For Margaret Atsango, it’s a “dream come true.” The senior librarian of Africana collections and services at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, has waited three years to visit Western to learn new skills from fellow librar …
Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies
Expert insights: This Mother’s Day, pay attention to racialized women leading resistance movements
Society’s narrow view of feminism excludes acts of resistance by racialized mothers
Training infectious disease researchers to tackle the next pandemic
Inside ImPaKT, Western’s world-class biocontainment level 3 facility
Taking a systems-thinking approach to anti-Black racism
A report authored by Western alumni examines anti-Black racism through a public health lens.
Study shows how chronic stress may inhibit the body’s cancer-fighting ability
Hormones triggered by chronic emotional and psychological stress impair the ability of the immune system’s ‘emergency responders’ to fight cancer.
Could COVID help identify teens at risk for mental health problems?
Pre- and post-pandemic fMRI brain scans may drive early detection and interventions for vulnerable adolescents
Molecule could beat antibiotic-resistant infections
Researchers have discovered a compound that can inhibit the growth of a deadly bacterium that has become resistant to most antibiotics.
Expert insights: Too much sitting is bad for you
New findings suggest that certain types of sitting are better for you, while other types should be reduced.
Student launches missing persons research hub
New research is helping understand how many Canadians go missing, and why.
New graduate training opportunities for MD students
Schulich launches MD+, a new track allowing medical students to pursue a master’s degree or certificate in a wide variety of subjects.
Expert insights: How climate change is affecting agrarian migrants in Ghana
Western study shows that we need ‘immediate and inclusive policies’ to address the impacts of climate change on rural migrant farmers
Whether at home, school or in child care, 3- to 5-year-olds experience similar levels of physical activity
A first-of-its-kind study examined the influence of child-care arrangements on the daily movement of Canadian preschoolers.
Looking for clues: Using artificial intelligence to uncover mental health, addiction issues
A new social media search tool could help public health experts reach more people struggling with substance abuse.
Expert insights: This Mother’s Day, pay attention to racialized women leading resistance movements
Society’s narrow view of feminism excludes acts of resistance by racialized mothers
Training infectious disease researchers to tackle the next pandemic
Inside ImPaKT, Western’s world-class biocontainment level 3 facility
Taking a systems-thinking approach to anti-Black racism
A report authored by Western alumni examines anti-Black racism through a public health lens.
Study shows how chronic stress may inhibit the body’s cancer-fighting ability
Hormones triggered by chronic emotional and psychological stress impair the ability of the immune system’s ‘emergency responders’ to fight cancer.
Could COVID help identify teens at risk for mental health problems?
Pre- and post-pandemic fMRI brain scans may drive early detection and interventions for vulnerable adolescents
Molecule could beat antibiotic-resistant infections
Researchers have discovered a compound that can inhibit the growth of a deadly bacterium that has become resistant to most antibiotics.
Expert insights: Too much sitting is bad for you
New findings suggest that certain types of sitting are better for you, while other types should be reduced.
Student launches missing persons research hub
New research is helping understand how many Canadians go missing, and why.
New graduate training opportunities for MD students
Schulich launches MD+, a new track allowing medical students to pursue a master’s degree or certificate in a wide variety of subjects.
Expert insights: How climate change is affecting agrarian migrants in Ghana
Western study shows that we need ‘immediate and inclusive policies’ to address the impacts of climate change on rural migrant farmers
Whether at home, school or in child care, 3- to 5-year-olds experience similar levels of physical activity
A first-of-its-kind study examined the influence of child-care arrangements on the daily movement of Canadian preschoolers.
Looking for clues: Using artificial intelligence to uncover mental health, addiction issues
A new social media search tool could help public health experts reach more people struggling with substance abuse.