News - Archive 2014

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Former department chair and VP research passes away

  • Faculty staff
  • 24 December 2014
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Top 10 stories of 2014

  • FoMD staff
  • 23 December 2014
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A made-in-Canada approach to study rare disease

  • Sandra Pysklywyc
  • 22 December 2014
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Taking health discoveries from cutting edge to clinic

  • Michael Brown
  • 22 December 2014
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Televised medical talk shows - health education or entertainment?

  • Ross Neitz
  • 19 December 2014
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UAlberta researcher helped lay the groundwork for the world's largest ever clinical trial for multiple myeloma

  • Ross Neitz
  • 17 December 2014
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Gene found to be a factor in the body's immune response to flu vaccine

  • contributor
  • 12 December 2014
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Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry drives Alberta's economy

  • Sandra Pysklywyc
  • 11 December 2014
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No more "MO"

  • Sandra Pysklywyc
  • 1 December 2014
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Bringing support where students need it most

  • Scott Lingley
  • 28 November 2014
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Seniors can get free check-up in a heartbeat

  • Gregory Kennedy
  • 28 November 2014
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A voice for change

  • Ross Neitz
  • 27 November 2014
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Stopping breast cancer growth

  • Bryan Alary
  • 24 November 2014
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Getting a clearer picture on alcoholism

  • Gregory Kennedy
  • 21 November 2014
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Former dean of medicine honoured with Bulyea Cup

  • Cheryl Deslaurier
  • 21 November 2014
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Getting the scoop on poop

  • Ross Neitz
  • 19 November 2014
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Translational Science Institutes set to build on research excellence

  • Sandra Pysklywyc
  • 19 November 2014
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Healthy dose of perseverance helps grad achieve dream

  • Bryan Alary
  • 19 November 2014
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UAlberta researcher identifies opportunities to improve cancer screening in Aboriginal communities

  • AIHS Staff
  • 12 November 2014
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Female med student marks Movember with a moustache

  • Ross Neitz
  • 10 November 2014
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UAlberta PhD student takes second place in Falling Walls Lab finale

  • 10 November 2014
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MD/PhD student named a 'Leader of Tomorrow' by ASTech Foundation

  • Sandra Pysklywyc
  • 6 November 2014
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Leading the way in multiple sclerosis research

  • Ross Neitz
  • 5 November 2014
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Building Youth Strength and Resilience

  • Ross Neitz
  • 4 November 2014
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UAlberta doctor offers refugees mental health assistance from afar

  • Ross Neitz
  • 30 October 2014
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School of Dentistry adds another graduate program to its roster

  • Cheryl Deslaurier
  • 30 October 2014
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Unlocking the secrets of pulmonary hypertension

  • contributor
  • 30 October 2014
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High school students visit UAlberta to explore a career in health sciences at Discovery Day

  • Ross Neitz
  • 28 October 2014
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An Affair to Remember

  • Sandra Pysklywyc
  • 27 October 2014
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Dental Students Score Higher than Canadian Average on Board Exam

  • Cheryl Deslaurier
  • 24 October 2014
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Research award to UAlberta medical researchers could help revolutionize heart transplants

  • Ross Neitz
  • 23 October 2014
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A UAlberta medical resident's first-hand account of service abroad

  • Debraj Das, PGY-2 Internal Medicine
  • 21 October 2014
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'Dialysize' to better health

  • Ross Neitz
  • 17 October 2014
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Improving student mental health services online

  • 14 October 2014
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UAlberta medical students receive cloak of responsibility

  • Amy Hewko
  • 10 October 2014
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Tarrant Scholarship awarded to two medical students

  • Alberta Medical Association
  • 8 October 2014
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UAlberta obstetrics and gynecology residents raise awareness of cervical cancer through free clinics

  • Ross Neitz
  • 7 October 2014
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Award-winning UAlberta researcher measures the impact of frailty in Alberta's intensive care units

  • Ross Neitz
  • 2 October 2014
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Discussing alternative medicine choices for better health

  • 1 October 2014
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UAlberta Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry and medical students recognize teaching excellence

  • Ross Neitz
  • 1 October 2014
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Falling Walls Lab finalists off to international competition

  • Michael Brown
  • 26 September 2014
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Run Without Borders to support global health initiatives

  • Amy Hewko
  • 26 September 2014
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University Cup winner's heart in the right place

  • Ross Neitz
  • 25 September 2014
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Falling Walls Lab showcases revolutionary research

  • Michael Brown
  • 23 September 2014
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Medical and dental alumni shine

  • Amy Hewko
  • 22 September 2014
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Faculty celebrates record success rate for fellow inductions

  • Amy Hewko
  • 22 September 2014
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Four Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry students are awarded Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships

  • Ross Neitz
  • 22 September 2014
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Researchers form nano bond

