Winter 2022 – Page 2

People Person

What Dieter Schönwetter [BA/87, MA/89, PhD/96] enjoys most about research isn’t collecting data or analyzing findings. It’s connecting with people.

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.

Lisa Engel sitting on a chair at Banatyne campus while being interviewed.

Money Matters

Growing up in Regina, Dr. Lisa Engel had no aspirations for a PhD. But that changed after she started working as an occupational therapist at a regional hospital on Vancouver Island in 2007.

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).