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@uOttawaMed
uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
2 years
Leadership announcement: @uOttawaMed would like to congratulate Dr. Jason Frank on his new role as Interim Director, Centre for Innovation in Medical Education (cIMED). Get to know Dr. Frank:
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uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
4 years
In Memoriam: A caring, positive individual, Ryan Séguin had a passion for supporting and mentoring medical students.
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uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
5 years
From hockey player to published author: uOttawa MD student Nathan Chiarlitti faces every challenge with an upbeat attitude. Wanting to inspire others, he has published his first book, More Than a Game, sharing his journey from #hockey to #medicine :
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uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
4 years
Congratulations to Dr. David Moher @dmoher , elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada for his pioneering work developing research reporting guidelines! 👉
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uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
3 years
Congratulations to the winners of the uOttawa Faculty of Medicine Awards of Excellence, Educator of the Year Awards! 🔗
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uOttawa | Facult�� de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
3 years
Congratulations to the winners of the uOttawa Faculty of Medicine Awards of Excellence, Researcher of the Year Awards! 🔗
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uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
4 years
Congratulations to our Assistant Dean @ARJalali who has just been awarded the 2019-2020 @uOttawa Award for Excellence in Teaching from @APUOtt ! Read more about Dr. Jalali's thoughts on teaching in time of pandemic
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uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
3 years
Appointment announcement: Dr. Daniel Figeys as Director of the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences at @uOttawaMed , effective November 1, 2021. Congrats! 👏
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uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
3 years
Congrats to Dr. Sarah Funnell, founding director of the Centre for #Indigenous #Health #Research and #Education @uOttawaMed , who has recently been named a council member of the Medical Council of Canada. #MedEd #MedTwitter
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uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
6 years
Congratulations! The Executive Committee of the Board of Governors approved the appointment of Dr. Bernard Jasmin as Dean of the Faculty of Medicine for a five year term, from October 1, 2018 to June 30, 2023.
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uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
3 years
Our #MD alum Dr. James Makokis says if elected, he would be the first Indigenous, and two-spirit, president of @CMA_Docs —an opportunity for change at a national, systems level. @uOttawaAlumni @Albertadoctors #MedTwitter 🔗
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uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
2 years
Congratulations to Dr. @ElizabethMuggah on her appointment as senior clinical advisor for primary care with @OntarioHealthOH beginning in September. We wish her the best of luck in her new role!
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uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
3 years
Announcement: Appointment of Dr. Melissa Forgie as Senior Vice-Dean and Vice‑President, Medical Education @uOttawaMed @OttawaHospital ! Congratulations! In this new joint senior leadership position, Dr. Forgie will lead the Medical Education Portfolio.
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uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
2 years
A new 350,000 sq foot medical research complex will add major velocity to @uOttawaMed ’s efforts to address the great scientific challenges of the 21st century – from #Neuroscience and #MolecularMedicine to #PandemicPreparedness and #AI .
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uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
1 year
A big #Shoutout to Dr. Faizan Khan on winning the prestigious Governor General's #GoldMedal ! 🏅 Dr. Khan was a standout graduate student in #Epidemiology who earned his PhD from @uOttawaMed last year. Read more on this impressive accomplishment 👉
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uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
4 years
Dr. Mary-Ellen Harper tackles confusion about the words we use when we talk about metabolism, today in @nature Metabolism 🔗
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uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
4 years
Happy (and stylish) holidays! Joyeuses (et élégantes) Fêtes! from/de @uOttawaMed Dean/doyen Bernard Jasmin @uOttawa
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uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
2 years
Leadership announcement: @uOttawaMed would like to congratulate Dr. Katalin Tóth as the Interim Chair, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, effective July 1st. Dr. Tóth replaced Dr. David Lohnes. Warmest gratitude to Dr. Lohnes for his service.
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uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
4 years
Dr. Derrick Gibbings @uOttawaMed & team published a paper today in Nature Biomedical Engineering, w findings on enhancing the delivery of RNA silencing drugs to targeted gene expressions. This tech could help treat kidney failure or Crohn's disease. Link👉
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uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
1 year
A special #shoutout to MD/PhD student Patricia Burhunduli! In addition to pursuing a PhD in #neuroscience 🧠, @pburhunduli is Vice President of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion for @uOMedSoc . She was recently awarded a Doctoral Canada Graduate Scholarship from @CIHR_IRSC .🏆 #BHM
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uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
2 years
Congratulations to @uOttawaMed ’s Yasmine Elmi for being a winner of prestigious McCall MacBain Scholarship! Yasmine credits the @uOttawaTMM program with providing opportunities to accelerate her leadership skills. To find out more: #uOttawaAlumni #MedEd
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uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
3 years
In Memoriam: The research of our late student Michael Ip @uOttawaMed is helping enable access to home-based palliative care, a wish of most Canadians—including himself. 🔗
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uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
2 years
Leadership announcement: @uOttawaMed would like to congratulate Dr. Michelle Chiu as Interim Chef/Head, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, effective Sept. 1. Dr. Chiu replaces Dr. Colin McCartney, whom we thank for his leadership.
