New insights on how some individuals with obesity can lose weight – and keep it off
The uOttawa-led team’s rigorous study has the potential to help reshape the science of weight-loss programs so they can be personalized for individual patients with difficult-to-treat obesity.
CIHR awards over $21.5M to research teams from uOttawa Faculty of Medicine and affiliated institutes
uOttawa Faculty of Medicine and affiliated institutes teams awarded more than $21.5M to support cutting-edge research through the Spring 2022 CIHR Project Grant competition.
uOttawa-led team develops AI-enabled model to diagnose birth defect in fetal ultrasound images
The goal of the team’s study was to demonstrate the potential for deep-learning architecture to support early and reliable identification of cystic hygroma from first trimester ultrasound scans.
Indigenous Program sets up students for success in the Faculty of Medicine
The Faculty of Medicine’s Indigenous Program supports learners to achieve their academic ambitions and connects them with Indigenous healthcare systems.
NORTH Clinic garners honourable mention for MacJannet Prize
The student-run interdisciplinary clinic is a key project within uOttawa’s medical program, addressing the importance of social accountability in medicine.
A rising research star: Meet the Faculty of Medicine’s Richard Jung
Richard Jung is on the fast track to a highly successful career as a clinician-scientist, with a level of research productivity that’s simply remarkable at this early stage in his career.
New research shows dangerous levels of despair among Canada’s transgender & gender nonconforming youth
Dr. Ian Colman, professor in the School of Epidemiology and Public Health, shares his thoughts on new study suggesting transgender and gender non-conforming adolescents are over 5 times more likely to be suicidal.
Meet Dr. Hawre Jalal, a top researcher of North America’s drug overdose scourge
Dr. Hawre Jalal, who became an associate professor at the uOttawa Faculty of Medicine this year, specializes in teasing out important insights about North America’s coast-to-coast drug overdose epidemic.
Dr. Mona Nemer: Canada’s top scientist reflects on her role providing advice to national leaders
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.
uOMedTalks: Updates from the Executive Leadership Team (May 2022)
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.
Research suggests specialized brain imaging can unveil mysteries of Alzheimer’s disease, other disorders
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.
