The University of Manitoba will hold a Convocation Ceremony for medical graduates today May 16, 2013. The Faculty of Medicine Convocation will take place at 10:30 a.m. at University of Manitoba Brodie Centre Atrium, 727 McDermot Avenue.
Degrees will be conferred on 105 medical school graduates: 56 females and 49 males, including four Aboriginal students […]

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The University of Manitoba Faculty of Medicine will hold a Convocation ceremony for 105 MD graduates tomorrow.
Degrees will be conferred on 105 medical school graduates: 56 females and 49 males, including four Aboriginal students and 26 with rural attributes which include rural roots; rural work experience or rural volunteer experience. Elder Harry Bone will […]

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The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) International Infectious Disease and Global Health (IID&GH) Training Program is offering a course that’s designed to enhance graduate and post-doctoral research training.
Arguably the most unique feature of the training program is that the major course that is held annually at one of the four international sites; bringing […]

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Two distinguished graduates of the University of Manitoba are among six new laureates inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame at a gala event today in Halifax.
They are: Winnipegger Dr. Arnold Naimark, former dean of medicine, the ninth president of the University of Manitoba and currently president emeritus; and Dr. David MacLennan, from Swan […]

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The University of Manitoba’s Faculty of Medicine has partnered with the Winnipeg Art Gallery (WAG) to launch a pilot workshop in art education, an offshoot of a medical school course centered on medical ethics and humanities.
In small groups, second-year medical students attend one evening session at the downtown gallery. Learning from art educators and physicians, […]

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A team of seven Manitoba researchers from the University of Manitoba, CancerCare Manitoba, Transplant Manitoba, Manitoba Institute of Child Health, and St. Boniface General Hospital are part of a new national research program launched today with funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).
The Canadian National Transplantation Research Program (CNTRP) includes researchers from across […]

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It’s that time of year when a group of students from the U of M’s Faculty of Medicine transform the medical school into an art gallery.
Each year the annual event offers a different theme or flavour; this year “Looking back, moving forward,” has collected entries from medical students and faculty in the form of paintings, […]

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