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For nearly five years, a cardiovascular researcher and professor at uOttawa Faculty of Medicine has been Canada's chief science advisor, providing expert advice to the prime minister and other federal decision-makers.

Updates from the Executive Leadership Team on strategic priority areas within medical education, the EDI Action Plan for 2022–2025, the FoM's priorities for AI in medicine, the Social Accountability Grants and Awards Program and more.

The Faculty of Medicine mourns the passing of Dr. Justin Maloney, remembered as humble and wise, a great Canadian, and the father of paramedicine in Ottawa.

A novel brain imaging technique can potentially be used in large-scale screenings for Alzheimer’s, while also providing possible insights about the disease’s earliest stages, long before symptoms emerge.

The Mark and Gail Marcogliese Graduate Fellowship helps fund some of the most innovative ideas in neuroscience and paves the way to advances.

Reconnect with friends, recognize significant milestones and raise a glass to our Faculty’s successes!

Alum Dr. Jeffrey Weitz explains why supporting Indigenous learners can improve care for all Canadians.

The upward trajectory for uOttawa Medicine is welcome news as the subject rankings by the London-based higher education analysts is one of the more comprehensive global rankings of its kind.

The high-profile award recognizes the outstanding efforts of an individual, program, department, or faculty in improving the equity diversity, gender, and inclusivity environment in academic medicine in Canada.

Practical teaching and learning in human anatomy labs will train anatomy educators who can apply their skills to benefit various learners at all levels.

The grant will allow researchers to better understand the dynamics of community engagement and how it can improve health outcomes in communities.

The research findings, which involve “host-directed therapies” for tuberculosis, offer potentially major implications for therapeutic research and basic biology exploration.

The study focusing on code-carrying proteins and the meaning behind a tiny variation could help expand our understanding of DNA damage repair and shed light on mechanisms behind some diseases, including cancers.

The research team developed a new technology combining nanogold and peptides that can restore both heart function and electrical conductivity.

Dr. Johnston discusses lessons learned from family, mentors and peers on her path to top scientific role at the Institut du Savoir Montfort.