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A new classification of heart rhythm for stroke patients

A new classification of heart rhythm for stroke patients

Worldwide, millions of stroke survivors undergo prolonged cardiac monitoring, leading to the discovery of atrial fibrillation, or irregular heartbeats, in up to 1.5 million of these patients each year. A new study, published in The Lancet Neurology, des …

Education evolution moves faculty to new levels

Education evolution moves faculty to new levels

In less than a decade, Dean Vicki Schwean and her colleagues have transformed the Faculty of Education, overseeing its evolution from a “teacher’s college” into a fully formed, financially autonomous research faculty that offers innovative academic and professional training in Canada and beyond.

Backed program targets domestic violence

Backed program targets domestic violence

The Centre for Research & Education on Violence Against Women & Children (CREVAWC) at the Faculty of Education has received $2.088 million to develop training for federally regulated workers to recognize and respond to domestic violence in the workplace.

Prichard named Acting Vice-President (Research)

Prichard named Acting Vice-President (Research)

Noted McGill University academic-clinician Dr. Sarah Prichard has been named Acting Vice-President (Research) at Western for a one-year term, effective July 1, university officials announced today.

Program casts differences in different light

Program casts differences in different light

King’s University College professor Pamela Cushing has been named recipient of the Canadian Disability Studies Association award for outstanding leadership. Cushing founded the King’s Disabilities Studies program.

Discovery, campaign help halt HIV outbreak

Discovery, campaign help halt HIV outbreak

Researchers and local health officials are applauding how the discovery of a simple intervention to halt outbreaks associated with a newly discovered HIV transmission method was moved from the lab to the street quickly.

BURST funds offer boost to medical startups

BURST funds offer boost to medical startups

A pair of fledgling London-based medical startups are prepared to further test the viability of their ideas in the marketplace, all in an effort to improve patient outcomes across the country, following their graduation from the Western Medical Innovation Fellowship.

Team to offer insights into Crohn’s treatment tools

Team to offer insights into Crohn’s treatment tools

A North American team of researchers, co-lead by a Western professor, hopes their work will ultimately lead to treatments that reduce infections, pain, and hospitalizations for millions of Crohn’s disease sufferers around the world.

Study seeks to fireproof workers against PTSD

Study seeks to fireproof workers against PTSD

As the mental and physical demands on first responders become clearer, the efforts of one Western researcher might just be a life-saver for those so often celebrated for saving the lives of others.

NASA web show eyes cosmos, Western expertise

NASA web show eyes cosmos, Western expertise

Last week, Western professor Gordon ‘Oz’ Osinski fielded questions about the universe from around the planet when he appeared as a guest on Ask An Astrobiologist.

Have a question about the cosmos? Ask Oz.

Have a question about the cosmos? Ask Oz.

Got a question about the cosmos? Join Western professor Gordon ‘Oz’ Osinski as he fields questions about the universe from around the planet when he appears as a guest on Ask An Astrobiologist

Education evolution moves faculty to new levels

Education evolution moves faculty to new levels

In less than a decade, Dean Vicki Schwean and her colleagues have transformed the Faculty of Education, overseeing its evolution from a “teacher’s college” into a fully formed, financially autonomous research faculty that offers innovative academic and professional training in Canada and beyond.

Backed program targets domestic violence

Backed program targets domestic violence

The Centre for Research & Education on Violence Against Women & Children (CREVAWC) at the Faculty of Education has received $2.088 million to develop training for federally regulated workers to recognize and respond to domestic violence in the workplace.

Prichard named Acting Vice-President (Research)

Prichard named Acting Vice-President (Research)

Noted McGill University academic-clinician Dr. Sarah Prichard has been named Acting Vice-President (Research) at Western for a one-year term, effective July 1, university officials announced today.

Program casts differences in different light

Program casts differences in different light

King’s University College professor Pamela Cushing has been named recipient of the Canadian Disability Studies Association award for outstanding leadership. Cushing founded the King’s Disabilities Studies program.

Discovery, campaign help halt HIV outbreak

Discovery, campaign help halt HIV outbreak

Researchers and local health officials are applauding how the discovery of a simple intervention to halt outbreaks associated with a newly discovered HIV transmission method was moved from the lab to the street quickly.

BURST funds offer boost to medical startups

BURST funds offer boost to medical startups

A pair of fledgling London-based medical startups are prepared to further test the viability of their ideas in the marketplace, all in an effort to improve patient outcomes across the country, following their graduation from the Western Medical Innovation Fellowship.

Team to offer insights into Crohn’s treatment tools

Team to offer insights into Crohn’s treatment tools

A North American team of researchers, co-lead by a Western professor, hopes their work will ultimately lead to treatments that reduce infections, pain, and hospitalizations for millions of Crohn’s disease sufferers around the world.

Study seeks to fireproof workers against PTSD

Study seeks to fireproof workers against PTSD

As the mental and physical demands on first responders become clearer, the efforts of one Western researcher might just be a life-saver for those so often celebrated for saving the lives of others.

NASA web show eyes cosmos, Western expertise

NASA web show eyes cosmos, Western expertise

Last week, Western professor Gordon ‘Oz’ Osinski fielded questions about the universe from around the planet when he appeared as a guest on Ask An Astrobiologist.

Have a question about the cosmos? Ask Oz.

Have a question about the cosmos? Ask Oz.

Got a question about the cosmos? Join Western professor Gordon ‘Oz’ Osinski as he fields questions about the universe from around the planet when he appears as a guest on Ask An Astrobiologist