complications

• Stepheny Zani
• 28 August 2020

Antiviral used to treat cat coronavirus also works against SARS-CoV-2: U of A researchers

• Gillian Rutherford
• 27 August 2020

U of A researchers develop tool to help build better prosthetic limbs

• Michael Brown
• 26 August 2020

How to breathe easier while wearing a protective mask

• Bev Betkowski
• 25 August 2020

Why not using cash during COVID-19 could make you more likely to overspend

• Bev Betkowski
• 24 August 2020

Nicotine withdrawal in zebrafish offers clues to human addiction

• Adrianna MacPherson
• 24 August 2020

Why not using cash during COVID-19 could make you more likely to overspend

• Bev Betkowski
• 24 August 2020

Can diabetes screening improve the long-term health of women’s hearts?

• Kirsten Bauer
• 21 August 2020

U of A choir director aims to find out whether singing spreads COVID-19

• Geoff McMaster
• 20 August 2020

U of A choir director aims to find out whether singing spreads COVID-19

• Geoff McMaster
• 20 August 2020

Tackling sexually transmitted Infections in pregnant women

• 20 August 2020

Awards & Accolades - August 2020

• Kirsten Bauer
• 19 August 2020

U of A researchers find way to speed up nerve regrowth for trauma patients

• Adrianna MacPherson
• 19 August 2020

Researchers aim to use machine learning to improve diagnosis, treatment of mental illness

• 18 August 2020

Influence of vitamin D supplementation on a baby’s gut microbiome

• By Kim Wright
• 18 August 2020

Immune receptor thought to be linked to hearing loss in child cancer survivors confirmed in new study

• Yolanda Poffenroth and Michael Brown
• 17 August 2020

What you need to know about menopause

• Geoff McMaster
• 14 August 2020

Momentum: It takes a village

• 12 August 2020

The complexity of being overweight better reflected in refreshed Canadian obesity guidelines

• Bev Betkowski
• 12 August 2020

FoMD researchers take home 18 grants from NSERC

• Ryan O'Byrne
• 10 August 2020

What you need to know about cancer

• 7 August 2020

Looking for a heartbeat outside of the human body

• Laura Vega
• 5 August 2020

Using artificial intelligence and 3-D ultrasound to help babies

• 31 July 2020

Momentum: We have come so far in transplant research and innovation

• 30 July 2020

Discovery of mechanism behind HIV infections could also hold key to COVID-19: U of A researchers

• Gillian Rutherford
• 30 July 2020

MD alumnus marks 20-year anniversary with generous endowment fund