Made-in-Ottawa vaccine could help in global fight against COVID-19, including new variants
As the COVID-19 virus continues to spread around the world, a vaccine developed and manufactured at The Ottawa Hospital could provide a unique approach to help control the pandemic.
Omicron response: uOttawa Faculty of Medicine professor leads national network studying key questions on newly emerged COVID-19 variant
Dr. Marc-André Langlois and his national team of top academic researchers are leading a speedy and coordinated response to the threat posted by the Omicron variant.
Does Parkinson’s start in the nose? International team awarded US$9 million ASAP grant to find out
A Canadian-led international team hopes to determine whether scent-processing nerves that connect the inside of the nose to the brain may play a role in the development of Parkinson's disease.
A uOttawa learner’s experience amid water contamination crisis in Iqaluit
Dr. Yipeng Ge gains invaluable first-hand experience providing medical care through a state of emergency during his five-year residency program in public health and preventive medicine.
Through the Faculty of Medicine, the University of Ottawa has become the first Canadian university to endorse the Brocher Declaration, a new set of principles intended to guide policy on short-term global health work, which too often fails to consider the needs of a host community and occasionally causes more harm than good.
Professor of psychiatry elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
Dr. Georg Northoff joins the distinguished collegium for his research leading to more objective diagnoses of psychiatric disorders—thus more effective therapies.
Dr. Tim Lau, associate professor of psychiatry at uOttawa and director of Joy-at-Work for the Department of Psychiatry, weighs in on happiness—how it can prolong your life and enhance your success.
COVID has set back the fight against tuberculosis 12 years
With approximately one-third of the world’s population currently infected with latent TB, Dr. Alice Zwerling takes a health economics approach to a funding gap of billions.
