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Researcher handles psilocybin in laboratory setting. (Photo: Getty Images)

Science and Technology, Research, Health And Wellness, Society and Culture, Business

The promise of the psychedelic revolution
John Mackey and Luc Berthiaume (Photo: Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry)

Research, Health And Wellness

How a U of A spinoff company beat the odds to create a new kind of cancer treatment
A U of A team rose to the top among 400 competitors from around the world to win gold at this year’s iGEM competition in Paris, with a project to turn mixed fabric waste into spider silk using genetically engineered E.coli bacteria. (Photo: Joy Jia)

Science and Technology, Research

Students spin old clothes into synthetic spider silk — and gold
Jessica Bennett and Jessica Cromwell

Students, Health And Wellness

Med school unscripted: The YegMDPod podcast
Adam Parker (Photo: Alex Pugliese)

Science and Technology, Society and Culture, Health And Wellness, Research

Can you really collaborate with a robot? This PhD grad is working on it
Pregnant woman rubs belly while looking at laptop screen. (Photo: Getty Images)

Health And Wellness, Research

New website provides pregnant women with much-needed info on medications
Grant Bruno and his son Anders. (Photo: Steinhauer Photography)

Research, Health And Wellness

Community-driven collective aims to learn from and empower Indigenous caregivers through research
Carla Prado (Photo: John Ulan)

Science and Technology, Society and Culture, Research, Health And Wellness

Leading nutrition expert aims to help women tip the scales in their favour against cancer
Warren Wakarchuk (Photo: John Ulan)

Health And Wellness, Research, Science and Technology

Harnessing the power of carbohydrates to improve our health
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Science and Technology, Health And Wellness, Research

Research reveals new clues to the mysteries of long COVID
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Science and Technology, Health And Wellness, Research

New drug delivery system could revolutionize genetic medicine
Doctor consults with patients. (Photo: Getty Images)

Research, Health And Wellness

AI scribe could help emergency docs save time and improve patient care
Somayeh Raiesdana

Business, Health And Wellness, Science and Technology, Research

Lab2Market Validate program bridges gap from tech innovations to commercially viable products
Sabrina Eliason

Research, Health And Wellness

Time to move on from FASD diagnosis?
Individual stands on an e-scooter. (Photo: Getty Images)

Research, Health And Wellness

Five tips for staying safe on an e-scooter
Doctor performs an endometrial ultrasound scan on patient. (Photo: Getty Images)

Health And Wellness, Research

Study offers hope of a new treatment for rare endometrial cancer
Dr. Deanna Funk and her colleagues at the Central Peace Health Centre in Spirit River: from left to right - Dr. Eva Kitagawa, Dr. Danae Wolfaardt (back), Dr. Folake Olaniyan (front), Dr. Deanna Funk

Health And Wellness

Calling all future doctors in northern Alberta
Doctor makes notes on a medical chart. (Photo: Getty Images)

Research, Health And Wellness

Judgmental language in medical charts reflects poor patient care and outcomes: researcher
Tibetha Kemble (Stonechild)

Research, Health And Wellness

Addressing systemic barriers and colonial legacies in health research
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Health And Wellness

U of A study pinpoints role of specialized cells in baby gut health
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Research, Health And Wellness

U of A oncology researcher named to the Order of Canada
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Health And Wellness, Research

Ethan Hagen receives Personnel Award for Indigenous Scholars
(From left) Brodi Paul, Koshkabi (helper); Darcy Paul, Koshkabi; Amanda Radil, research associate with CHCP; Daphne Alexis, Knowledge Keeper, Alexis Nakota Sioux First Nation; Arnold Alexis, Elder, Alexis Nakota Sioux First Nation; Youth, Alexis Nakota Sioux First Nation; Doug Klein, U of A professor of family medicine; Loretta Tuttauk, Indigenous Community Co-ordinator with CHCP (Photo: Charice Chan)

Research, Health And Wellness

‘In order to be healthy, you have to know who you are’
A student writing at a classroom table. (Photo: Getty Images)

Health And Wellness

Research addresses mental health disparities among Canada’s youth
Two new studies from a U of A lab could help reduce deaths from prostate cancer through more accurate testing for all patients and earlier screening for Black men in Alberta. (Photo: Getty Images)

Research, Health And Wellness

Clinical trial could lead to new ‘gold standard’ test for prostate cancer detection
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Health And Wellness

