Welcome, Staff and Learners, to the new academic year.
Strengthen your team's cohesiveness with food.
Last chance to register.
Venue: Corbett Quad, corner of 112 Street and 82 Avenue
Food Trucks: Calle Mexico, Guilt Free Eats, Starvin Marvin's
For Whom: Free for DoM Faculty, Residents, Staff and Learners
Discover a year of achievement, growth, and impact in our 2022 Annual Report.
Faculty Annual Reporting Deadline:
September 30, 2023
New information:
- Validate your report to ensure all required fields have been completed.
- Please complete FAR before meeting with your Division Director. Check with your Division Director or DAS if they would like you to email your report to them in advance as Division Directors may not yet have access to download your report in FAR. Your report should ideally be SUBMITTED within five business days of your meeting with the Chair, if applicable.
- For more information, visit DoM Annual Review Process page.
Research:
Upcoming Grants
CIHR Project Grant Fall 2023 Competition
ResearchNet deadline: September 13 @ 10 a.m.Women & Children's Health Research Institute (WCHRI): Clinical/Community Research Integration Support Program (CRISP)
RSO deadline: September 15Pfizer: Multidisciplinary team Education in DMD
RSO deadline: September 19Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada
RSO deadline: September 26MSSC: Catalyst Research Grants
RSO deadline: September 26
Many more grants are listed on the Research News web page.
With the new Precision Human Health Lab, Dr. Michael Stickland (Professor, Division of Pulmonary Medicine) and Dr. Stephanie Thompson (Associate Professor, Division of Nephrology) aim to better understand how exercise can be used as a safe and effective clinical tool to improve exercise tolerance and quality of life for people with multiple chronic diseases. Read Folio.
Dr. Vivian Mushahwar (Professor, Division of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation) shares expertise and equipment to foster Alberta’s burgeoning health technology industry. Her goal is to support innovative, homegrown technology solutions that make life better for patients. Read Folio.
Dr. Monty Ghosh (Assistant Professor, Division of General Internal Medicine) has been monitoring wastewater for a research study and says the use of carfentanyl, a synthetic opioid used in veterinary medicine to tranquilize large animals, rose dramatically in June when drug overdoses in the province spiked. (Watch more on CTV News)
Smoke covers Edmonton for much of the long weekend. Dr. Grace Lam (Assistant Professor, Division of Pulmonary Medicine) says windows and doors should be closed to prevent wildfire smoke from impacting people with lung conditions, seniors and pregnant women who are at greater risk. (Watch more on CTV News)
Date: Saturday, October 28
Time: 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Location: Lister Conference Centre
Hosts: Division of Geriatric Medicine and Care of the Elderly
Date: Saturday, November 18
Time: 7:00 a.m. - 4:15 p.m.
Location: Lister Conference Centre
Host: Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism
Annual Dean Befus Lectureship:
Targeting cellular senescence in fibrotic lung diseases: Are we there yet?
Speaker: Cory Hogaboam, PhD, Professor of Medicine, Cedars Sinai Medical Centre
Date: Sept 20, 4:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Venue: Oborowsky Degner Seminar Hall, 1-040 Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Innovation
Audience: Open to all
Hosts: Division of Pulmonary Medicine and Alberta Respiratory Centre
Date: Friday, September 8 at 8:00 - 9:00 a.m.
Venue: Hybrid, live in 2-191 Clinical Sciences Building OR via Zoom
For Whom: All DoM members
- Dean’s Precision Health Lecture on Genomic Psychiatry, with speaker Dr. Daniel Moreno De Luca, CASA Research Chair in Child and Adolescent Mental Health. Jointly offered by FoMD and the Women and Children’s Health Research Institute, Tuesday, Sept. 26, noon - 1 p.m.
- Congratulations to the recently announced Spring 2023 CIHR grant recipients from FoMD, including Dr. Richard Lehner, Vice-Dean in the Office of Research, whose team received a five-year grant of nearly $1 million.
- Community Congrats: August 2023
Recapping the recent achievements of our talented community across our campuses
- U of A improves standing in the Academic Ranking of World Universities
The U of A has improved its standing in the latest ARWU placing 91st in the world and fourth in Canada — its best showing in the 20-year history of the global rankings.
Celebrate U of A Days: September 21-24
This year’s event is an open invitation for anyone to come out and celebrate their connection to the Edmonton community and beyond. Registration for most events closes on September 20 at 10 a.m.
- Advance Prescriptions for Antiviral Medication during Influenza Outbreaks – Edmonton Zone. AHS is requesting advanced prescriptions for antiviral medication for use during an influenza outbreak for all residents living in Long Term Care (LTC) and Supportive Living settings.
- Read the September 2023 MD Culture Shift, an AHS publication created by physicians for physicians.
Support Resources:
- Looking for a student to work on a research project? The Undergraduate Research Initiative can help with advertising the opportunity.
- Need editing services? The Academic Copy Editing service can support your writing work including theses, articles, grant applications, reports and career documents.
Mental Wellness Resource:
Facing Facts: Breaking the silence around mental illness. One in five Canadians will experience a mental illness in their lifetime. Facing Facts is an ongoing U of A program designed to tackle the stigma around mental illness, raise awareness and dispel myths.
