Western has recruited some of the top PhD graduates, medical students and residents from across the country to be part of the sixth cohort of its Medical Innovation Fellowship (MIF) program. While some adaptations will take place because of COVID-19 res …
Month: July 2020
Grasping the world is not the same as understanding it
When humans reach out and grab things, we don’t rely on the same visual cues we use to perceive an object’s size, a new study from Western’s Brain and Mind Institute shows.
Poor sleep quality linked to multiple chronic conditions
Researchers at Western University’s Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry have shown that how well you sleep and for how long is linked to increased odds of living with multiple chronic conditions.
Students’ Basket Project brings essential supplies to the street
Two Western students launched The Basket Project in April and have since delivered 1,500 bags health-care essentials to people experiencing homelessness.
Grants awarded for COVID-19 research in child, brain health
Two Western researchers are among six interdisciplinary project teams awarded Manulife CIFAR Population Health and Wellbeing grantsto study the long-term health effects of COVID-19.
Mobility, healthy aging the aim of Gray Research Chair
A gift from William and Lynne Gray has created a first-in-Canada research chair in mobility and aging.
Machine learning predicts satisfaction in romantic relationships
The most reliable predictor of a relationship’s success is partners’ belief that the other person is fully committed, a Western-led research team has found.
Engineering researchers receive COVID-related grants
Two Western researchers have received funding for partnership research projects that will help understand and prevent the spread of COVID-19. The COVID Alliance Grants awarded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) support pandemic-fighting...
Blackbaud data breach
Western University recently learned that a third-party service provider – Blackbaud, one of the world’s largest customer relationship management (CRM) providers – has experienced a ransomware attack that impacted many of its clients around the world, including Western.
Four new Canada Research Chairs for Western, two renewed
Western is home to four new Canada Research Chairs, professors whose work will have global impact on autism, data science and children’s learning. Two chairs, in business sustainability and neuroscience, have been renewed. Celebrating its 20thanniversary this year,...
Read. Watch. Listen. with Francesca Vidotto
A smattering of dark matter, a comedy smackdown and a Massive Attack make for a trio of hits when theoretical physicist Francesca Vidotto takes her turn on Read. Watch. Listen.
Alzheimer’s researcher goes back in time to move forward in diagnosis
Shawn Whitehead will be doing some medical time traveling as he works to pinpoint the roots of cognitive impairment, including Alzheimer’s disease. The Schulich Medicine & Dentistry professor recently received a grant to study brain inflammation as a potential predictor of cognitive decline.
Sustainability champions honoured
A Hospitality staffer committed to waste diversion and a student who designed an app to improve use of electric-vehicle charging stations are among winners of this year’s Western sustainability awards.
Grasping the world is not the same as understanding it
When humans reach out and grab things, we don’t rely on the same visual cues we use to perceive an object’s size, a new study from Western’s Brain and Mind Institute shows.
Poor sleep quality linked to multiple chronic conditions
Researchers at Western University’s Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry have shown that how well you sleep and for how long is linked to increased odds of living with multiple chronic conditions.
Students’ Basket Project brings essential supplies to the street
Two Western students launched The Basket Project in April and have since delivered 1,500 bags health-care essentials to people experiencing homelessness.
Grants awarded for COVID-19 research in child, brain health
Two Western researchers are among six interdisciplinary project teams awarded Manulife CIFAR Population Health and Wellbeing grantsto study the long-term health effects of COVID-19.
Mobility, healthy aging the aim of Gray Research Chair
A gift from William and Lynne Gray has created a first-in-Canada research chair in mobility and aging.
Machine learning predicts satisfaction in romantic relationships
The most reliable predictor of a relationship’s success is partners’ belief that the other person is fully committed, a Western-led research team has found.
Engineering researchers receive COVID-related grants
Two Western researchers have received funding for partnership research projects that will help understand and prevent the spread of COVID-19. The COVID Alliance Grants awarded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) support pandemic-fighting...
Blackbaud data breach
Western University recently learned that a third-party service provider – Blackbaud, one of the world’s largest customer relationship management (CRM) providers – has experienced a ransomware attack that impacted many of its clients around the world, including Western.
Four new Canada Research Chairs for Western, two renewed
Western is home to four new Canada Research Chairs, professors whose work will have global impact on autism, data science and children’s learning. Two chairs, in business sustainability and neuroscience, have been renewed. Celebrating its 20thanniversary this year,...
Read. Watch. Listen. with Francesca Vidotto
A smattering of dark matter, a comedy smackdown and a Massive Attack make for a trio of hits when theoretical physicist Francesca Vidotto takes her turn on Read. Watch. Listen.
Alzheimer’s researcher goes back in time to move forward in diagnosis
Shawn Whitehead will be doing some medical time traveling as he works to pinpoint the roots of cognitive impairment, including Alzheimer’s disease. The Schulich Medicine & Dentistry professor recently received a grant to study brain inflammation as a potential predictor of cognitive decline.
Sustainability champions honoured
A Hospitality staffer committed to waste diversion and a student who designed an app to improve use of electric-vehicle charging stations are among winners of this year’s Western sustainability awards.