New U of A study shows heart-brain connection in KBG syndrome
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Science and Technology, Research, Health And Wellness

A revelation in protein folding offers hope for potential ALS medicines
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Students

Convocation Spotlight: MD '24 grad Daniel Ghods-Esfahani
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Students

Convocation Spotlight: MD '24 grad Ruth Legese
Dr. Monty Ghosh

Research, Health And Wellness

National hotline a proven harm-reduction strategy in the drug-poisoning epidemic
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Research, Science and Technology, Health And Wellness

U of A project could help children in daycare breathe easier during wildfire season
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Science and Technology, Health And Wellness, Research

AI project aims to diagnose stroke more accurately so patients can get faster treatment
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Research, Health And Wellness

U of A research teams awarded nearly $110 million for pandemic preparedness
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Health And Wellness, Research

Smoking during pregnancy raises odds of overweight children
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Health And Wellness

U of A Rural Medical Education Program Training Centre to open in Grande Prairie
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Society and Culture, Students

Thirty years later, U of A medicine alumni lace up for a good cause
Dana Moon and Meagan Eckel

Research, Health And Wellness, Students

U of A medical students to showcase AI-enhanced portable ultrasound technology
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Society and Culture, Science and Technology, Health And Wellness, Research

New research hub focuses U of A expertise on how climate change affects health
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Research, Science and Technology, Health And Wellness

Fat in the brain could be key to new treatments for Parkinson’s disease, says researcher
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Research

Two Medicine & Dentistry Canada Research Chairs renewed
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Health And Wellness

Shima Shahbaz is among first recipients of CIHR Award, advancing HIV research with $1M funding
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Research, Health And Wellness, Science and Technology

U of A research team uncovers universal code driving formation of all cell membranes
Drs. Joanna Ryan, Elizabeth Rosolowsky, Dalton Sholter, Laura Stovel

Instructors

Passionate teachers of medicine to receive CAME awards
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Science and Technology, Research, Business, Health And Wellness

Cardiac-resynchronization defibrillators still saving lives after 14 years
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Health And Wellness, Science and Technology, Research

Portable ultrasound tool uses AI to detect arm fractures more quickly
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Health And Wellness, Research

New class of antivirals works against broad range of RNA viruses including SARS-CoV-2: study
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Health And Wellness, Research

Beyond treatment: online wellness program ‘a game-changer,’ say patients
Jeremies Ibanga

Research, Students, Health And Wellness

Jeremies Ibanga receives Personnel Award for Black Scholars
Ibrahim Khodabocus

Health And Wellness, Students, Research

Ibrahim Khodabocus receives Personnel Award for Black Scholars
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News

Catching up with the Black Medical Students’ Association
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Research, Health And Wellness

Researchers seek clues to how monkeypox virus may infiltrate brain cells
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Health And Wellness, Research, Science and Technology

Researchers find new way to deliver treatment to infants at risk of cerebral palsy
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Research, Health And Wellness

The sickest long COVID patients face symptoms identical to chronic fatigue syndrome
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Research, Health And Wellness

The sickest long COVID patients face symptoms identical to chronic fatigue syndrome
Mitchell Wagner and Xiang Xiao

Students, Research, Health And Wellness

Cardiovascular Research Institute awards studentships to two College of Health Sciences graduate students
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Health And Wellness, Research

20 per cent of parents feel uncertain caring for their child after discharge from pediatric emergency: study
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Research, Health And Wellness

Rural placements for medical students feed ‘pipeline’ for new family docs
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Science and Technology, Research, Business

Amazon Web Services, U of A team up to make the power of AI more accessible
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Health And Wellness, Research

New research suggests chronic pain is different for males and females
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Health And Wellness, Research, Science and Technology

Gluten-free food guide puts good nutrition on the plate for kids
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Research, Health And Wellness

Newly identified biomarker could lead to simple blood test for rare autoimmune disease
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Employees

Pioneer in neuropsychopharmacology named to the Order of Canada
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News

Alumni Q&A: Chris Le, MD 2013
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Health And Wellness, Research, Science and Technology

Machine learning used to predict future health as Canadians age
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Society and Culture, Business, Health And Wellness

Seven things you should know about job burnout
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News

U of A psychiatry researcher one of six Canadians awarded prestigious grant
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Health And Wellness, Research

U of A team uncovers new biological marker for scleroderma