How UBC is preparing students for their future careers
Navigating a career can be challenging. The UBC Career Centre, under the Office of the Vice-President, Students...
UWA researchers awarded major share of competitive national grants
Fifteen scientists from The University of Western Australia have been awarded more than $23 million in the latest round of funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) to undertake new research.
FASD advocate honoured at graduation ceremony
The driving force behind a national organisation to raise awareness of the dangers of prenatal exposure to alcohol is among ten distinguished community members to be awarded an Honorary...
Study reveals inequities in access to cancer clinical trials in Canada
People living in less populated, rural or remote areas are missing out on last-ditch but potentially life-saving cancer clinical trials, according to a recent study by a University of Alberta oncologist that puts the onus on Canada’s health regulatory bodies to ensure equity.
Boost for life-changing medical research
Safeguarding fertility in young cancer survivors, preventing heart disease, developing new cancer treatments and targeting the genes that cause blindness are some of the University of Adelaide’s innovative...
Nursing professor uses research, lived experience to improve newcomer health care
A Western professor’s immigration journey helped to inspire her newest research project on newcomer women from the Middle East and their interactions with the health-care system while pregnant and after giving birth.
Highly irregular sleep patterns may increase dementia risk: study
People with very irregular sleep patterns could have increased risk of dementia compared to those who wake and sleep at more regular times, Monash University-led research has found.
University of Toronto researcher leads breakthrough in production of green carbon monoxide using light
A team of advanced materials chemistry researchers, led by University Professor Geoffrey Ozin of the department of chemistry in the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Arts & Science...
Double honours for biomedical innovation to detect hearing loss
A multi-disciplinary team including two clinical professionals and three researchers from the University of Western Australia has been honoured twice in the same week for...
New award honours global work of prof through Western Heads East
From pioneer and leader in probiotics research to crime-writing novelist, Gregor Reid has certainly left an indelible mark on many fields during a career spanning more than 40 years.
