The year was 1991. Shannon McDonald [BA/94, MD/98] was working as a cashier at a Winnipeg grocery store when she made the life-changing decision to pursue a degree in medicine.
Journey to the Islets
If you scan the titles of Dr. Lucy Marzban’s numerous published studies from the past 18 years, her scientific obsession is clear.
Meet the New Nursing Dean
Kellie Thiessen [PhD/14] is the new dean of the College of Nursing. Thiessen, who was born in Kansas, earned bachelor’s degrees in nursing and arts from Eastern Mennonite University in Virginia before obtaining her master’s in nursing with an emphasis in midwifery at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
Always a Mentor
This fall, Judith Scanlan [Cert.Nurs.(T&S)/66, BN/67, M.Ed./83, PhD/96], associate professor of nursing, will mark an extraordinary 51 years of teaching at UM.
Honing in on Hearing Loss
Imagine being told that your child needs cancer treatment with a chemotherapy drug called cisplatin, and that, unfortunately, the drug can cause a severe side effect: permanent hearing loss.