What Dr. Kangmin Duan studies is microscopic, but the problem he’s working on is colossal. The microbiologist researches how bacteria cause infectious diseases and become resistant to antimicrobial (antibiotic) drugs.
Winter 2021
In the Genes
When Dr. Abdullah Al Maruf’s mother passed away at 65, she was taking more than 15 medications for diabetes, gout, anxiety and high blood pressure. Some of the drugs didn’t seem to be effective, and others caused side effects.
Lessons Learned
Being a frontline hospital nurse during the pandemic has been enormously distressing and draining, says Dr. Sonia Udod.
Trustworthy Transmission
When Dr. Abdullah Al Maruf’s mother passed away at 65, she was taking more than 15 medications for diabetes, gout, anxiety and high blood pressure. Some of the drugs didn’t seem to be effective, and others caused side effects.
Probing COVID
Two research teams – one that aims to better understand the lingering condition known as “long COVID” and one that will study COVID-19 at the cellular level – have received funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).