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Health And Wellness, Research

U of A team uncovers new compounds to slow SARS-CoV-2 replication mechanism

Novel protease inhibitors show promise for developing safer, more effective COVID-19 treatments.

October 21, 2021
By Gillian Rutherford

Health And Wellness, Science and Technology, Research

Mentorship key to breakthrough science in women and children’s health

Placenta in a petri dish just one innovation that is attracting top students and research dollars to Alberta.

October 20, 2021
By Gillian Rutherford

Research, Health And Wellness

Canada should limit use of forceps in childbirth to prevent lifelong injuries to women: study

Education about the risks needed for both clinicians and mothers, say U of A experts on incontinence.

October 19, 2021
By Gillian Rutherford

Health And Wellness

Counselling students look to address COVID-19 mental health fallout

Clinical Services offers low-cost support and training to students who will be on the front lines of the recovery ahead.

October 18, 2021
By Niall McKenna

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Research Highlights

Energy channelled by space weather favours the north, new study shows

U of A physicists discover surprising new findings about how our planet’s magnetic field controls space weather as it shields us from solar wind.

11 January 2021 By Folio Staff

U of A researchers discover one of our cellular building blocks acts as a gel, not liquid as previously believed

Landmark discovery of the physical state of complex DNA and protein “packages”—called chromatin—in a cell’s nucleus could lead to better understanding of diseases such as cancer.

12 January 2021 By Ryan O’Byrne

U of A oncology researcher John Mackey (left) and cell biologist Luc Berthiaume

Target of new cancer treatment valid for breast as well as blood cancers: study

Results reinforce rationale for clinical trials expected to begin in May.

20 January 2021 By Gillian Rutherford

U of A In The News

Many Albertans are frustrated and angry with the unvaccinated, but what to do with those feelings?

October 20, 2021

Daisy Fung (Medicine & Dentistry) expresses her feelings of frustration with unvaccinated Albertans and misinformation.
Pandemic poses long-term risks to heart health: Canadian survey of experts

October 19, 2021

Justin Ezekowitz (Medicine & Dentistry) says health care avoidance due to fear of COVID has contributed to patients not receiving the care they need, and suggests health care should always come before other priorities in the economy.
Early results suggest Alberta votes in favour of removing equalization from Canada's constitution

October 19, 2021

Eric Adams (Law) provides expert comments on the projected results of Alberta’s equalization referendum.
These organizations are helping young women see themselves in engineering careers

October 19, 2021

Ania Ulrich (Engineering) helped develop Fem+, a seven-month engineering mentorship program for high school students of under-represented genders.
About 1 in 4 times forceps are used during childbirth in Canada, a mom is injured: study

October 19, 2021

Jane Schulz (Medicine & Dentistry) led a study that found 1 in 4 times forceps (tools placed on a baby’s head to pull them out during childbirth) are used in Canada, a mom is injured.
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Impact & Initiatives

Pilot program aims to give high schoolers a head start on becoming entrepreneurs

U of A business professor teams up with Edmonton school to teach students what it takes to turn ideas into successful ventures.

19 May 2021 By Michael Brown

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

U of A researchers team with Grand Challenges Canada and World Health Organization to bring a health-care necessity to a Somalian conflict zone.

20 May 2021 By Ross Neitz, with files from WHO Somalia

U of A’s innovative wheat-breeding program gets $2M funding boost

Five-year agreement with Canadian Wheat Research Coalition will support development of new varieties of earlier-maturing, higher-yielding wheat for Western Canadian growers.

03 May 2021 By Bev Betkowski

Statements & Advisories

News Release: Nine Alberta post-secondary institutions enhance safety measures

University of Alberta, University of Calgary, University of Lethbridge, MacEwan University, Medicine Hat College, Mount Royal University, NAIT, SAIT, and NorQuest College to introduce vaccination mandate, required vaccination proof, and changes to rapid testing programs

13 September 2021

University back-to-school story ideas for a fall term unlike any other

With back to school comes a sense of optimism and renewal that the world sorely needs. This search for normalcy is being informed by University of Alberta experts available to comment on everything from how to maintain good mental and physical health to trying your hand at entrepreneurship and...

30 August 2021

Institutional Statement About China Relations

04 May 2021 By Walter Dixon

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