Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry

Researchers find more precise way to target tumours with anti-cancer drugs

Using modified nanoparticles to deliver drugs to tumour cells while sparing healthy ones could make treatment more effective, U of A researchers find.

U of A researchers aim to uncover the science behind cannabis-sleep theories

NMHI neuroscientists receive federal funding to explore the effect cannabis components have on sleep and breathing.

New treatment for common form of muscular dystrophy shows promise in cells, animals

University of Alberta-led team develops synthetic molecule that stops production of toxic muscle-killing protein.

The Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry offers fully accredited programs at the undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate levels, and ongoing professional development activities. We train physicians, researchers in the basic and clinical sciences, dentists, dental hygienists, and medical laboratory scientists for central and northern Alberta, Canada and the world.

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The Division of Community Engagement in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry at the University of Alberta is an academic unit that recognizes the many diverse communities that we are a part of and the need to ensure a balance between health science, social accountability and humanism.

Community Engagement provides an academic home to the following related programs:

Global Health
Indigenous Health Initiatives
Inner City Health
Rural and Regional Health
Community Engaged Research