Features (Winter 2022)

A student demonstrates how research participants will wear a cap to receive brain stimulation.

Boosting Brain Connectivity

Researchers from the Max Rady College of Medicine are aiming to increase the benefits of cognitive behavioural therapy by combining it with non-invasive brain stimulation.

Dr. Reg Urbanowski, dean of the College of Rehabilitation Sciences, speaks at the opening of the smart suite, accompanied by a telepresence robot.

High Tech at Home

A high-tech model apartment developed by the College of Rehabilitation Sciences has opened at Health Sciences Centre (HSC).

An artistic rendering of a close-up of the coronavirus.

Combatting COVID-19

Researcers from UM, the University of Toronto and the University of Calgary have teamed up for a study of the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on gestational diabetes care.

Peter Nickerson [B.Sc.(Med.)/86, MD/86], a prominent physician and researcher in the ﬁeld of organ transplantation, is the new dean of the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, dean of the Max Rady College of Medicine and vice-provost (health sciences).

Photo collage of Community Impact winners.

Powering Positive Change

Five accomplished and inspiring leaders associated with the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences were named among Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women of 2022 by the Women’s Executive Network.
The annual awards recognize women who are advocates, champions, trailblazers and groundbreakers.