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uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
6 years
Dr. Michael Downey @DowneyUOttawa & his students Amanda Bentley-DeSousa and Charlotte Holinier in the Dept. of Cellular & Molecular Medicine uncover new protein modification, read more
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uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
4 years
We are proud and honoured that Prof. Michael Rudnicki, Tier 1 CRC in molecular genetics, has been elected to @royalsociety , the world's oldest & most prestigious scientific institution.
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@uOttawaMed
uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
3 years
Dr. Charles Su has been appointed Interim Vice-Dean of Undergraduate Medical Education (UGME) effective September 1, 2021 to August 31, 2022! Dr. Su takes the reins of our highly regarded UGME program from Dr. Melissa Forgie, whom we thank warmly for her 10 years of service.
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uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
4 years
Dr. Peter Tugwell has been announced as the winner of @CIHR_IRSC 's Barer-Flood Prize in Health Services and Policy Research. 👉
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uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
3 years
Congratulations to the winners of the uOttawa Faculty of Medicine Awards of Excellence, Early-career Researcher of the Year Awards! 🔗
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uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
2 years
Congrats to 3 stellar @uOttawaMed researchers 🧪🔬 named as Canada Research Chairs @CRC_CRC ! They will expand the Faculty’s breadth and depth of innovative research in areas such as neuroscience, neurobiology and cardiovascular disease. 🔗
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uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
3 years
Congratulations to our MD student Sonia Dancey, who has been honoured with a 2021 @CdnMedHallFame Award for Medical Students, recognizing her community leadership, communication skills and interest in advancing knowledge. 🏆
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@uOttawaMed
uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
3 months
🔬🏆 Congratulations to Dr. Marc Carrier for winning the 2024 @AFMC Clinical Researchers Award! His outstanding work on venous thromboembolism and #Cancer marks a significant advancement in medicine. 🔗:
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uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
4 years
Four @uOttawaMed professors receive Ontario’s Early Researcher Awards! Check out the latest story:
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uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
4 years
In the fight against #COVID19 , we may be sitting on the right weapons and not even know it. That’s the hope of a three-lab team led by @uOttawa that just received funding from @CIHR_IRSC
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uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
1 year
It’s not by luck that @uOttawa is receiving the largest grant in its 175-year history to lead a first-of-its-kind #MedicalResearch initiative - the #BrainHeart Interconnectome. Chalk it up to vision, determination, and world-class talent! 🧠🫀 Read more👉
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uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
2 years
Congratulations to @uOttawaTMM @lisadambrosio2 who has just been awarded the 2021-2022 @uOttawa Award for Excellence in Teaching from @APUOtt ! She recently shared her top tips for educators and students:
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uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
3 years
Two members of the Faculty of Medicine have been named Canada Research Chairs, while a third Chair has been renewed for a second term! Congrats! 🙌 🔗
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uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
3 years
Announcement: Dr. Mark Walker has been appointed Vice-Dean, Internationalization and Global Health @uOttawaIGHOMed @uOttawaMed , for a term effective July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2026.
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uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
4 years
A celebration for the #carms2020 match results @uOttawaMed ! 99.4% matched / ont été jumelés! Félicitations! 👍🙌🎉
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uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
2 years
Since 2017, Dr. Mona Nemer, a #cardiovascular researcher and professor at @uOttawaMed @uOttawa , has been Canada's @ChiefSciCan . Her tenure coincided with the world-transforming #COVID19 pandemic. To say it’s been a busy time is a huge understatement. 🔗
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@uOttawaMed
uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
5 years
Congratulations to the @uOttawaBMI team for $2.9 million in new funding from Genome Canada to help define new drugs targeting the gut microbiome:
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uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
4 years
Dr. Marc-André Langlois @uOttawa receives $1M in @CIHR_IRSC funding to develop biomedical tools including a vaccine to fight #COVID19 ➡️ #coronavirus
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uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
4 years
TOMORROW at noon: our Faculty's Equity, Diversity & Inclusion office is hosting a webinar: "Medicine, Inequities and Black Lives" 12-1 p.m. Register: Speaker: @OnyeActiveMD , assistant prof @UofT_dlsph
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uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
2 years
Moving on up! @uOttawaMed in 2nd place in Maclean’s latest rankings of Canada’s best “Medical Doctoral” universities in medical/science grants! We’re also near the top in faculty awards and scholarships & bursaries. Congrats to all in our community. 🔗
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uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
2 years
Our @uOttawa Faculty of Medicine’s Dean Dr. Bernard Jasmin is being awarded a $150,000 grant from the Canadian Space Agency ( @csa_asc ) to help better understand how muscles weaken in space. Congrats! 🔗
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uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
5 years
Bravo! 👏😊 Congrats!
