As a periodontist, Dr. Chrysi Stavropoulou [MDent/18] is a specialist who focuses on the gums and bone that support teeth.
Issue 12 | Summer 2023
Measuring Pickle Power
Sandra Webber [BMRPT/90, M.Sc./96, PhD/10], a lifelong sports enthusiast, started playing the burgeoning sport of pickleball about five years ago. Now she’s on the court three or four times per week
Sleep Scientist
From a young age, Dr. Diana McMillan [MN/95] felt destined to work in health care. Her mother was a nurse. Her father was a family doctor, surgeon and coroner serving five counties from a clinic next door to the family home in Crysler, Ont.
Power in the Data
In 2018, Dr. Nathan Nickel led an innovative data study of Manitobans with alcohol use disorders. It revealed that Manitobans who drink to excess are much heavier users of the health-care system and have much more contact with social services and the justice system than those who don’t.
Costing out Care
As a health economist, Dr. Shweta Mital is constantly aware…
Difficult Discussions
For nurse practitioner Preetha Krishnan [BN/03, MN/07, PhD/23], deprescribing – the process of reducing or eliminating a medication to improve a patient’s health – is just as important as prescribing.
A Dream of Service
When Aaron Kim [DMD/87] was in Grade 1, his teacher asked each student what they wanted to be when they grew up. He declared that he wanted to be a doctor to help people in Africa.
Inspiring Indigenous Youth
Christina Keeper [BA/10, MPT/22] first thought about a career in physical therapy when she had a knee injury at the age of 20 from playing hockey.
Open to Opportunity
Alumna Ashley Walus has one piece of advice for today’s students at the College of Pharmacy: Say yes.
Widening the Path
Mandy Buss [B.Sc./03, MD/09], proud descendant of a greatgrandmother who was a traditional Métis midwife, is president of the Indigenous Physicians Association of Canada