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Campus offers critical supplies for front lines

Campus offers critical supplies for front lines

John McCormick saw an opportunity to support colleagues on the local front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, his gesture to provide critical supplies has inspired others across campus.

Funding backs Western COVID-19 vaccine efforts

Funding backs Western COVID-19 vaccine efforts

Western efforts to develop a COVID-19 vaccine received a major jolt thanks to million-dollar investment by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), federal officials announced today.

Researcher ‘optimistic’ as crisis hits close to home

Researcher ‘optimistic’ as crisis hits close to home

Like many, Saverio Stranges has had some long days in recent weeks. With a brother and other family back home in the Lombardy Region of Italy – one of the hardest hit areas from COVID-19 virus – the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry professor has seen his professional and personal worlds collide.

Med students unite to aid health-care colleagues

Med students unite to aid health-care colleagues

Medical students at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry are rallying to support their local communities and health-care colleagues during the COVID-19 containment efforts.

Eight faculty honoured for teaching excellence

Eight faculty honoured for teaching excellence

Eight exceptional faculty members have been awarded Western’s highest honours for leading and inspiring their students. Collectively and individually, they exemplify the heart of excellence in teaching – and their influence has stretched across faculties, disciplines and decades.

Study reveals health-care gaps for trans, non-binary

Study reveals health-care gaps for trans, non-binary

Nearly half of transgender and non-binary Canadians who responded to a national survey say they faced one or more unmet health care needs in the past year – with about 1-in-10 saying they avoided an emergency room visit completely, according to a Western-led project exploring this community across Canada for the first time.

Junk food orders up trouble for young brains

Junk food orders up trouble for young brains

That teenager in your kitchen feasting on fast food, candy bars and pop might not be able to help themselves – all the more reason for adults to help them before they cause long-term damage to their developing brains.

Bond punctuated for first all-female graduating class

Bond punctuated for first all-female graduating class

Two small dots hold a lot of meaning for General Surgery residents Drs. Ally Istl, Martina Mudri, Elaine Tang and Lucy Yang. Permanently inked on their wrists, the colon – of the punctuation variety – represents their special bond as co-resident. 

Study: Daily citrus may help combat obesity

Study: Daily citrus may help combat obesity

The equivalent of just two or three oranges or tangerines a day could reverse obesity and reduce the risk of heart disease and diabetes – a benefit Western researchers attribute to nobiletin, a molecule found in popular citrus fruits.

Campus offers critical supplies for front lines

Campus offers critical supplies for front lines

John McCormick saw an opportunity to support colleagues on the local front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, his gesture to provide critical supplies has inspired others across campus.

Funding backs Western COVID-19 vaccine efforts

Funding backs Western COVID-19 vaccine efforts

Western efforts to develop a COVID-19 vaccine received a major jolt thanks to million-dollar investment by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), federal officials announced today.

Researcher ‘optimistic’ as crisis hits close to home

Researcher ‘optimistic’ as crisis hits close to home

Like many, Saverio Stranges has had some long days in recent weeks. With a brother and other family back home in the Lombardy Region of Italy – one of the hardest hit areas from COVID-19 virus – the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry professor has seen his professional and personal worlds collide.

Med students unite to aid health-care colleagues

Med students unite to aid health-care colleagues

Medical students at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry are rallying to support their local communities and health-care colleagues during the COVID-19 containment efforts.

Eight faculty honoured for teaching excellence

Eight faculty honoured for teaching excellence

Eight exceptional faculty members have been awarded Western’s highest honours for leading and inspiring their students. Collectively and individually, they exemplify the heart of excellence in teaching – and their influence has stretched across faculties, disciplines and decades.

Study reveals health-care gaps for trans, non-binary

Study reveals health-care gaps for trans, non-binary

Nearly half of transgender and non-binary Canadians who responded to a national survey say they faced one or more unmet health care needs in the past year – with about 1-in-10 saying they avoided an emergency room visit completely, according to a Western-led project exploring this community across Canada for the first time.

Junk food orders up trouble for young brains

Junk food orders up trouble for young brains

That teenager in your kitchen feasting on fast food, candy bars and pop might not be able to help themselves – all the more reason for adults to help them before they cause long-term damage to their developing brains.

Bond punctuated for first all-female graduating class

Bond punctuated for first all-female graduating class

Two small dots hold a lot of meaning for General Surgery residents Drs. Ally Istl, Martina Mudri, Elaine Tang and Lucy Yang. Permanently inked on their wrists, the colon – of the punctuation variety – represents their special bond as co-resident. 

Study: Daily citrus may help combat obesity

Study: Daily citrus may help combat obesity

The equivalent of just two or three oranges or tangerines a day could reverse obesity and reduce the risk of heart disease and diabetes – a benefit Western researchers attribute to nobiletin, a molecule found in popular citrus fruits.