@CHEO
CHEO Ottawa
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#CHEO is ranked as one of the best pediatric hospitals in the world according to @Newsweek ! This is a testament to our caring staff, dedicated volunteers and generous community
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uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
6 years
Dr. Steffany Bennett, holder of the University Research Chair in Neurolipidomics and professor @uOttawaMed , has been appointed as a Special Advisor, Diversity and Inclusion for @uOttawa for a two-year period:
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@uOttawaMed
uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
4 years
We are mourning our student Ryan Séguin. Visitations will be held from 6-9 pm on Dec. 12 at the Stinson Funeral Home. Family, friends and others whose life Ryan touched are also invited on Dec 13 for visitations from 10 am to noon.
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uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
4 years
Seven @uOttawa #MD students co-founded grassroots fundraiser @ridetoconnect to help combat social isolation for seniors during #COVID19 , so far raising $43,510 with the support of their @Strava #cycling community nationwide. Join the cause! 🙌🚴🔗
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uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
8 months
Today, future #doctors , #pharmacists , and #researchers take the oath of professionalism that will guide their studies @uOttawaMed and their careers. ✊ 🥼 🩺💊 🔬❤️ The White Coat Ceremony starts at 1pm. Livestream 👉
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@uOttawaMed
uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
4 years
A group of our MD students @uOttawa are helping frontline health care professional gather medical equipment, i.e masks, gloves, gowns, hand sanitizer, face shields, goggles, disinfectant wipes. Help out here:
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uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
3 months
🔬🏆 Félicitations au Dr Marc Carrier pour avoir remporté le Prix des cliniciens-chercheurs 2024 de l' @AFMC ! Ses travaux exceptionnels sur la thromboembolie veineuse et le #Cancer marquent une avancée significative en médecine. 🔗:
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uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
2 years
In new publication in @ScienceMagazine ,our @uOttawaMed @uOttawaBMI lab collaborates with @Yale colleagues to unlock mystery of code-carrying proteins rooted in the deepest past of evolution. 🔗
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uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
4 years
Congratulations! Dr. Peter Tugwell, full prof @OttawasDofM @uOttawa_SEPH and senior scientist @OttawaHospital  received @CIHR_IRSC  ’s 2020 Barer-Flood Prize in Health Services and Policy Research at a virtual ceremony today! ➡️
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uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
5 years
Congratulations to Dr. Mary-Ellen Harper who has been appointed interim director of the Ottawa Institute for Systems Biology!
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uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
4 years
A study from Dr. Bernard Jasmin’s laboratory headed by lead author Dr. Christine Péladeau, published in @NatureComms today, points the way toward novel therapies for Duchenne muscular dystrophy 👉
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uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
1 year
New insights into #SARS -CoV-2, virus that causes #COVID -19. Research team led by @MCoteLab reveals new route for viral entry into cells. Also suggests #virus may use proteins to cause more damage & potentially infect wider range of cells. 🔗
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uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
7 years
Dr. Bernard Jasmin will become Interim Dean of the Faculty of Medicine on July 1 – we’re delighted to welcome him!
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uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
4 years
Message from Dr. Bernard Jasmin, dean @uOttawaMed : “I am incredibly proud of how @uOttawaMed has pulled together in support of our community & each other during this challenging time. Thank you to clinicians, researchers, learners & staff for your leadership & commitment!”
