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Canadian-led project saves lives in Somalia through innovative solar-powered oxygen system

May 20, 2021

U of A researchers team with Grand Challenges Canada and World Health Organization to bring a health-care necessity to a Somalian conflict zone.
U of A precision health and entrepreneurship platforms get a boost to accelerate innovation

May 03, 2021

Projects funded by Alberta Innovates will harness data-driven health technologies for better diagnostics and care.
Student’s passion for archeology helps unearth the story of a 3,000-year-old tragedy

April 29, 2021

Master’s research reveals clues into the lives of four people who perished in a fire in the late Bronze Age.
Family launches new scholarship to say thanks for giving father more time

April 23, 2021

The U of A’s Ex-VIvo Organ Support System gave Doug Hallett almost seven more years with his family. Now, they’re giving back.
Fast-growing Edmonton startup helps get new drugs to market sooner

April 21, 2021

DrugBank began in a U of A bioinformatics lab and is now used by scientists, pharmaceutical companies and other customers around the world.
Innovative fitness program encourages kids with heart disease or transplants to train safely at home

April 19, 2021

U of A cardiologists, computing scientists team up to build video game-based MedBIKE fitness program for pediatric heart patients.
Students’ innovative idea could help prevent fentanyl overdoses

April 16, 2021

Syringe that detects potentially lethal dose wins $100,000 first prize in TELUS Innovation Challenge.
U of A developed phone app helps youth impacted by anxiety

April 16, 2021

Mobile app helps youth to practice skills learned while receiving cognitive based therapy treatment
Dentists seeing more cracked and fractured teeth during pandemic—and now ‘mask mouth’

April 12, 2021

Dental offices are safe, says U of A periodontist who urges people not to put off appointments that would prevent problems from getting worse.
Shaping the future of personalized health care

April 01, 2021

Lawrence Richer, Academic Lead of the Precision Health Signature Area, traces the trajectory of medicine in the years head.
Graduate students to take centre stage at Three Minute Thesis competition

March 29, 2021

Five FoMD graduate students are among the finalists presenting their research projects in hopes of moving on to national competition.
Gary Lopaschuk earns university’s highest faculty honour

March 16, 2021

The internationally renowned cardiac scientist has been awarded the 2020 University Cup.
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