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.
Reconciliation in Research
Engaging with Indigenous communities and incorporating Indigenous perspectives into research and health care were strong themes at the 11th annual Indigenous Health Research Symposium at UM.
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?
Medication Safety Mission
“Is this medication safe for my unborn baby?”