Three Western graduates are among the recipients of this year’s Governor General’s Academic Medals, announced recently. Since 1873, the awards have recognized outstanding students across Canada. Western PhD graduates Mariyan Jeyarajah, Dimitrios …
Research
Study eyes cannabis oil impact on seizures
An upcoming study looks to explore if cannabis oil can provide much-needed relief to epileptic seizure sufferers – especially those for whom previous medications have failed.
Childhood battle inspires undergrad’s cancer research
Medical Sciences student Colette Benkosaw saw beyond the hardship she faced, allowing her experience battling cancer to possibly lead to a less toxic treatment for neuroblastoma.
Funding backs healthy relationships program
High-risk youth from across Canada will soon receive much-needed support around healthy relationships as researchers simultaneously gain a better...
Study: Primary-care proximity equitable in city
Proximity to primary health-care providers does not seem to be an issue for London’s most vulnerable populations, according to a Western-led study. These findings, researchers say, point to a system working well when it comes to geographic equity.
Spinal cords contribute to complex hand function
We often think of our brains as the centre of complex motor function and control, but how ‘smart’ is your spinal cord? Turns out, it is smarter than we think.
Study explores impact of THC exposure in utero
Exposure to cannabis – and, specifically, to THC – while in utero leads to heart defects and metabolic limitations likely to result in heart disease and diabetes later in life, according to a Western-led study.
Researchers committed to open-science efforts
Placing collaboration above competition, Western researchers are partnering with more than 300 labs around the world to gain a better understanding of the mouse brain in hopes of unlocking the secrets Alzheimer’s disease and other disorders in humans.
Plaques honour research, advocacy legacy
The past continues to be on display across campus as the Centre for Research & Education on Violence Against Women & Children (CREVAWC) and Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel were unveiled this week as the latest heritage plaques celebrating significant research-related moments in the university’s history.
Post-op deaths top HIV, TB, malaria combined
Around the world 4.2 million people die every year within 30 days after surgery – with half of these deaths occurring in low- and middle-income countries, according to a new study. That total equals more deaths than from HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria – combined (2.97 million).
Researchers eye emerald ash borer’s Winnipeg debut
Say what you will about the emerald ash borer and the damage it has wreaked during two decades of munching millions of North American ash trees, you have to admire its cold-weather tenacity.
Innovation puts charge in smart knee implants
Knee replacement surgery is one of the world’s most common orthopedic procedures, but those implants don’t last forever. Even the latest smart implants wear out, loosen or just fail to meet patient expectations and require revision surgery.
Canada’s first groundhog was a bear
Move over Punxsutawney Phil, Wiarton Willie and Shubenacadie Sam – it turns out the earliest animal to predict the coming of spring in North America was not a groundhog, but a bear.
Study eyes cannabis oil impact on seizures
An upcoming study looks to explore if cannabis oil can provide much-needed relief to epileptic seizure sufferers – especially those for whom previous medications have failed.
Childhood battle inspires undergrad’s cancer research
Medical Sciences student Colette Benkosaw saw beyond the hardship she faced, allowing her experience battling cancer to possibly lead to a less toxic treatment for neuroblastoma.
Funding backs healthy relationships program
High-risk youth from across Canada will soon receive much-needed support around healthy relationships as researchers simultaneously gain a better...
Study: Primary-care proximity equitable in city
Proximity to primary health-care providers does not seem to be an issue for London’s most vulnerable populations, according to a Western-led study. These findings, researchers say, point to a system working well when it comes to geographic equity.
Spinal cords contribute to complex hand function
We often think of our brains as the centre of complex motor function and control, but how ‘smart’ is your spinal cord? Turns out, it is smarter than we think.
Study explores impact of THC exposure in utero
Exposure to cannabis – and, specifically, to THC – while in utero leads to heart defects and metabolic limitations likely to result in heart disease and diabetes later in life, according to a Western-led study.
Researchers committed to open-science efforts
Placing collaboration above competition, Western researchers are partnering with more than 300 labs around the world to gain a better understanding of the mouse brain in hopes of unlocking the secrets Alzheimer’s disease and other disorders in humans.
Plaques honour research, advocacy legacy
The past continues to be on display across campus as the Centre for Research & Education on Violence Against Women & Children (CREVAWC) and Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel were unveiled this week as the latest heritage plaques celebrating significant research-related moments in the university’s history.
Post-op deaths top HIV, TB, malaria combined
Around the world 4.2 million people die every year within 30 days after surgery – with half of these deaths occurring in low- and middle-income countries, according to a new study. That total equals more deaths than from HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria – combined (2.97 million).
Researchers eye emerald ash borer’s Winnipeg debut
Say what you will about the emerald ash borer and the damage it has wreaked during two decades of munching millions of North American ash trees, you have to admire its cold-weather tenacity.
Innovation puts charge in smart knee implants
Knee replacement surgery is one of the world’s most common orthopedic procedures, but those implants don’t last forever. Even the latest smart implants wear out, loosen or just fail to meet patient expectations and require revision surgery.
Canada’s first groundhog was a bear
Move over Punxsutawney Phil, Wiarton Willie and Shubenacadie Sam – it turns out the earliest animal to predict the coming of spring in North America was not a groundhog, but a bear.