Gayle Romanetz [B.Sc.Pharm/84] was not sure which career path to take when she started her undergrad science studies at UM.
Issue 17 | Winter 2025/26
Community Ally
Fresh out of UM nursing school in 1984, Sharon Bruce [BN/84, MA/93, PhD/99] started working at the Winnipeg Children’s Hospital.
Career Taking Flight
Dental hygienist David Van [Dip.D. Hyg./21, B.Sc.D.Hyg./24] takes pleasure in his weekly commute through the skies, travelling in small planes from Winnipeg to northern First Nations communities.
Supporting Success
Ana Hanlon-Dearman [BN/84, MD/94, M.SC./03] holds many titles that reflect her expertise in neurodevelopmental disorders.
Pioneering Spirit
When retired nursing leader Jan Currie [BN/72, LLD/22] heard she’d been nominated for an honorary doctorate at UM in 2022, she was so surprised that she started researching past recipients.
Numbers with Impact
Behind every public health or health education decision, there’s data.
Inflammation Investigator
What if controlling the energy production in our cells could help fight disease?
Dose of Exercise
Dr. Ayesha Saleem says there’s no drug on Earth that is as beneficial as exercise.
Better Treatment for Brain Injury
During his early training in neurosurgery, Frederick Zeiler [B.Sc./05, MD/10] observed that there was a lot of information about head-injury patients available to physicians that wasn’t being used or analyzed.
Kitchen-table Connections
Vanessa Van Bewer [BRS/00, MN/13, PhD/21] has always been surrounded by stories and storytelling.