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Extraordinary employees
March 11, 2022
After many delays due to COVID-19 restrictions, Dr. Vianne Timmons enthusiastically handed out the 2021 President’s Awards to outstanding employees during a luncheon March 9 at the Signal Hill Campus.
‘Strength in numbers’
March 11, 2022
A well-known health researcher is taking on a new leadership role.

Dr. Sherri Christian, associate professor, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, has been named assistant scientific director in Newfoundland and Labrador for the Beatrice Hunter Cancer Research Institute (BHCRI).
Building Capacity
February 25, 2022
Memorial University’s musculoskeletal research expertise is growing, thanks in part to a $445,000, five-year project grant funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
Personalized treatment
February 1, 2022

A pair of Memorial researchers have landed recognition for their innovative studies aimed at transforming the future of arthritis.

Salem Werdyani, PhD student, and Dr. Guangju Zhai, professor, Discipline of Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, are included on the Arthritis Society of Canada’s list of the top 10 research advancements for 2021.
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Next seven days
May 26, 2022
10:00 AM 1M102 or Webex - For Webex details please contact Robyn Dunne at robynd@mun.ca
Dr. Kyle Flannigan Postdoctoral Research Associate Physiology and Pharmacology Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases University of Calgary

“Host-Microbe Interactions in Mucosal Immunity: Unexpected Roles of IL-22” 

May 27, 2022
12:00 PM
Wayne Gulliver B.Sc., B.Med.Sc., M.D. Memorial, FRCPC Professor of Medicine (Dermatology)

“Psoriasis: With Treat to Target Can We Prevent Disease Progression in PsA/Pso?”

 

May 30, 2022
2:30 PM 1M102
Dr. Janet Rossant, CC, PHD, FRS, FRSC, Senior Scientist Emeritus at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, University Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto, President & Scientific Director of the Gairdner Foundation

"From mouse embryos to human stem cells and gene editing: scientific progress and ethical debate" 

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