A UM centre that is internationally respected for its health partnerships in countries such as India, Kenya and Ukraine has grown into an institute. Now its leader is encouraging faculty and students from across the university to participate in its projects.
Summer 2021
Summer-2021
Outstanding Investigators
Seven professors in the Max Rady College of Medicine have recently been awarded prestigious Canada Research Chairs by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research or the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.
On Target
Dr. Ted Lakowski’s research passion is the relatively new field of epigenetics.
It focuses on whether certain genes are switched on (activated) or switched off (silenced) inside cells.
Toward Data Justice
About 15 years ago, medical anthropologist Dr. Robert Lorway was conducting postdoctoral research in Mysore, India.
His goal was to understand why male sex workers, who had a high prevalence of HIV infection, weren’t coming to free clinics that were run by UM, with funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
‘Out of the Shadows’
While COVID-related public health restrictions have put a pause on much of her research, Genevieve Thompson [BN/97, MN/03, PhD/07] says the pandemic is having a positive effect on the future of her work.