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uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
2 years
✨A major new Advanced Medical Research Centre and innovation hub is coming to Ottawa. 👀Watch @uOttawaMed ’s Dean Bernard Jasmin describe how we’ll reimagine health care through innovation here at @uOttawa .👇
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uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
3 years
Congratulations to the winners of the uOttawa Faculty of Medicine Awards of Excellence, Publication of the Year Awards! 🔗
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uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
3 years
Congratulations to @AFMC_e 2021 award winners Dr. Robert Bell (Clinical Teacher Award) & Dr. Ali Jalali (John Ruedy Award for Innovation in Medical Education)! 👍 #MedTwitter #MedEd 🔗
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uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
2 years
Dr. @MireilleKhacho ’s @uOttawaMed lab leads compelling study revealing a wide-ranging repertoire for #mitochondria —the powerhouses of our cells—in adult muscle stem cells. @uOttawaBMI @StemCellNetwork @OISB_IBSO #MedEd Read more➡️
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uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
3 years
🧪 @CIHR_IRSC announces more than $15M in project grants to @uOttawaMed and affiliated research institutes. Congrats! ➡️
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uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
4 years
Congratulations to @uOttawaMed Master's student Wensheng Tian from Dr. Ryan Russell's lab @CMMuOttawa , who was the first author in this recent @nature article on "An antibody for analysis of autophagy induction":
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uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
5 years
. @uOttawaMed professor Dr. Jean-François Couture has received a uOttawa Excellence in Education Prize: “Teaching with enthusiasm is essential for instilling in students a thirst for knowledge,” says the structural biologist.
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uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
2 years
Congratulations to @uOttawaMed ’s 2nd year medical student Ashley Jackson, for winning the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship starting in fall 2022! #RhodesScholarship 🔗
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uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
9 months
🎊 Congratulations to PhD in Epidemiology candidate @amydjohn on receiving one of the O'Brien Fellowships for the year 2023! 🔗 📸 The O’Brien Foundation
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uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
2 months
🌟 This #InternationalWomensDay , let's highlight Dr. @KateyRayner 's dedication at @uOttawa to empowering women in STEM. Her work in biomedical research paves the way for excellence. Let's support #WomenInScience ! 🔬💪 🔗
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uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
6 years
Congratulations to our @uOttawa Faculty of Medicine researchers for being awarded a 2018 NSERC CREATE grant:
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uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
3 years
Published in @NatureNeuro , researchers @uOttawa close in on the root of slow motor learning in #autism : Dr. Simon Chen’s lab finds a shortage in noradrenaline released to the motor cortex from the locus coeruleus. @CMMuOttawa   @uOttawaResearch   👉
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uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
6 years
Today 164 students of our class of #MD2018 are graduating! Congratulations - You did it! #uOgrad
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uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
1 year
Congrats to Dr. Mamta Gautam, first winner of the @AFMC_e Wellness Award! 🎉 A focus on physician #wellness is needed now more than ever to combat #burnout . 👉 #HealthWorker #MentalHealth @PEAKMD @uOPsychiatry
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uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
2 years
Huge thank you to all who participated in today’s Ugly Sweater Contest @uOttawaMed ! Our Dean, Dr. Bernard Jasmin, brings extra cheer to a well-dressed and festive Friday. Have a great weekend everyone! #uOMedUglySweater
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uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
5 years
Just announced: Dr. Kym Boycott, Dr. Jeremy Grimshaw and Dr. Katey Rayner elected by their peers to the Royal Society of Canada as leaders in scientific innovation and discovery! #RSC
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uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
4 years
World-first clinical trial @OttawaHospital @CDNCancerTrials led by Dr. Rebecca Auer @uOttawaMed tests a novel immune-boosting strategy in the race to find new ways to prevent and treat #COVID19 for cancer patients. 🔗
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uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
3 years
Felicitations! 🎉Congratulations to our MD students on the @CaRMS_CA @CaRMS_fr match results for 2021! 🙌 98.8 % matched / ont été jumelés! #MedEd #carms2021 #CaRMSMatch
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uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
3 years
Dr. Yipeng Ge, a @uOttawa @uOttawaPHPM medical resident currently working in Iqaluit, Nunavut is viewing the contaminated drinking water crisis there through a public and global health lens. Read about Dr. Ge’s first-hand experience:
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uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
4 years
Congratulations to Drs. Duncan Stewart, John Bell, Carolina Ilkow, David Courtman, and Bernard Thébaud @uOttawa @OttawaHospital for receiving a $1,050,000 grant from @InnovationCA to support the manufacturing of innovative treatments and vaccines for #COVID19 .
@InnovationCA
CFI / FCI
4 years
“Canadian researchers are key to finding our way out of the #COVID19 #Pandemic . With this @InnovationCA funding, the Government of Canada is ensuring they have the equipment & tools to support their important work.” @NavdeepSBains
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uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
4 years
Cannabis use in pregnancy linked to a greater risk of autism, find Drs. Daniel Corsi and Mark Walker, published in @nature Medicine today. 📰🔗
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uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
6 years
In honour of #InternationalWomensDay we @uOttawaMed celebrate #womeninscience and share this story about equity and diversity for women in science and academia! #IWD2018
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uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
5 years
New MD Program initiative @uOttawaMed supports students of low socio-economic status:
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uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
5 years
Congratulations to Dr. Robert Korneluk, @uOttawaMed professor & @CHEOhospital senior scientist, who was invested as Member of the Order of Canada this morning at @RideauHall by @GGJuliePayette , Governor General of Canada!