  • Ingenuity Lab staff
  • 17 September 2014
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Up-and-coming researchers recognized by Royal Society

  • Michael Brown
  • 16 September 2014
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Giving the breath of life to infants

  • Ross Neitz
  • 8 September 2014
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Medical students shine for Cystic Fibrosis Canada

  • Amy Hewko
  • 5 September 2014
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UAlberta gives provincial hazardous material training a boost

  • Amy Hewko
  • 5 September 2014
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Gala fundraiser helps light the way to enhanced vision research

  • Ross Neitz
  • 3 September 2014
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Global most-cited list laudes UAlberta environmental chemist

  • Amy Hewko
  • 3 September 2014
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Informed dieting through research

  • FoMD Staff
  • 2 September 2014
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Learning the secrets of how cancer works

  • Ross Neitz
  • 29 August 2014
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UAlberta ALS researchers take up #icebucketchallenge in hopes of educating more people about the disease

  • Laurie Wang
  • 25 August 2014
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Cryopreservation research receives government funding

  • Nicole Basaraba
  • 21 August 2014
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CIHR grants help UAlberta bring cool science to life

  • Michael Brown
  • 21 August 2014
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Learning and laughing about a weighty topic

  • Ross Neitz
  • 15 August 2014
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UAlberta professor emerita given Canadian Medical Association's highest honour

  • Ross Neitz
  • 13 August 2014
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It's in the cards

  • Ross Neitz
  • 11 August 2014
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Outstanding student physician humbled by latest award

  • Amy Hewko
  • 8 August 2014
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Leading mentors honoured at annual awards ceremony

  • Amy Hewko
  • 6 August 2014
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Rockin' Docs inspires kids to make healthy life choices

  • Ross Neitz
  • 29 July 2014
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Building the business of medicine

  • Amy Hewko
  • 23 July 2014
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UAlberta connections run strong among top influencers

  • Michael Brown
  • 17 July 2014
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UAlberta researcher's hire continues to pay dividends

  • Ross Neitz
  • 14 July 2014
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Finding purpose in the search for answers

  • Ross Neitz
  • 7 July 2014
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UAlberta Med School receives exceptional international accreditation

  • Cait Wills
  • 7 July 2014
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Dental hygiene grads building culture of high standards

  • Cheryl Deslaurier
  • 7 July 2014
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Sweet genes

  • Ross Neitz
  • 3 July 2014
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The next step of medical and dental education

  • Amy Hewko
  • 2 July 2014
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Annual course targets those with dreams of white coats and stethoscopes

  • Amy Hewko
  • 2 July 2014
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Standout UAlberta pediatric researcher to learn from dozens of Nobel Laureates

  • Ross Neitz
  • 25 June 2014
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UAlberta researcher granted fellowship for work on breast cancer treatment

  • Ross Neitz
  • 19 June 2014
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U of A School of Dentistry partnership serves children in need of oral health care

  • FoMD Staff
  • 19 June 2014
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Leasing technology to solve the health system cash crunch

  • Ross Neitz
  • 16 June 2014
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Neuromuscular disease network to enhance Canadian research and patient care

  • Ross Neitz
  • 12 June 2014
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Medical graduate sets standard for academic excellence

  • Amy Hewko
  • 11 June 2014
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Graduates honoured at cultural convocation ceremony

  • Amy Hewko
  • 10 June 2014
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Around the world and back

  • Judith Chrystal
  • 9 June 2014
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Two for the Rhodes

  • FoMD Staff
  • 6 June 2014
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Pioneering physician undeterred by life's bleak moments

  • Bryan Alary
  • 6 June 2014
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Dental grad faces down fear of needles

  • Bev Betkowski
  • 5 June 2014
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Growing Alberta's Doctors

  • FoMD Staff
  • 5 June 2014
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New protein complex changes cell evolutionary model

  • Amy Hewko
  • 27 May 2014
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UAlberta honours two faculty members with excellence in teaching award

  • Amy Hewko
  • 26 May 2014
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'Sound' idea a breakthrough in safer scoliosis care

  • Alberta Health Services Staff
  • 21 May 2014
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Launching a physicianship course

  • Cecilia Hutchinson
  • 15 May 2014
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Rhodes Scholar recognized for pediatric care-delivery research

  • Amy Hewko
  • 9 May 2014
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UAlberta responds to new federal legislation

  • UAlberta News Staff
  • 9 May 2014
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3D Camera Used to Design New Inhalation Mask for Children

  • Sandra Kinash
  • 7 May 2014
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Student-lead conference destigmatizes LGBTQ health

  • Cait Wills
  • 6 May 2014
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From research innovation to spinoff success

  • Bryan Alary
  • 6 May 2014
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White coats rich in meaning for dental students

