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For the first year ever, students from the Faculty’s Undergraduate Medical Education (UGME), Postgraduate Medical Education (PGME), Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, Ottawa-Shanghai Joint School of Medicine and Translational and Molecular Medicine programs all attended the same orientation, where they were able to meet peers across many specializations and disciplines.

Innovative work by Faculty of Medicine’s Dr. Ruth Slack and Dr. Ian Graham impacts patients in Canada and beyond.

Thirteen students from the Ottawa-Shanghai Joint School of Medicine (OSJSM) based in China arrived at uOttawa Faculty of Medicine for the 2017 OSJSM summer school that marks the beginning of their medical education. Upon completing the summer school, these students will enroll in the two-week Introduction Unit of the uOttawa UGME program along with first-year MD students at the Faculty of Medicine.

uOttawa Faculty of Medicine’s Advancement Office is organizing a 24-hour fundraising blitz on Saturday, September 16 whereby supporters are encouraged to donate during a “Day to Give Back” to the Faculty within a 24-hour campaign period.

uOttawa Faculty of Medicine and uOttawa Brain and Mind Research Institute’s Centre for Neuromuscular Disease (CNMD) have officially established a strategic partnership with the Institute NeuroMyoGene (INMG) at Université Claude Bernard in Lyon, France, which will provide almost $1,000,000 CAD over 5 years for collaborative research projects between the two institutes.

Dr. Ian Colman and his team have found that mothers who experience significant prenatal stress may be increasing their child’s risk for behavioural issues.

The pediatric neuroradiologist’s work as a reviewer has been noted as a “great asset” by journal Radiology.

Dr. Carlos Torres, Associate Professor of Radiology at uOttawa and neuroradiologist at The Ottawa Hospital was recently recognized worldwide for his outstanding work in the field of Diagnostic Neuroradiology.

The uOttawa Brain and Mind Research Institute launches inaugural golf tournament in support of stroke research.

uOttawa and TOH are pleased to be among four institutions from around the world selected as pilot members of COPE.

Dr. MacKenzie is a clinician investigator of the highest quality, says Pediatrics Chair Dr. Ciarán Duffy.

Research collaborations under uOCI3 to lead to relief for patients and health-care system

The uOttawa Faculty of Medicine’s Postgraduate Medical Education (PGME) hosted its third annual orientation session for all new residents on June 30, 2017.

The University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine welcomes students and professors from Shanghai and Lyon to take part in the first-ever Medicine and Humanities International Program (MHIP) from July 4 to July 14 in Ottawa.

Already a proven leader at the Faculty, this self-described “rassembleur” shares his priorities in the role and his recipe for continued success.