Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry

Michelle Noga and Kumaradevan Punithakumar at Servier Virtual Cardiac Lab

U of A researchers make real-time tumour tracking in radiation therapy five times faster

Improving ability to track mobile tumours in real time could lead to safer and possibly automated radiation therapy.

New diagnostic test for heart failure patients could also help COVID-19 patients

New coronavirus and cardiovascular disease are linked thanks to ACE2 enzyme and may respond to same treatments.

Medical resident writes while wearing a protective mask

Bursary program a powerful symbol of professional unity and support

CMA Foundation provides financial relief to medical students facing hardship as a direct result of COVID-19.

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 Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry has many resources for faculty and staff, including:

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