  • Cheryl Deslaurier
  • 1 May 2014
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From the lab to the clinic: developing better diagnostics for prostate cancer

  • Amy Hewko
  • 30 April 2014
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A selfless gift to medical education

  • Janet Harvey
  • 29 April 2014
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Minister Ambrose announces new appointment to the Governing Council of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research

  • CIHR staff
  • 28 April 2014
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Patients looking to connect with physicians through technology

  • Amy Hewko
  • 28 April 2014
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Former dean posthumously inducted into Canadian Medical Hall of Fame

  • Canadian Medical Hall of Fame staff
  • 25 April 2014
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Alberta emergency rooms undertreating pediatric pain: study

  • FoMD Staff
  • 24 April 2014
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Molecule interacts with prion proteins to alter cell behaviour

  • Amy Hewko
  • 16 April 2014
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Master's program gives dental hygiene students more options

  • Cheryl Deslaurier
  • 14 April 2014
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Pharmacist-led interventions show high success rates for post-stroke care

  • Amy Hewko
  • 14 April 2014
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UAlberta researchers examine metabolism in defective cells

  • Amy Hewko
  • 11 April 2014
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Global health fundraiser stimulates appetites and awareness

  • Amy Hewko
  • 9 April 2014
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Leading cancer researcher's move a coup for the U of A

  • 8 April 2014
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Mini Docs learn health tips and tricks at UAlberta

  • Amy Hewko
  • 8 April 2014
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Engineering student could help improve cancer treatments

  • Richard Cairney
  • 3 April 2014
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UAlberta introduces fall reading week

  • UAlberta News Staff
  • 1 April 2014
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Eleven Canada Research Chairs announced for UAlberta

  • UAlberta News Staff
  • 31 March 2014
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Medical grand rounds features world leader in medical decision making

  • FoMD Staff
  • 25 March 2014
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Nursing nursemaids' elbow

  • Amy Hewko
  • 24 March 2014
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More than a science: breaking the stigma of mental health

  • Amy Hewko
  • 24 March 2014
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One-third of kids with obesity 'metabolically healthy,' study shows

  • Bryan Alary
  • 20 March 2014
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A rainbow connection is made as Muppets join U of A medical faculty

  • Amy Hewko
  • 19 March 2014
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Alberta diabetes research receives funding boost

  • Cait Wills
  • 18 March 2014
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Surgical professors take top honors

  • Lyndsey Ford
  • 14 March 2014
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Losing patients a challenge to managing pediatric obesity: UAlberta researchers

  • Amy Hewko
  • 13 March 2014
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A generous history, a future of discovery

  • UAlberta News Staff
  • 10 March 2014
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Ian MacDonald named as inaugural chair of the Royal Alexandra Hospital Foundation's research chair in opthalmology

  • Royal Alexandra Hospital Foundation Staff
  • 3 March 2014
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Kidney stones may be warning sign for heart health

  • Amy Hewko
  • 27 February 2014
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Surge in designer drugs, tainted 'E' poses lethal risks

  • Bryan Alary
  • 26 February 2014
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Breaking down barriers and leading equality

  • FoMD Staff
  • 26 February 2014
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The final lesson is always the hardest to teach

  • Amy Hewko
  • 24 February 2014
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Health research gets $15M boost from CIHR

  • Michael Brown
  • 21 February 2014
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Surgical professor honoured for excellence in education

  • Amy Hewko
  • 19 February 2014
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UAlberta rewrites the status quo to accommodate new resident

  • Amy Hewko
  • 19 February 2014
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Study to examine cancer screening access in Northern Canada

  • Amy Hewko
  • 12 February 2014
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Team takes on unhealthy slums for shot at Hult Prize

  • Bryan Alary
  • 11 February 2014
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Professor heads for Sochi as chief physician for Team Canada

  • Geoff McMaster
  • 10 February 2014
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Medical physics the right move for young researcher

  • Bev Betkowski
  • 3 February 2014
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Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry a champion of educational excellence

  • Janet Harvey
  • 31 January 2014
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Faculty reflects on a year of celebration as centennial comes to a close

  • Amy Hewko
  • 29 January 2014
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U of A medical students help colleagues across Canada prepare for exams

  • Amy Hewko
  • 29 January 2014
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Curing myths, misconceptions about common cold therapies

  • Bryan Alary
  • 27 January 2014
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Students get set to unwind at sold-out AMSCAR

  • Lana Milner
  • 27 January 2014
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Discovery could offer new way to treat prion diseases

  • Bev Betkowski
  • 16 January 2014
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Canadian medical journals lead way in drug ads: study

  • Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry Staff
  • 13 January 2014
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Innovative UAlberta researchers receive $2.6M

  • Michael Brown
  • 8 January 2014
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Staff member recognized for dedication

  • Amy Hewko
  • 8 January 2014

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