When Dr. Zulma Rueda was studying tuberculosis transmission in Colombian prisons as part of her PhD research 14 years ago, some prisoners approached her.
Issue 14 | Summer 2024
Athletes’ Advocate
Soon after Joanne Parsons [BMRPT/03, M.Sc./09, PhD/14] made the move from clinical physiotherapy to academia, she initiated a research project at a Winnipeg high school.
Clear Communicator
For most of her early career after graduating from UM as a nurse, Dr. Lisa Knisley [BN/94] cared for adult patients. But in 2000, she was working in a cardiac catheter lab in London, England, that served both adults and children.
Extracting Evidence
When Dr. Juliana (Julie) Pfeffer was growing up, she thought all dentists conducted research, taught dental students and delivered care, because her parents did all three.
Real-World Investigator
People who take a prescribed benzodiazepine (such as Xanax) for a long period often build up a tolerance to it, require a higher and higher dose of it, and end up abusing it – right?
Scientist at Heart
When Lorrie Kirshenbaum [B.Sc./86, M.Sc./88, PhD/92] was growing up in Winnipeg’s North End, his immigrant father owned a TV and electronics store
Rural RX
Alia Marcinkow [B.Sc./08, B.Sc.(Pharm)/14] puts the “community” in community pharmacist.
Wealth of Wisdom
If you visit a dentist or dental hygienist anywhere in Manitoba, there’s a good chance John Perry [DMD/76, M.Sc./86] was one of their teachers.
Finding Fun in Physio
When they graduated from UM’s physical therapy program, neither Melanie Sabourin [BA/13, MPT/19] nor her friend Mikaela Hoeppner [MPT/18] had any plans to own a business. But within a few years, the pair teamed up to open a unique Winnipeg clinic.
Honing Hospital Care
From an early age, Karen Samson [BN/09] knew she wanted to help others.
During her childhood in Winnipeg’s Garden City neighbourhood, she recalls, her grandfather suffered a seizure. It’s one of her earliest memories of seeing health-care workers.