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uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
2 years
Research teams from @uOttawaMed and affiliated institutes awarded more than $21.5M to support cutting-edge research through the Spring 2022 @CIHR_IRSC Project Grant competition. Congratulations! 🧪🙌 Read more:
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@uOttawaMed
uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
6 years
ICYMI: For 25 years, @uOttawa students have been expanding their communication and teaching skills in science, tech, engineering, mathematics w @LetsTalkScience thanks to Dr. Barbara Vanderhyden, a senior scientist @uOttawaMed who started it all in 1993:
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@uOttawaMed
uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
4 years
#COVID19 has robbed seniors of opportunities to stay social and maintain their sense of community. However, the Student-Senior Isolation Prevention Partnership (SSIPP) program offers a warm and caring solution:
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@uOttawaMed
uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
3 years
Our MSc @uOttawaBMI  student Chisom Okwor @adez_xx was inspired by @Trevornoah to challenge health inequalities through #HepC research. #WomenInScienceDay #WomeninScience #STEM ➡️
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@uOttawaMed
uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
6 years
New research from Diane Lagace, Jean-Claude Béïque, Timal Kannangara and team from @CMMuOttawa and @uOttawaBMRI is igniting excitement about the capacity of stem cells to improve stroke recovery and outlining new directions for stroke research.
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@uOttawaMed
uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
6 years
Congrats to our MD/PhD student Marc-Olivier Deguise on being awarded the 2018 Canadian Medical Hall of Fame Award for MD students; recognizing his established track record of community leadership, superior communication skills and demonstrated interest in advancing knowledge! 👍
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@uOttawaMed
uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
6 years
Congratulations to newly elected Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada Dr. Ruth Slack and Dr. Ian Graham from @uOttawamed ! They were recognized this week at #COE17 in Winnipeg, as well as @uOttawa 's Reception in Honour of Excellence in Teaching and Research! 👏👏👏
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Jacques Frémont
6 years
Celebrating our remarkable @uOttawa faculty at a reception highlighting excellence in teaching and research. Congratulations to all those who were honoured this past year!
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@uOttawaMed
uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
1 year
Innovation abounds at #uOttawa ! Plans are underway for the new Centre for Innovation in Medical Education (CiMED), poised to cement @uOttawaMed as a world leader in #MedicalEducation .🌎 Discover all you need to know about this vision come to life ➡️
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@uOttawaMed
uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
1 year
👏👏👏 Congratulations to the faculty members promoted during the 2023 Professorial Promotions Ceremony! 🔗
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@uOttawaMed
uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
1 year
At uOttawa, we have a bold vision to enhance our competitive edge in #MedicalInnovation !🌐 From state-of-the-art #MedicalLaboratories to core facilities & beyond, the Advanced Medical Research Centre (AMRC) will provide an array of innovative resources! 👉
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@uOttawaMed
uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
2 years
Congratulations to our @uOttawa medical students on their tremendous success rate of 95% for the first iteration of the Canadian @CaRMS_CA match for 2022!👏🎉🙌 The national match rate this year is 93.6%.
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@uOttawaMed
uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
2 years
In collaboration with our partners @OttawaHospital @CHEO , Roger Guindon Hall @uOttawaMed is providing space for a vaccine clinic administering the 3rd dose of the #COVID19 booster for health care workers available now until mid-January.
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@uOttawaMed
uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
6 years
. @uOttawa alumnus Dr. John Sinclair @OttawaHospital is pioneering a new technique in Canada, called fluorescence-guided surgery that helps surgeons see malignant cells in patients’ brains, enabling them to remove more of their tumours.
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@uOttawaMed
uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
2 years
Members of our brilliant Faculty of Medicine and affiliated hospital research institutes have been awarded 20 Project Grants and 5 Priority Announcement Grants in the latest funding from @CIHR_IRSC . That’s for a total of $15.6 million dollars. 🔗
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@uOttawaMed
uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
3 years
Dr. Sharon Whiting says her role as vice-dean of Faculty Affairs @uOttawaMed is to help faculty, students and residents feel respected and included, with opportunities to progress and make a difference. #BlackHistoryMonth #Diversity #Inclusion ➡️
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@uOttawaMed
uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
6 years
. @PartnersinRes has recognized Dr. Kumanan Wilson @uOttawaMed @OttawaHospital for empowering Cdns to manage their own health care via apps relating to immunization, emergency medicine, kidney disease & stroke recovery, developed in @OttawamHealth :
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