The Connecting Young Minds (CYM) conference provided University of Ottawa students with the inspiration, community, and guidance they need to navigate the often-daunting world of medicine and research, featuring insightful talks, networking, and a showcase of undergraduate research.
“Planetary health is this realization that, for you and me to be healthy, for humanity to be healthy, it depends on a healthy planet as well.”
“Molecular machines are exactly what they sound like: machines that do some sort of work, but at the length scale of molecules” — Dr. David Bryce.
“The benefit is that we are helping to train physicians who are able to practice culturally safe care in serving Indigenous populations.”
Quality medical care is often hard to find in many parts of the world, so projects like these give you a new appreciation for how easily we can access it in Canada.
Although the Canadian health care system covers all essential medical services for residents, medication and prescriptions are not covered by this plan.
If Canada really is as free and accepting as our neighbouring countries believe it to be, there should be no secrecy in our health-care system its policies, or corrective actions taken when things don’t go as planned.
A study by University of Ottawa researchers at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute has found a link between obesity and anxiety—and they may have also found a drug that helps with both.
How a medical resident, father of two, and visual artist finds the time to do it all.
A recent outbreak of measles in Canada and the United States has sadly re-energized the anti-vaccine movement. This unfortunate reality is highlighted in a recent survey conducted by Mainstreet Technologies, which finds that 20 per cent of Ontarians believe that the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine has a causal relationship with autism.
But students at the University of Ottawa, who don’t begin classes until Jan. 12, avoided the fuss as they got to enjoy another cozy week at home.
In what began as a quest into the mechanisms of autophagy, a cellular degradation process, has lead researchers from the University of Ottawa to an astounding discovery.
“We’re happy to be able to add the field of health, an important focus of research for both our countries,” said U of O president Allan Rock. French President Francois Hollande was present for the announcement at Rideau Hall in Ottawa.
If reform of our inordinately expensive system—which provides fairly mediocre care—is truly a priority for the CMA, they should give up the constitutional blame game and move towards actively advocating for positive change to Canada’s healthcare policy.
Recent University of Ottawa graduate Kevin Graham was recognized Nov. 29 at the Ontario chapter of the College of Family Physicians’ 51st Annual Scientific Assembly as a future leader in family medicine.
