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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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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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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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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Appointment announcement: Dr. Daniel Figeys as Director of the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences at
@uOttawaMed
, effective November 1, 2021. Congrats! 👏
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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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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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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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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
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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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
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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.
@uOttawaMed
alumnus Dr. Paul Lem (MD 2002) heads
@spartanbio
, where quick, portable and made-in-Canada
#COVID19
test kits are developed and now approved for use:
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
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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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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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
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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uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
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
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
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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🔬🏆 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
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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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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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
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
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
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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#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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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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uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
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.
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
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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uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
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:
🔬🏆 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
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
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
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
✨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
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
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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.
@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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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
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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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
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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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
.
“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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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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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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Dr. Barbara Vanderhyden, Distinguished Professor
@uOttawa
and researcher
@OttawaHospital
, and her team find diabetes drug has potential to prevent ovarian cancer
#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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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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uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
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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uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
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! 👏👏👏
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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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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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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uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
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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uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine
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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.
@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.
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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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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.
@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
: