Research (Summer 2025)

If you scan the titles of Dr. Lucy Marzban’s numerous published studies from the past 18 years, her scientific obsession is clear.

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.

Making a difference in the lives of kids who face social and economic inequities drives Canada’s leading expert in early childhood oral health.

Dr. Madeline Burghardt never expected to become an arts-based researcher. But the demands of specific projects have changed her perspective.

In Canada, for every 100 nurses who graduate and start working, 40 leave the profession before the age of 35. That’s according to a report last year by the Montreal Economic Institute.